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Pricey Weddings & Costly Cohabitations Don’t Set Singles Up for Success

In the United States, Millennials and Generation Z are none too concerned about getting to the altar.

Such are the findings of a survey conducted earlier last year by the Thriving Center of Psychology.¹ According to the U.S. Census Bureau, roughly one in three people aged 15 or older were never married in 2022, up from one in four in 1950. To find out why, the Center interviewed a sample of 906 Gen Z-ers and Millennials who are currently in a relationship but unmarried; ages ranged from 18–42, with an average respondent age of 29. The survey asked a number of questions pertaining to attitudes toward marriage, future plans or hopes, number of children, finances, and more.

Depressingly, the results are...