Most trans people I know are willing to cut people some slack for using the wrong pronoun for a period of time, because they understand that it’s hard to get used to — harder, I think, than a new name. But when someone is still mis-gendering you 100% of the time, six years after your transition (as my father’s wife…

Oh, SO this. My mom’s idea of sending treats to her kid’s class on birthdays was buying a big box of adult-size Hershey bars and passing them out as she had zero time to bake shit. Funny how that’s the only treat I remember, ever, from anyone, so clearly it did no harm. And I liked having my own “space,” too.

Oh my God, I know. My aunt and uncle were 39 when they were grandparents, because they were 22 when their daughter was born, and she was 17 when she had her oldest. Like, shit happens and it’s fine, but it should NEVER BE ASPIRATIONAL.

+100! That is the best response. Since I have two siblings I can say they only have a 33% success rate.

I’m a college student with several younger female cousins (early high school age) and I can honestly say that’s the difference. One of them recently asked me if my long-term boyfriend and I would get engaged after grad, because that’s what people do. I asked them if they knew how much debt the average student has when…

That was my thought exactly. I was pro-marriage in high school because I was young and idealistic and hadn’t yet ended the terrible long-term relationship I was in. Living life a little and experiencing more relationships and really thinking about what my parent’s marriage/divorce was like made me realize that way way…

I never understood that logic. I don’t like kids, don’t want ‘em, and people always ask “You were a kid once, and you don’t like them?”

Yeah, those surveys asking teenagers if they value marriage or want to get married make no sense to me as a predictor of behavior. It’s not like marriage is pressing a button. People delay marriage for many reasons that have nothing to do with abstract feelings about the institution.

I just like to look at pretty pictures of dresses I have no intention of ever buying...

30 day abs workouts and smokey eye tutorials.

This is a good point. I just resent the guilt feelings foisted upon me for begging off, and then you wonder well, maybe they didn’t actually want people to attend, which is fucked up, too. There are sooo many reasons weddings are going the way of the dodo. Just have a local surprise party wedding, if you're gonna and…

And while The Post suggests that the marriage numbers may rise again—a poll of high school students suggests that marriage is still important to them—it’s unlikely that we’ll see baby boom numbers ever again.

I got married in October of last year, at 29. From 16... yes, 16 until I got engaged at 28, my relatives gave me shit. I rarely brought boyfriends home and didn’t discuss my relationships because I’m a relatively private person and am the black sheep of my very loud, very Italian family where everyone knows everything…

I, personally, cannot wait for conservative/religious media to pick up this story about the bedeviled generation. Look at the growing number of atheists! Look at the decline in religion! Etc! Etc! FAMILY VALUES!

I am all about destination weddings because it gives me the perfect excuse to not attend.

I think she meant that you didn’t have to be married in order to provide her a grandchild. So, seriously, get on it already.

Isn’t the divorce rate way, way, down as well? I figure millennials are just cohabiting where their parents would have gotten married - and thereby avoiding all of those failed first marriages of prior generations.

My mother once pointed out that I don’t need to be married to have a child.

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My mother tried to have the “when are you getting married and having kids” conversation with me a while ago. I quickly pointed out to her that being as was single, not dating anyone, and never having kids, she should probably have this talk with her other child....my younger brother who is living the…