I once read a statistic that around 90% of people get married at some point in their life. I don't know how accurate this is, but this would suggest that most people who WANT to get married, will get married. That has certainly been my experience. When I first got married (at 35), I had several friends who were single, many of whom were quite idiosyncratic, so I had trouble finding people to fix them up with. You know what? Within five years ALL of them were married or engaged. It seemed like once they decided they really were ready to get married, they found someone. As I always say, there's a lid for every pot.

If the original article was from 1986, would the interview subjects now be 20 years older, not 10 years older?

Does this also mean that I can't use Hitler's Secret Diaries in a research paper?

I wonder what the statistics are for people who want to get married? (Male and female)

What is the likelihood that someone who wants to get married, does get married?

What is the statistics for marriage for people who are ambivilent?

And what is the rate of marriage among people who don't want to marry?

I've always thought the fear mongering marriage stats for women just a bit of pop culture.

...for your hopes for the holy grail of marriage are safe! You might have to put it off in the service of those "minor" goals such as attaining an education, building a successful career, figuring out what life is, and so forth, but know that you still have a strong chance of fulfilling your womanly destiny at the end of it all just the same!

Let's all breathe a sigh of relief and treat ourselves to a copy of Martha Stewart Weddings.