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NonFacebookUser wrote:
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Well when you marry you're probably going to have kids?
Long story short, you won't have as much energy, you won't be able to go out as much (since the kid is supposed to come first).... so essentially your life takes a backseat to your kid's.
There's also the point of living with the same person for several decades.... very few couples can do that.
People are more selfish and self-absorbed today in the U.S. than ever before. They don't have to work for much of anything, so if they get sex and have friends without ever getting married, they think, why should I.
these hoes aint bout nothin nowadays
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People are more selfish and self-absorbed today in the U.S. than ever before. They don't have to work for much of anything, so if they get sex and have friends without ever getting married, they think, why should I.
Rather, they laugh at the poor fools who decide to get married.
NonFacebookUser wrote:
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Rupp will never run faster than he already has now that he has kids.
blitzkreig wrote:
these hoes aint bout nothin nowadays
I thin you've said it. You don't have to be a monk, just have some sort of wholesome thriving conditions. Look at many of the Kenyan and Ethiopian record holders and champions--many seem happily married with young children even at such a young competing age. I was once myself in love with a runner and it inspired to heights of greatness. Until the illusion was deflated like a balloon. Many people are overly petty and bad mannered. Sigh... "blondie - heart of glass".
I think it's equally bad for men and women alike. It's tough these days. :-(
Democrats like these lower rates.
AnnElizabeth wrote:
Look at many of the Kenyan and Ethiopian record holders and champions--many seem happily married with young children even at such a young competing age.
In countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia, the wives are raising the kids and so the record holders and champions can pretty much train as they want. In western societies, mothers are now able to (and in many cases have to because the cost of living is not what it once was) focus on their careers and fathers are now expected to take a much bigger role in child raising. As a consequence, having children is mostly a stressful burden for many middle-class families in the west today and, not surprisingly, many more people in this social strata are chosing not to have kids.
nagging wife and whining kids wrote:
In countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia, the wives are raising the kids and so the record holders and champions can pretty much train as they want. In western societies, mothers are now able to (and in many cases have to because the cost of living is not what it once was) focus on their careers and fathers are now expected to take a much bigger role in child raising. As a consequence, having children is mostly a stressful burden for many middle-class families in the west today and, not surprisingly, many more people in this social strata are chosing not to have kids.
That totally explains why East African men are faster. Now what about the women?