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Originally posted by Gattigap
Judith Viorst is an author of children's books.
The quote's probably off, but the rythym sticks with you after the first 200 readings or so.
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Why are you people reading children's books?
In further news...
the next stupid survey - is he marriable?
About one-fifth of single young men are deeply skeptical of the institution of marriage and their prospects of making it work.
Men with negative attitudes were far more likely than the rest to have been raised by a divorced parent in a non-churchgoing family.
Survey responses from the married men painted a positive picture of marriage — 94 percent said they were happier married than single, and 73 percent said their sex life was better. (True? Not True?) “They work harder and do better financially than men who are not married. They are less likely to hang out in bars, to abuse alcohol or drugs.” HA. Not you guys.
Of the unmarried men who were surveyed, 53 percent said they were not interested in getting married anytime soon. Most agreed that “at this stage in my life I want fun and freedom”; 47 percent said they wouldn’t marry until they could afford to own a home.
Twenty-two percent of the unmarried men were depicted as “hardcore marriage avoiders” — agreeing that marriage, while suitable for some people, is unappealing to them.
The report noted that American men are delaying marriage — on average, marrying for the first time at 27, compared to 23 in 1970.
“Young men face few, if any, negative consequences to delaying marriage,” the report said. “They can live with a young woman and gain some of the sexual and domestic benefits of marriage without the long-term commitment of marriage.” You think?
