Re: Relationship/Sex Trends
1. Sex toy and sexual technique "parties" (classes to showcase/sell toys) held at people's houses are quite common.
2. In my opinion, it's 2 things- many people want to be more financially stable and out of school before worrying about a permanent partner and children, and people can live long, healthy lives and have a little more time available to them in which to raise said family. Many (again, IMO) of the early conception ages are due to pressure or desire from the female partner- but in today's society, women have careers more and more and don't want to leave that to raise the family, so some simply put it aside for a while. But don't you worry, there are plenty of 16-year-olds getting knocked up to balance out the numbers.
3. Get to know them. It usually becomes very obvious quite quickly.
4. I think people see marriage as a piece of paper, and not an actual emotional and psychological bond more and more... hence the over 50% divorce rate in the first 5 years of marriage (note: here in the US, don't know about elsewhere, sorry). The things people divorce over are sometimes so crazy... you think to yourself, "why the fuck did you two ever marry for anyway?"
For you, just take care of yourself, and make sure you're SURE it's meant to be, and not because it's convenient or "the next step". I think a lot of people marry just because they date, then move on to spending the night, and then on to moving in with each other, and soon they figure they might as well get married, because it's "the next step", and that is such a horrible reason.
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