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[quote=Anonymous]The Wall Street Journal profiled single women who are concerned about money and children.
[url]https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/american-women-are-giving-up-on-marriage-54840971?st=i8f72H&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink/[/url]

[i]Katie, who is 30 and runs Lume, a leadership coaching startup, out of New York City.  Katie spent the first half of 2024 going on three or four dates a week with men she met on apps, such as Hinge and Bumble ... calling it “the only thing you can put 10,000 hours into and end up right where you started.”

Christina, a 31-year-old wildland firefighter in rural Republic, Wash., who didn’t go to college. ... paid $90,000 for a two-bedroom ... "so I don’t feel like I need to be tied financially,” ... doubted she would find someone else who aligned with her progressive views in her conservative town. So she stopped looking. “If I need companionship, I volunteer at the dog shelter.”

Alicia's last long-term relationship ... “wanted the white picket fence and me at home with the kids,” ... despite the fact that her salary was nearly 50% higher than his.

Rachael, a 33-year-old real-estate agent in Savannah, Ga., ... left her boyfriend because she was tired of being both the breadwinner and primary parent.

Tina, who is 34 and works for a health startup ... splits her time between New York City and San Diego, has lately spent hours researching the “Single Mothers by Choice” movement and started saving for a baby with a high-yield savings account.[/i][/quote]

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