Dating has changed, marriage is changing, gender roles are changing. There
are now more single people living by themselves than ever before in the history
of the world. This tendency, coupled with the reality that life expectancy
has nearly doubled in the last century, means that individuals are concluding
that they can hold off on marriage or not marry at all, options that mean that
dating doesn’t necessarily point in the direction of settling down as it once did
and settling down could mean spending many decades with one person if they
marry early, prompting them to proceed cautiously.
Statistically, more people are marrying and remarrying than ever before:
Concerns about fertility are balanced by women deciding that they can have
children without the benefit of a partner, another factor that has radically
altered the dating landscape. Some people who are raising children are doing online dating
but have never married and don’t intend to. If all this makes your head spin, you are not alone.