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Why aren’t more people getting married? Ask women what dating is like
For as long as people have been promoting marriage, they have also been observing that a good man is hard to find.
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What was once dismissed as the complaint of “picky” women is now supported by a raft of data.
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Anna Louie Sussman
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Ms Sarah Camino had been in a relationship for two years when she found out she was pregnant. The father, whom she met while they were both working at a restaurant in Times Square, was initially excited. But he had been using drugs lately, and had been fired from his last four jobs; when she said she was scared she might wind up raising the child alone, he got defensive and walked out. She and her daughter now live in Florida with her parents, and he is not a part of their lives.
Ms Camino, a beautician and hospitality worker, checks all the boxes of the demographic that has been targeted for advice in recent months by an array of columnists and authors, who have argued for the promotion and prioritising of marriage, sometimes for the sake of overall happiness, but more often for the sake of children’s well-being.
