Summary
The lifestyles that are present in our society are vast from single-hood, cohabitation, civil unions, and marriage. The chapter dives into why people may be single and the types of people that are single. It also explains how some opinions about single life are untrue and have the opposite effects. There have also been many changes from the 1950s and 1960s to present day when it comes to the percentage of people getting marriage or living together before marriage. It was almost taboo to live together with the opposite sex in earlier years and now it is the norm. Many things have changed when it comes to relationship status. From the age you will get married, the percentage choosing to live alone, the number of heterosexual unmarried couples in the United States all have dramatically changed from the 1960s and 1970s to the present. Overall, our lifestyles have been changing with the time and it has become a more accepting and open society at least in the United States.
Interesting Items Learned
I found it interesting that living together before marriage is not a good way to see if partners will get along when married. Another interesting thing I learned was that most elderly singles do not worry about growing old and dying alone.
Questions/Concerns
What are the statistics on young or middle-aged married couples worrying about growing old and dying alone? Or if there is a young war veteran widow, what would their outlook be on getting married again or living alone?
Brian Bitner
To comment on your final question I believe that usually if there is a widow war veteran I think that due to the increased age of living as well as the contact they can have with many more people--face book, twitter, online dating,etc--that they will be more likely to have the mentality that they will (maybe not marry) at least date again. If they have the money to get married then maybe they will but I believe that has more to do with the economy
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