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Originally Posted by Osem
Come to think of it, when we got married we hired the local scout hall for the reception and did all the catering ourselves for about £300 all in. The wife's wedding dress was handed down and the bridesmaids dresses were made by my sister. I wore a work suit. How many people want to do that today? Many would rather have the big event for a day and pay for it over years.
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Or they just don't get married because they can't afford it. They don't have stable accomodation, they have to both work to pay the bills and rent, and hence put off major life events such as marriage until later life.
More data - sorry.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/pu...s-settle-down/
Interesting how the marital age starts to rise as Thatcher starts to take apart council housing. Correlation != causation, but...
The average ages for a first marriage in the UK at most recent statistics take were 32.1 for the man and 30.0 for the woman.
I do hope you don't consider people over the age of 30 to also be feckless youth?
I'm not going to comment on your latest post, there isn't really much substantive in it to discuss.
EDIT: Apart from this bit:
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Originally Posted by Osem
Best of luck with all that bitterness you appear to have.
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Per the other thread I'm alright, Jack.
