Anonymous
08/28/2024 16:01
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
^better bc having kids at 23 seems better if all else is equal
Anonymous
08/28/2024 16:01
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
i think i am seeing it but if they can pull it off it is better, that said those people are going to live to like 120 so the rate of divorce will go back up. or open marriages
Anonymous
08/17/2024 22:35
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then it’s simply the pendulum swinging back in the other direction from all the advice the Boomers gave Millennials.
I know lots of Millennials who set out to live their “best lives” and ended up waiting awhile, oftentimes with questionable results.
I am gen X, and I agree with this take.
People thought that they cracked the code with delaying marriage, and it obviously does solve some problems but it also creates some different ones. So, we are back to square 1.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 21:21
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Nobody is claiming that majority of young people are getting engaged or married in their early 20's.
The average age of a college student is 26, but the normal age range to graduate is 23–29 and more than 60% of undergraduate students take six years to finish their degree, and nearly 30% drop out before earning their degree.
The average age of a college student is 26, but the normal age range to graduate is 23–29 and more than 60% of undergraduate students take six years to finish their degree, and nearly 30% drop out before earning their degree.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 18:01
Subject: Re:Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not really, no.
Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever
https://www.statista.com/chart/7031/americans-are-tying-the-knot-older-than-ever/
I guess the others in this thread don’t like facts.
This basically ends the conversation.
These are collective results, posters sharing their observation are mostly talking about young couples from affluent backgrounds, supportive families and promising careers.
Average young person is facing student loans, credit card debt, unemployment, underemployment, inability to afford housing, unclear future, dating dilemmas, etc. Our circumstances decide our choices.
Affluent GenZs are even less likely to get married young. Sorry, but these anecdotes are nothing more than anecdotes.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 13:15
Subject: Re:Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not really, no.
Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever
https://www.statista.com/chart/7031/americans-are-tying-the-knot-older-than-ever/
I guess the others in this thread don’t like facts.
This basically ends the conversation.
These are collective results, posters sharing their observation are mostly talking about young couples from affluent backgrounds, supportive families and promising careers.
Average young person is facing student loans, credit card debt, unemployment, underemployment, inability to afford housing, unclear future, dating dilemmas, etc. Our circumstances decide our choices.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 12:57
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why OP’s daughter shouldn’t get engaged when she has been together with her boyfriend for 4 years and they have now graduated college. They could be engaged for 2 years or more while they start their new jobs.
It would be different if they had just met or are still in college.
This^.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 12:30
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
I don’t see why OP’s daughter shouldn’t get engaged when she has been together with her boyfriend for 4 years and they have now graduated college. They could be engaged for 2 years or more while they start their new jobs.
It would be different if they had just met or are still in college.
It would be different if they had just met or are still in college.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 12:21
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:"team found that nearly half of young adults felt like no one checked in on them in a way that showed they “genuinely cared.” This was related to loneliness, which is also found to be associated with anxiety and depression
“Those numbers are shocking to me,” said Batanova. “We’re seeing so many young people feel more lonely and like they don’t matter.”
All the stats point to gen z putting off marriage but that won't stop some people from wishing for regression. A lot of weirdos seem to have this vested interest in showing that "tradition" is better, and they think that claiming young people are rejecting progress will make it true.
It won't.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 12:19
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:Biology doesn't change with changing demands of higher education and careers. You are only young once.
Actually, biology in the way you're using the term does change. Everything is in a constant state of change.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 12:06
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
"team found that nearly half of young adults felt like no one checked in on them in a way that showed they “genuinely cared.” This was related to loneliness, which is also found to be associated with anxiety and depression
“Those numbers are shocking to me,” said Batanova. “We’re seeing so many young people feel more lonely and like they don’t matter.”
“Those numbers are shocking to me,” said Batanova. “We’re seeing so many young people feel more lonely and like they don’t matter.”
Anonymous
08/17/2024 12:05
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous
08/17/2024 10:23
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Biology doesn't change with changing demands of higher education and careers. You are only young once.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 10:20
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Its still a huge adjustment and act of love to relocate for a spouse but getting easier with increased options of remote work. My DH and many of my friends of both genders did their grad school or training after marriage. You have to learn to balance personal and professional lives, instead of ignoring one.
Anonymous
08/17/2024 07:52
Subject: Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend
Anonymous wrote:I’m very confused about why being married makes it impossible to go to graduate school or have a good job? I found it much easier to achieve things in life with a spouse as support.
It’s not impossible, but usually you are going to a new geography for grad school so you need your SO to be OK with that, even if there aren’t great career options.
I personally was moved to 4 different locations for a career before 30…married at 28 in the 4th location, but would have been much harder to just accept a promotion and move with a spouse if married at 22.