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Several people sent me this article today:

51 Percent of Women Are Now Living Without a Spouse

One woman quoted in this article comments that we still live in a "marriage culture," but this trend of more adult women living without a spouse shows that that culture is waning. So younger women are waiting longer to marry, or deciding not to marry at all (no personal experience there). And older women who have been married are choosing to remain single after divorce, widowhood, etc. I can see that. I love the statement that one divorced woman makes: Every day is like a present. Not to say that marriage can't be a wonderful experience, but more sisters learning that they can, in fact, do "it," whatever they want "it" to be, for themselves, can only benefit the rest of us. More for my mother's generation than for mine, but it does still apply -- I think men generally get more out of marriage than women do, when you factor in everything, including health, career, social benefits, etc. Must be why they are more likely to rush back into marriage after divorcing instead of taking time to learn more deeply about themselves, like it sounds like these women are doing.

I know I'm already having a ball doing the same.

Anyhoo, thanks for the article, guys.