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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore older couples shacking up, skipping marriage
http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/25/11372147-more-older-couples-shacking-up-skipping-marriage?liteShacking up. It's not just for the kids anymore.
The number of people over age 50 who are living together romantically has more than doubled in a decade, from 1.2 million in 2000 to 2.75 million in 2010, according to an analysis of government data done by Bowling Green State University.
The 50-plus group represents nearly one-third of the approximately 7.5 million people of all ages who were living together in 2010, the researchers found.
But while young people tend to be testing the waters for marriage, experts say older people arent necessarily living together as a step toward tying the knot. They're doing it for the money.
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More older couples shacking up, skipping marriage (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2012
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KG
(28,753 posts)1. i'm over 50, i don't see the point of getting married
(if by some wild chance i ever met someone again...)
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)2. Well, as long as they're not gay...
...if you can't have kids, it doesn't really count as a relationship...
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)3. With no kids, it makes no sense. K&R. n/t
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)4. Good. Once you get past 2 marriages it's just embarrassing.
My grandma was married 4 times, so obviously marriage doesn't mean that much to her. I get so embarrassed for people when they're on their 3rd or 4th or 5th spouse. If you can't make it work twice then you've got a problem either with yourself or the people you're picking and no I'm not buying you a f*cking gift for your 4th marriage.