I'm so glad younger people are largely abandoning the "wife bad" garbage. Maybe it's not so bad to, you know, openly enjoy being with someone you love without having to make a joke about it.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 127 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No one has to "get married by 23 and if they ever get divorced they're massive failures" anymore.

[–] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depends on the part of the world you live in. I'm that age and coworkers (!) constantly joke about having to find me a wife and find it a bit odd that I'm not even in a long-time relationship yet.

I had this colleague a few years back who was 28-29 at the time, and people were bad-mouthing him because he wasn't married, saying that something must be wrong with him. Societal pressure is very strong here.

You wouldn't believe this is happening in the EU, right?

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