There's no mention of money or real estate prices, nor of extended educational requirements and time in university, nor the increased cost of child-rearing. For

There's no mention of money or real estate prices, nor of extended educational requirements and time in university, nor the increased cost of child-rearing. For a couple, following (what's claimed to be) the traditional path means spending tens of thousands of dollars on an engagement and wedding, hundreds of thousands on a mortgage, having each parent work a full-time job, and buying all the overpriced junk that's expected as part of raising a kid. People are still willing to follow that path, of course, but they increasingly need to build up their savings to afford it. It's incredibly unsurprising that big barriers to entry prevent people from passing through traditional life stages, and instead lead them to sit on the couch smoking weed and watching anime.