re: Number of unmarried young men is surging

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Breaking news alert from 2040:

"Men are creating generational wealth at rates never seen before"

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In order for it to be "generational" there would have to be a next generation.

And they'd have to still make more money when they dont anymore

Never been married.

I'm only compatible for living with canines.

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I dont know why older folks have an issue with this...men's lifestyle expectations follow the increase in material lifestyles experienced in our civilization.

Somehow older folks think young men in their 20s should live like men in their 20s lived in the 80s...that makes absolutely no sense.

Why didnt the boomers live in cheap homes with no AC and no colored TV like their parents did?

You mean the expectations of young men parallel the technological and economic mprovements of society? Explain to me why thats bad.

The unrealistic expectations youll find are entirely with women, especially YOUNG women.

I think old men are just terrified at calling out women.

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well i'm not old, and i will absolutely call out women. but men have plenty blame here as well.

and many boomers DID live pretty spartan lifestyles in their twenties.

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You mean the expectations of young men parallel the technological and economic mprovements of society? Explain to me why thats bad.

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ok please tell me what a 22 year old should be entitled to in order tp parallel the technological improvements of society?

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In the last 5 years, I've had a ton of parents come to therapy over kids that have "failure to launch".

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I sure hope you tell them to quit waiting for the kid to launch and launch him, instead. I, nor anyone I know my age, were given a launch option. If we didn't move out before we finished college, we were "launched" (told to leave) the day we got done with school.

why is it that most modern parents can't tell their own kids to hit the door? And not spitefully, but as a natural step towards adulthood.

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if my algorithm is anything close to correct men are being blamed for almost everything by their wives or girlfriends. If you've seen any videos on this mother that just murdered her 3 children you will understand what I'm talking about. She clearly admitted to killing the 3 children, the defense and prosecutors clearly showed she committed the murders but you have white women in all of the social media saying it was the husband/father. Young men see that and just throw up their hands and say "why would I want that?"

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it is pretty bonkers.

As it relates to affordability, I would think getting married young would actually be the thing to do, assuming both people work.

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In today’s dating market if a man doesn’t have all 3 of these he is pretty much out of the dating market. The average woman wants absolutely NOTHING to do with the average male. Welcome to 2026. Best of luck in this market.

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I think this is overstated, although indicative of something real.

Hypergamy is real. I'm sure guys who are 5'10'' with status and/or wealth are doing fine. But generally this tracks onto the idea that a six female is matching with an eight or nine male on the apps, and so forth. And by all accounts this appears to be true (I'm not a participant, I'm interested in this stuff because I have sons).

I do think the reality is such that the average guys being left on the sideline are often back in the fold in their early 30s, having built something, improved themselves, etc. while their peer females are slowly declining as, well, assets. Suddenly they're soft landing spots, and the reality is probably that many of them will suck it up and get married to the women who blew them off 5-10 years go.

Some won't. Some will go, "hey I have money and status now, forget these women, I'm going to go after the early 20s girls now" which makes for a circular problem for the then-currently 20 something guys. It's a mess, a timing problem, an expectation problem, and everyone is probably losing in the end.

Women have fun and then scramble, with all the resulting chaos of that (fertility, most notably). Men may "get the girl" eventually but with far more baggage, a more transactional undercurrent, etc. Both missed out on the meaningful period where they suffer and build together. And then there are the broader societal problems of birth rate, narcissism/inflated valuations, men without purpose, women without restraint. A mess.

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Either female "autonomy" is a lie or these women are deliberately walking into fire.

Our society has forbade criticism of female nature in a healthy constructive manner...thats why red pill content has become popular...its the only place in the west people are allowed to criticize women.

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I've seen some women in relation to the Clancy thing make comments about how women need to - for the first time - center themselves.

In a culture that caters predominately to the needs and emotions of women. Where do you even start with with a woman arguing she has no time for herself...in a performative, staged Tik Tok video?

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Decline of morality and Church centered families and communities.

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Has nothing to do with that.

The most realistic answer is that social media has turned Gen Z women into superficial, self-absorbed and empty vessels who view everything surface level. They see all of these influencers living lavish lifestyles on Instagram and decide that they want to copy that because everyone else thinks it’s cool.

Women have always been incapable of thinking for themselves. It’s a biological survival mechanism for them to want to fit in with the rest of the crowd. Social media has simply amplified that ten fold. It’s why anybody who tells you that looks don’t matter in dating is full of absolute shite.