tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post1915456105235363985..comments2024-03-24T21:25:13.059-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-18370176178130405332008-04-30T14:05:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:05:00.000-07:00This seems obvious to me. People who meet their s...This seems obvious to me. People who meet their spouse in their late teens or early 20s, then get married in their mid- to late-20s have someone with whom they truly can build a life together. By the time they reach their 40s or 50s, they have years of memories and shared experiences that (usually) enrich and strengthen their relationship. By contrast, people who wait until their 30s or 40s to get married (like many of my friends) already have lived much of their life without their future spouse. So many of life's important moments were experience with other people (and other lovers). People who wait have a much, much harder time "building" a life with their spouse, because they already have built their life alone or with someone else. The deep bonds just aren't there, and won't be there until they are in their 50s and 60s. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>Putting off pair-bonding beyond the late 20s is a huge mistake, especially for women.<BR/><BR/>American PatriotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-75532268267071879582008-04-29T10:51:00.000-07:002008-04-29T10:51:00.000-07:00peter: They ask about age at first marriage only.peter: They ask about age at first marriage only.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-46486540107009636242008-04-29T08:32:00.000-07:002008-04-29T08:32:00.000-07:00Did the GSS look only at first marriages? It seem...Did the GSS look only at <I>first</I> marriages? It seems likely that a big percentage of the people getting married after age 35 or 40 already have been married and divorced, and it also seems likely that an already-divorced person is at higher risk of getting divorced once again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-23901370341840698812008-04-29T06:13:00.000-07:002008-04-29T06:13:00.000-07:00Re: people who cohabit before marriage more likely...Re: people who cohabit before marriage more likely to divorce.<BR/><BR/>I have always questioned this one. Has anyone ever studied whether or not these particular "marriages" were in fact last ditch efforts to save already failed cohabitation relationships? <BR/><BR/>It's my sense that most of them are, but its mostly intuitive and based in my own and anecdotal age mate experienceMinarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074056201193485823noreply@blogger.com