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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

We don't need no stinkin' husband!

For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.

In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000....

Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom.

Full Article

What this proves, is that there are fewer and fewer good men out there... :)

3 Comments:

At 2:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

couldn't agree with you more.... :-)

 
At 6:08 PM, Blogger Brady Frequent Traveler & Eater said...

hmm. don't give Eva any ideas!

 
At 4:05 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are you saying you´re not one of the good ones? :-)

 

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