Why do marriages and relationships not work like they used to?

[Anonymous]

When I was growing up you were supposed to cherish and protect women, that’s all gone with women being independent and not needing protection. I think this was the downfall.

Crazy how the whole world changed

For the reasons you stated

For other reasons

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Well, either way society is gone anyway. Only the ones with traditional views are having children. That’s why immigrants are taking over western nations. Our western nations are being exterminated by themselves

[Simslover92]

Because people don't want to fight for what they have anymore. They view people like disposable goods thanks to social media and video games. It's easy to just give up on something these days instead of sticking it out.

[Anonymous]

The reality is most people do not date for love anymore. They date for social standing and influence. They don't love you. They tolerate you as long as you bring enough perceived value to thier social standing. When you don't anymore, or when they get a better then they are outtie.

[Opinion Owner]

"When they get a better offer then" I meant to type

[Garud]

I think women are still dependent on govt policies catering to them and relaxation criteria always and get protected by laws especially crafted to favour them first

[Flower7]

Guys no longer want to cherish or protect women. They are now demanding to be treated more like women. They keep complaining that everyone hates men and women have it so much better, like they are jealous of women.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

The way marriage used to work is that women had no choice but to be financially dependent on men because up until the 1970’s, women were not able to have bank accounts in their name alone, let alone credit cards or loans for their own homes. This means only the younger half of gen X, the millennials, and gen Z have the first generations of fully independent women who are allowed to financially support themselves. The boomer generations and any generations before were not able to do this. Marriage was done for the purpose of survival as much as any romantic inclinations. Now that women and men are finally on equal grounds, women see that they don’t want a mediocre marriage and men don’t know how to be better because they learned from their fathers who were very happily content with this power imbalance in their favor. And because men don’t know how to be better, they don’t have a wife.

[Asker]

No I was talking like 20 years ago not 50

[Asker]

You’ve both taken it way prehistoric.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

20 years ago still had influence from Gen X and those before it

[Apple1996]

It seems like both genders just don't value each other like they use to. It use to be that men and women completed each other in a relationship. Now they compete with each other. So yeah kind of what you said

[Asker]

You’re right there it’s so gay

[Apple1996]

It really is especially when people are fighting against natural gender roles 😒

[In_Trance]

The basis of how they work successfully and how they fail has never changed and it never will.
The only thing that's changed is people's engagement level and intelligence level

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Back then it didn't work neither. People are difficult to deal with. Day in and day out with their ish.

[strateguy632]

I blame feminism twisted the women

[Anonymous]

Because you live in the 50s