“Single People, Double Digits”

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/13/9425241-where-are-mr-or-mrs-right-matrimony-suffers-slump-report-shows

America’s marriage rate for 2009 – 2010 dropped to a record low of 51%, down from 72% in 1960.  Experts are divided on the cause, unsure if it’s Kim Kardashian or Kris Humphries that’s really to blame.

The statistics show that the only ones who want to get married anymore are gay people.

Studies suggest that money may be a factor in people holding off marriage.  It is true that, in the current economy, it’s much harder than it used to be to find someone to marry for money.

Though most people are influenced to marry by their church, that message is contradicted the more powerful message of reality TV.

“Wedding Toast” or “Raising the Bar”

A new study shows that increased alcohol usage may negatively affect the length of a marriage. Especially if the couple measures that marriage in bottles, glasses, or shots.

“Surveillance Says”

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/sex-relationships/marriage/2010-11-18-1Amarriage18_ST_N.htm?csp=hf

According to a survey conducted last month, almost 40% of adults say that marriage is becoming obsolete. Of course, all of the people who expressed that were married men so they didn’t know what the hell they were talking about, did they?