Make what you will of it: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-happier-without-children-or-a-spouse-happiness-expert

[link:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7452000/|]

It just seems longer.

That is a great line. The pinnacle of what women are pressured to be in our society.

Great article. 1000 Recs.

we got married 52 years ago to not work. I told her it was her choice and we both lived frugally on my small pay willingly sacrificing because our love was more important than money.

When I retired, sure, I didn't do as much around the house as she does sometimes because of laziness and sometimes because after a lifetime, I see some things as not being as necessary as she. On the other hand, she dumps the financial issues on my no matter how much I told her that when I die, she will have to do it. She has learned what to do but won't so I take the burden. Same with repairs around the house. All in all following years of long days and flying back and forth on business late at night and hating how much I missed her and the children combined with a lifetime of doing what she wouldn't or couldn't do, I'd say our lives have been even and fair. We are happy together and still in love.

I wish all good women and men could exchange places and lives to fully understand what the other goes through. Sue, many men abuse women and women have been denied opportunities because of their sex but good people don't do that to others; they make the best of life while trying to change it; they think about and become determined to work through issues and look for someone who thinks like that instead of looking short term based on beauty and selfish reasons.

I feel sorry for my three siblings, all of which had spouses who walked away. Two siblings IMHO were probably more of the problem than their spouses and it was only one brother who turned out to have a wife do what men often do - run off because they made the big money and decided they were being kept back.

What if they just stepped up to the plate, instead? They might have better luck with women wanting to getting married.

A man once told me that too many men want to act like a little kid. All of the whining about women not wanting to marry seems to confirm his belief.

but yes my home is always a mess because we all have our priorities.

Maybe I'll a meet a nice woman to become DINKs and we can hire a housekeeping service and pay them a living wage. In the meantime I'm fine with my dirty counters.

I love my husband and we have been married 41 years. Conservatives never have been able to step out of the box and can’t fathom life single. Marriage is an antiquated norm and I think
If we had national healthcare and a childcare program most marriages would dissolve.

"There is this idea that, well, I have to stick with this man because there's nothing better out there. It still permeates women's choices today. But you know what's better? Your bed, a vibrator and a glass of wine."

Fuck yes!!!!

Not that any woman would have me anyway.