So long and Thanks for all the fish

Australia's young are strongly pro-marriage, with most wanting to tie the knot by their late 20s, new research shows. But many are unlikely to achieve their goal because they are too fussy, or too cautious.

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My parents have always reminded me that they were married and with kids at my age and I should do the same. When I was studying, I was expected to study well so I can get a good job. Once I have a good job, I was expected to get a good wife. Once I get a wife, I am immediately expected to have a child!!

I must say that I got married in my late 20s and I can say that I very fussy with the girls I went out with. I think that the longer you are single, the harder it is to meet some you like, cause you are set in your ways and it is harder to compromise and assimilate to couplehood.

I have friends who are in the 30s and 40s who are still single, because when they were younger they wanted to enjoy life and party hard. They wanted to see the world and climb the corporate ladder. But now that they have achieved their personal dreams they are ready to share their other dreams with someone else.... but it is not easy to find like minded people.

And society is not helping with finding the right partner, when they keep telling you that you need to work harder and make more money so that you can enjoy life. Society is telling you that most marriages will end in divorce. Society is telling you that are it alright to live the life of the carefree. Societies are telling you that it is alright to test drive the car and not buy it!!

So why in the world would you want to settle down?