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-- if men don't aspire to being happily married? Why do they ask us to marry them? No one is forcing them.
There was a study that showed that upwards of 75% of men who married are either outright coerced, or moderately to heavenly pressured to get married before they agree to tie the knot. The average age for a guy to get hitched is around 28. Guys are clearly following the timetables that women are biologically bound to and not theother way around. If guys were to be "settling down" based on their own best interests, they would wait until their mid to late thirties, or even forties before considering it. By that time a guys career has had time to mature, he knows more what he wants and does not want in a partner, has hopefully sowed his oats, and is still young enough to raise his children and attract a young/healthy bride. Guys get married at 28 because they are dating women who are 25, and those women have decided its time to get hitched and start having kids. The pressure starts, guy does not know any better, and before you know it hes married before he even hits 30. Sounds harsh and unromantic, I know, but I believe its more true then not.
