Quote (EndlessSky @ Oct 11 2021 03:48pm)

Who are you talking to?

Quote (MrSK @ Oct 11 2021 03:21pm)

In other news water is wet

Quote (EndlessSky @ Oct 11 2021 03:48pm)

Who are you talking to?

Quote (MrSK @ Oct 11 2021 08:58pm)

Another casualty of capitalism honestly
The price of a wedding is astronomical compared to the median amount of savings people have. Combine that with high divorce rates in the US and its a recipe for disaster

Quote (thesnipa @ Oct 11 2021 09:04pm)

Men are confronted daily with a false image of beauty on social media with women who present themselves as perfect through a process of editing with filters, layers upon layers of makeup, shaving their bodies smooth like seals, and extensive plastic surgery. the same landscape of false femininity can be seen in pornography as well as a slew of sexual acts its not reasonable to expect form an actual woman. combining the two young men are desiring a type of woman who is a fantasy, and are less than motivated to invest financially and in their time in real women.

its the type of problem many 1980s and 1990s women had with TV, movies, and romance novel men who portray an unrealistic ideal mate. although women seem to have set aside the lunacy better. likely because men biologically seek a place to release sexually but women desire support and protection. it's easier to settle for a roof over your head than it is to decline unlimited free internet pornography.

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Oct 11 2021 01:58pm)

its not like a huge festival is mandatory, you can marry for a few hundred bucks and some fees for the paperwork if you want



no side is without blame, but its hilarious how you try to make it sound like men have trouble settling down

its women who dont want to settle early to be like "where are the good men?" at age 35, because social media has inflated their ego

and then they desperately settle for a guy they dismissed earlier in life to be unhappy and divorce him after a few years

Quote (excellence @ Oct 11 2021 03:43pm)

before there was an order of operations, which was get an education -> get a career -> meet someone -> get married -> buy house/have children (this last one can vary in order)

now this worked well for many (not all) and society flourished pretty well. but some decided that this wasn’t good enough and now it is correct to just do whatever one wants in no particular order and skip steps as one desires

Quote (MrSK @ Oct 11 2021 11:06pm)

True but those sorts of weddings have a very strong stigma around them. Big extravagant weddings are deeply engrained in many cultures and I feel like most family/friends would see it as you doing them a disservice if you don’t go “all out” for your wedding

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Oct 11 2021 04:54pm)

literally you :D

Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ Oct 11 2021 04:27pm)

yeah thats a fact, nobody wants to have the cheapest wedding among friends/family

its almost like a competition now

Quote (thesnipa @ Oct 11 2021 04:10pm)

u mean the 1980s where women in porn had more hair than a gorilla downstairs? and engaged in acts so mundane and realistic people dont even watch them any more? and 1980s movie star women dressed exactly like what you'd see in a 1980s bar on a saturday night?

maybe u should read better short stuff.