Marriage is Now a Minority

Yesterday morning while reading the newspaper I came across an article that read "U.S. Marriage a Minority". According to the new census figures married couples now make up less than half (49.7 percent) of the 111.1 million American households. The article went on to say,

The numbers by no means suggests marriage is dead or necessarily that a tipping point has been reached. The total number of married couples is higher than ever, and most Americans eventually marry. But marriage has been facing more competition. A growing number of adults are spending more of their lives single or living unmarried with partners, and the potential social and economic implications are profound.

This was a sad statistic to read. As a child I remember my life's ambition was to get married and raise a family. It was alarming to read that the "fairy tale" dream that my girlfriends and I shared is rare among the girls of today.