Sometimes I wonder what they are thinking. Do they want to be an old maid or be some kind of career woman?
2007-06-28 10:48:13 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
they're smart
2007-06-28 10:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah 3 · 11⤊ 4⤋
I think they are smart young women who are going to college, working, and enjoying their lives. They are spending time learning what life's all about instead of marrying the first guy they have a relationship with. There is no specific age that is best for marriage anymore. Each person and couple has to decide on their own time when they are ready to take that big step and make a lifelong commitment. I don't think there's any such thing as an old maid anymore. Some women never marry by choice and women are getting married and having children later and later in life. I think it's smart to live your own life for a while and experience things before you decide to try to merge 2 lives together.
2007-06-28 10:56:09 · answer #2 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
LOL....I'm 25 with nothing in sight. haha Some people think I will be an old maid. Personally, I prefer "free as a bird" over "old maid". lol btw, you're like 27...you should be the last person to say anything. :-)
I have a friend, though, that's like 26 and wants to get married and have kids so bad she can't hardly stand it. So, not everybody that's single, wants to be.
2007-06-28 12:08:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone marries at different ages. The average age to get married is a lot older then 20 these days.
2007-06-28 12:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by Panda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My oldest is 20 now. She's living in another state and going to college. She handles all her school loans and financing. She works (a lot). She owns her car, maintains it, and pays her car insurance.
She's about to move into her own, very first apartment. She hasn't dated anyone since she moved a year ago. (I think it's that...oh, gotta sleep now, thing....)
I love that she's seized her independence and is surviving independently. She loves it. She knows how to handle her finances, (she saved for a year to buy the computer that handles her graphics), she knows how to maintain her checking account and car, and she knows how to manage her household and her time.
She's chosen computers for her course of study.
Kate comes from a family where the dad left when she was 12 and basically hasn't spoken with her since. Her mom had a second bout of cancer when she was 16, and the family experienced some financial trauma. She knows the difference between want and need.
I admire my daughter greatly. Anyone she choses to share her life with is getting a happy, stubborn, competent woman. Ruin that and her Mama will get you. Respect it and we will extend our family if Kate so chooses. I support her in all her goals, including ones of grandeur.
I think Kate does want to get married. I also know, should he fail her as she has so graphically experienced with her dad, that she and my grandchildren will be Fine. Their mamma will be able to provide nicely for them.
You see, we've raised this generation, little girls and little boys, who have no notion of having a father in the house (single parent homes, not to exclude dad's with residential custody, but by and large, mom's raising the kids.) We are on the verge of becoming a matriarchal society. We can manufacture sperm. We can survive financially without the male species, we are becoming wiser and more experienced, and more competent at it every day.
Crime rates soar in a society where the men are not attached to a family. (See any evidence of this lately?) Historically, when this trend happens, men will elimate themselves. (ie Gang activity, war..... See any evidence of this lately?) Which leaves a predominantly female population.
Which at this point, doesn't sound like a bad thing, since men have messed it up so badly...seen any evidence of this lately?...a weak economy, war, insensitivity to the stresses our environment is under....
I don't think the "old maid" exists any more.
I think "Some Kind of Carrer Woman" is up and coming. This next generation is going to be a doozy....
Daughters out of fatherless homes, with no concept of reliance on a male head of household, and a bitter regret for the paternal relationship they never had......oh, boy.....
Now I have a question for you.
If you had a precious child, would you not want for her exactly what my girl has achieved? Do you really want your daughter depending solely on some male who will ask her to make pillows and cut up his food, and take a violent hand to her if he is unhappy for a moment....why would you want this for your precious child?
No, Sandstorm, you would want your daughter to be where my daughter is....you wouln't be able to help it....because it is what you want when you want what is best for your precious child....Imagine how you would feel knowing some man had the gall to actually hurt her....
Some Kind of Career Woman is coming. The old maid died.
2007-06-29 22:20:36 · answer #5 · answered by Puresnow 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Considering I'm a 32 year old unmarried woman, I think they're fabulous! Don't feel sorry for me, Sandy. It just so happens I've never been in a serious relationship. In fact, I'm in my first relationship period since I was in college. I've been open to men, but for years, they didn't really show interest. I'm not the type to find a man to marry just for the sake of getting married. I will only marry for love. I will not settle. I just haven't met the right man yet.
2007-06-28 13:58:02 · answer #6 · answered by Erin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
some are thinking that they want to get their life together first, or focus on a career. marrying at a young age is not always best for everyone. i know I'm not getting married any time soon, if at all, and i am over 20 and very happy with my decision!
2007-06-28 11:04:11 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ ltlsunny ♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
20? you mean Two- zero?! So how do feel about women having not married by age of 13? yes, maybe they do want a life for themslf. or maybe it took them more than 3 serious boyfrinds to find the right guy.
2007-06-29 10:05:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sali 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it is a good idea for a young man or woman to finish college before getting married. I believe that if a young woman wants to pursue a career, that if she chooses to get married ,she should marry a man with her same dreams.
2007-06-28 10:57:07 · answer #9 · answered by kayboff 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i don't think it's abnormal now a days to wait. I will be 20 in aug and I dont even see myself married in 4 years, because I want to finish school.
2007-06-28 10:52:50 · answer #10 · answered by ♡♥EM♡♥ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its up to them.. trying to find the right person is hard. its not like here have a aranged marriage! but i was married by 21 lol about 4 months ago
2007-06-28 10:52:49 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋