It's official: Gen Z are not delaying marriage til 30s anymore, young weddings are cool again

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

"Serious boy" and "pressure to flex on social media" do not go together.

Boys don't really care about weddings and young men certainly don't swoon over wedding photos on social media the way you seem to think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

So...Southern Frat bros. Got it. The young guys I work with (NYC finance) are not doing this. They're not worried about being a dweeb watching sports and using apps but they (mostly accurately) assume their dating prospects will rise with their success so they'd rather hold out for "better" late 20s or so then lock it down with someone they are dating at 20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Give it 10 years and they'll all be divorced and looking for a 2nd spouse to have kids with

I don't know why people hate this trend so much. Its not like marrying later improves strength or longevity of marriages. Just look up relationship forum at DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

"Serious boy" and "pressure to flex on social media" do not go together.

Boys don't really care about weddings and young men certainly don't swoon over wedding photos on social media the way you seem to think.

+1
OP or whoever is arguing here just disclosed the bubble they live in. Frankly one that I wouldn't want my kids or me to live in.
Weird

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give it 10 years and they'll all be divorced and looking for a 2nd spouse to have kids with

I don't know why people hate this trend so much. Its not like marrying later improves strength or longevity of marriages. Just look up relationship forum at DCUM.

No evidence of "trend" even if you state that "it's official."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

So...Southern Frat bros. Got it. The young guys I work with (NYC finance) are not doing this. They're not worried about being a dweeb watching sports and using apps but they (mostly accurately) assume their dating prospects will rise with their success so they'd rather hold out for "better" late 20s or so then lock it down with someone they are dating at 20.

Obviously if they are coming from underprivileged backgrounds, have debt and don't have access to good partner material then they are indeed better off waiting for finding someone comparable or getting attention of pretty gold diggers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

So...Southern Frat bros. Got it. The young guys I work with (NYC finance) are not doing this. They're not worried about being a dweeb watching sports and using apps but they (mostly accurately) assume their dating prospects will rise with their success so they'd rather hold out for "better" late 20s or so then lock it down with someone they are dating at 20.

Nor do the guys working in tech or really ambitious guys anywhere (many from UMC backgrounds) have an interest in dealing with a spouse at a young age.

Others are literally describing rich, unambitious guys who will probably work in the family business. Hey, great for them...but they won't found the next OpenAI or Facebook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

So...Southern Frat bros. Got it. The young guys I work with (NYC finance) are not doing this. They're not worried about being a dweeb watching sports and using apps but they (mostly accurately) assume their dating prospects will rise with their success so they'd rather hold out for "better" late 20s or so then lock it down with someone they are dating at 20.

Obviously if they are coming from underprivileged backgrounds, have debt and don't have access to good partner material then they are indeed better off waiting for finding someone comparable or getting attention of pretty gold diggers.

Too obvious, PP or you're not intelligent.
Troll harder

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give it 10 years and they'll all be divorced and looking for a 2nd spouse to have kids with

I don't know why people hate this trend so much. Its not like marrying later improves strength or longevity of marriages. Just look up relationship forum at DCUM.

No evidence of "trend" even if you state that "it's official."

It is indeed a trend, among other trends i.e. staying single, marrying later improves strength, gray divorce etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where are these UMC or MC men who are willing to marry in their early twenties? Who are these young pretty women supposed to marry??

Serious boys at elite colleges and Southern university fraternities. Smart boys consume most of the same social media influencing their female peers. There is pressure to hit these milestones and 'flex' them on social media. Engagement + wedding + buying a nice house together are all a huge 'flex' (achievement/status badge) to your peers. No high-achieving boys want to be some single Barstool dweeb obsessed with sports, using dating apps, and renting an apartment when they're 30.

Wait, let me make sure I understand. So in your telling, serious boys at elite colleges spend their time monitoring social media and figuring out what milestones they need to "flex" on Tiktok? Explain again your concept of serious boys, please. I've never met a serious boy who thinks about what to flex on social media next.

[Anonymous]

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It is indeed a trend, among other trends i.e. staying single, marrying later, not having kids, gray divorce etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give it 10 years and they'll all be divorced and looking for a 2nd spouse to have kids with

I don't know why people hate this trend so much. Its not like marrying later improves strength or longevity of marriages. Just look up relationship forum at DCUM.

No evidence of "trend" even if you state that "it's official."

It is indeed a trend, among other trends i.e. staying single, marrying later improves strength, gray divorce etc.

Let's see the numbers
?????

[Anonymous]

Marriage should be an individual's decision to have and keep, not following any trend of staying single, marrying young, marrying late or divorcing because others are doing so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All your examples are wealthy children of celebrities. How about the celeb parents married them off to get them out of their house?

It would be invasive and against forum policies to post random young people. You are free to peruse NYT, Wapo, Boston Globe, and Palm Beach newspaper wedding announcements for high born recent college grads marrying at age 22, 23, 24 and 25.

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/entertainment/society/2024/05/05/2023-2024-season-palm-beach-weddings-and-engagements/73504256007/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm definitely not going to read the entire 18 page thread, and someone likely has made this point already, but it takes a very . . . special kind of intellect to read that two very affluent, successful 20-somethings are getting married and draw sweeping conclusions about an entire generation from that.

Said more succinctly . . . OP, you're an idiot.

Are they even both successful? She is a successful former child actress who seems to be bankable as an adult. He is a nepo baby who does … modeling?

Right? This will last 9 years, tops. Just like Bieber. None of these people will be together in a decade. No one can do it anymore. People just give no fks these days.

Thank you so, so much for compelling me to google "Justin Bieber married?" and confirm that not only is he still married, but has been married for 6 years. I don't see how your model for a failed marriage is someone who is STILL MARRIED. At least use someone who is actually divorced for your example!!!

Calm down, exclamation points. The reality is that he will be divorced within 5 years. He’s a multimillionaire and will trade her ib.