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I'd be interested to see if you have any survey data or statistics to back up some of the claims earlier about extended childhood or people living at home to avoid responsibility. I have seen survey data showing people in their early to mid 20s are more likely to live with their parents than a spouse, but I don't think we can make assumptions about the reasoning behind it. (Unless of course, you've seen some data that I haven't - I'd be really interested.) Just from my own peer group, I know a few people who lived with their parents into their mid 20s, but that was so that they could save up enough money to buy their own property.
I'm not saying that living at home is to avoid responsibility. I'm saying getting married and having children is a responsibility and people are pushing that responsibility off later and later. And yes the age people choose to get married is older and older and the percentage of people cohabitating is larger than ever. Almost any stat you see would tell you that.
@@ellianna.keller 5:30 you talk about "extended childhood", "not contributing to society in meaningful ways", and "putting off the responsibility of adulthood JUST BECAUSE they don't want that responsibility". Yes, people are objectively getting married older, but you were attributing a reason for it that I don't think is backed up by any real data. To other points in the video - I totally agree that when people are ready for marriage varies a lot from person to person, and people often say "oh, they're too young to get married" about a 24 year old or "why aren't they married, what's wrong with them" about a 34 year old. If you're in a stable, relationship where you're aligned on values and life goals and in a place financially to support yourselves, I think it's a little silly to wait until you're x years old just because you feel some sort of external pressure to not get married "too young".
I'd be interested to see if you have any survey data or statistics to back up some of the claims earlier about extended childhood or people living at home to avoid responsibility. I have seen survey data showing people in their early to mid 20s are more likely to live with their parents than a spouse, but I don't think we can make assumptions about the reasoning behind it. (Unless of course, you've seen some data that I haven't - I'd be really interested.) Just from my own peer group, I know a few people who lived with their parents into their mid 20s, but that was so that they could save up enough money to buy their own property.
I'm not saying that living at home is to avoid responsibility. I'm saying getting married and having children is a responsibility and people are pushing that responsibility off later and later. And yes the age people choose to get married is older and older and the percentage of people cohabitating is larger than ever. Almost any stat you see would tell you that.
@@ellianna.keller 5:30 you talk about "extended childhood", "not contributing to society in meaningful ways", and "putting off the responsibility of adulthood JUST BECAUSE they don't want that responsibility". Yes, people are objectively getting married older, but you were attributing a reason for it that I don't think is backed up by any real data.
To other points in the video - I totally agree that when people are ready for marriage varies a lot from person to person, and people often say "oh, they're too young to get married" about a 24 year old or "why aren't they married, what's wrong with them" about a 34 year old. If you're in a stable, relationship where you're aligned on values and life goals and in a place financially to support yourselves, I think it's a little silly to wait until you're x years old just because you feel some sort of external pressure to not get married "too young".