How to marry a man in 3 months
[From the Ronnie & Nancy Show] "Oh Ronnie, I still remember the night you proposed.... *sigh* You took me in your arms, shook me violently and said, 'What do you mean it's positive?!?'"
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Wow, so heartless... I can't understand how anyone could do that.
[From the Ronnie & Nancy Show] "Oh Ronnie, I still remember the night you proposed.... *sigh* You took me in your arms, shook me violently and said, 'What do you mean it's positive?!?'"
This would probably be less effective in Russia, where most fetuses are aborted anyway.
I think that it still works in America, where a fellow would expect to be hit with child-support payments anyway. Although it didn't work for Bristol Palin.
Wow, so heartless... I can't understand how anyone could do that.
I think that most Vietnamese men abroad ask their parents (or other relatives) back in the Old Country to select a bride for them. Probably they failed to perform an adequate background check.
Wow, so heartless... I can't understand how anyone could do that.
I think that most Vietnamese men abroad ask their parents (or other relatives) back in the Old Country to select a bride for them. Probably they failed to perform an adequate background check.
That is entirely possible.
It does seem that, in general, women are more interested in marriage at an earlier age than men.
There is also the classic Nancy Reagan trick: get pregnant, and then make him feel obligated to marry you.
in the nations with the best level of equality between men and women in all or most measures, the age of marriage tends to be equal as well. in countries where the track record isn't so great, there is a bigger age disparity between men and women in the age of marriage.
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It does seem that, in general, women are more interested in marriage at an earlier age than men.
There is also the classic Nancy Reagan trick: get pregnant, and then make him feel obligated to marry you.
in the nations with the best level of equality between men and women in all or most measures, the age of marriage tends to be equal as well. in countries where the track record isn't so great, there is a bigger age disparity between men and women in the age of marriage.
Do you have any references to back that assertion up?
yep. it looks like no researchers have compiled this information, but here is a sample of some countries which i put together myself.
the rank after each name is the United Nations Gender Gap rating.
http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-2011/
the 2 numbers after it are the average age of first marriage for men and for women of that nation.
in brackets, i included the numerical difference in age, then expressed it as a percentage of the man's age.
Norway (2) 33.4 31.1 (2.3 years, 6.9%)
Ireland (5) 32.1 30.4 (1.7 years, 5.3%)
New Zealand (6) 29.2 27.3 (1.9 years, 6.5%)
South Africa (14) 28.9 27.1 (1.8 years, 6.2%)
United States (16) 28.4 26.5 (1.9 years, 6.7%)
Argentina (28 ) 25.6 23.3 (2.3 years, 8.9%)
Russian Federation (43) 26.1 23.3 (2.8 years, 10.7%)
Croatia (50) 29.7 26.8 (2.9 years, 9.8%)
Italy (74) 32.8 29.7 (3.1 years, 9.4%)
Albania (78 ) 27.7 22.4 (5.3 years, 19.1%)
Vietnam (79) 26.2 22.8 (3.4 years 13.0%)
Kenya (99) 26.3 21.6 (4.7 years, 17.9%)
Guatemala (112) 27.5 24 (3.5 years, 12.7%)
India (113) 26 22.2 (3.8 years, 14.6%)
Pakistan (133) 26.3 21.8 (4.5 years, 17.1%)
Chad (134) 24.1 18.0 (6.1 years, 25.3% )
i can't speculate on the reasons behind it as it is only a correlation and not a cause/effect thing. also, many countries don't fit the pattern totally, as you can see.
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I think that a lot more single women who are 25 are more anxious about their status, compared to men of the same age.
In all of your examples, women are younger than men.
It is interesting that in a lot of European countries, people are postponing marriage until they are well into their thirties.
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