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Sure, marriage does seem to be down amongst the people I know in long term relationships but that mostly seems to be (in my circle) down to apathy about the con
by nicholassmith 13y ago
Sure, marriage does seem to be down amongst the people I know in long term relationships but that mostly seems to be (in my circle) down to apathy about the concept, as they deem it pointless. "Who needs paper and a £10k party to show your love?" sort of thing.
There's a big melting pot of changes in our society, and I do think the internet has played a part as has changing opinions on religion, finance and wealth and so on.
- pitt1980 13y agoI don't have links on the tip of my fingers, but my impression is that family formation among young people is down, and its not simply a matter of symantics I'm not even a believer that that's necessarly a terrible thing but I do think its a real trend, not just otherwise committed people deciding that they don't need a piece of paper I think internet == food is the right analogy, too much of certain types of internet usage seems obviously not healthy for you, I think as a culture we should make efforts to make sure that message is widely dessiminated