Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

That suggests the ones who marry, actually want to and know what they're doing.

I'm Gen X, and have been impressed with Gen Z overall. I'm sure there are lemons, as in any generation, but the ones I know seem to be smart and emotionally intelligent.

gen z is the most entitled and clueless generation in a while. only boomers come close.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

That suggests the ones who marry, actually want to and know what they're doing.

I'm Gen X, and have been impressed with Gen Z overall. I'm sure there are lemons, as in any generation, but the ones I know seem to be smart and emotionally intelligent.

Do you really think a 20 something "knows what they are doing" with regards to marrying at a young age?

it’s a leap of faith at every age.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

That suggests the ones who marry, actually want to and know what they're doing.

I'm Gen X, and have been impressed with Gen Z overall. I'm sure there are lemons, as in any generation, but the ones I know seem to be smart and emotionally intelligent.

Do you really think a 20 something "knows what they are doing" with regards to marrying at a young age?

My spouse and I married when we were 20 somethings and we’re still married more than 40 years later. So, yes, some people that age do know what they are doing in terms of having found the right person and having good expectations and relationship skills.

Therapy in gen z seems to be more for other people and overall less work and less tolerance for life. But if they can be more motivated all the more power to them. I hope it works out and maybe it's a good trend.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

That suggests the ones who marry, actually want to and know what they're doing.

I'm Gen X, and have been impressed with Gen Z overall. I'm sure there are lemons, as in any generation, but the ones I know seem to be smart and emotionally intelligent.

Do you really think a 20 something "knows what they are doing" with regards to marrying at a young age?

Not PP but I see troubled marriages and divorces of people who married in 30's and 40's and it seems very few of them know what they are doing so it's not age related. It's more money, family support or lack of it, alcohol and mental health related.

People not marrying early and rushing to settle in late 30's due to biological clocks and social pressure are more likely to mess up. Second and third marriage fail at even higher rates.

Obviously at least two years of knowing each other and one year of living together to check compatibility.

I support young marriages for people from financially stable families if both partners have good EQ and IQ, they can grow and succeed together.

I thought that people marry or not based on the economics of their generation (in the modern era) and have more or fewer kids also based on same. So people married young in the 50s (post-war prosperity in the US) and had lots of kids but their parents married older and had fewer kids because of the Great Depression. Other than that there have always been people who marry younger or older than the norm. But I thought in general people aren't marrying at all anymore.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

That suggests the ones who marry, actually want to and know what they're doing.

I'm Gen X, and have been impressed with Gen Z overall. I'm sure there are lemons, as in any generation, but the ones I know seem to be smart and emotionally intelligent.

Do you really think a 20 something "knows what they are doing" with regards to marrying at a young age?

It's the same humans across all generations.

The marriages will be the same.

Anonymous wrote:They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

That suggests the ones who marry, actually want to and know what they're doing.

I'm Gen X, and have been impressed with Gen Z overall. I'm sure there are lemons, as in any generation, but the ones I know seem to be smart and emotionally intelligent.

They are moving in the direction of no marriages.

Anonymous wrote:disagree
self-Centerdness and lack of interest in marriage hardly bode well.

Yeah.

Gen Z knows a lot of therapy speak, but that doesn't always translate into doing any kind of inner work. For instance, the word "boundaries" has been weaponized time and time again to justify self-centered decisions and even controlling behavior, like with Jonah Hill.

I do have a very satisfying marriage and a lot of that is thanks to learning all the therapy stuff, but I'm not so sure Gen Z is better than any other generation when it comes to putting these things into practice.

I bet that refusing to be pressured into marriage will have positive outcomes on marriage satisfaction, though.

disagree
self-Centerdness and lack of interest in marriage hardly bode well.

There’s a thread in Reddit about Gen z marrying younger than Millennials. And here’s an article on how Gen s will have healthier marriages than prior generations. Do you agree or disagree ?
https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/gen-z-is-will-have-better-marriages-than-older-generations-study/amp/