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[quote=Anonymous]"If you liked it you should've put a ring on it".    I think, for a woman, there is a sense that someone wanted to make the ultimate commitment.  Not sure if for a guy it has the same cachet, that a woman was willing to forsake all others and accept his proposal of marriage.  The fact the guy typically does the asking, as a society we assume guys are just looking for sex and woman want relationships, and these days a guy can have a girlfriend  live together, buy a house together and have kids together without being married, all gives this "achievement" factor when he proposes - assuming he is bringing something to the table that infers he had choices.

For a woman, kids are a big factor.  There are some woman that decide they don't want kids.  I'm not sure we are at the point in society where it is common for woman decide they don't want children (like would get their tube tied if they could) in their 20's.  To a certain extent society literally depends on a certain population growth so this will be reinforced everywhere. So given that they want children in a stable relationship it gives men an advantage when she is  28-38.  A guy could  literally wake up at 50 and decide he wouldn't mind being a parent and boom, could still happen for him.  Being a parent is a milestone and becomes part of an identity and for me is something I've always wanted.  In my mind, if I never met the right guy, I would have looked into a sperm donor so I could still experience having and raising a child.[/quote]

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