I find it interesting that the article doesn’t question whether lower birth rates before the drop in relationships are the cause of this phenomenon.

Speaking for myself, I want kids, frankly more than I want a relationship. I will not enter into a relationship with someone who that isn’t feasible with (be it her socioeconomic situation, health, or simply her not wanting them).

I think the marketing of more and more expensive hobbies and travel, combined with less and less support for education/families, is leading a lot of folks to make the same decisions I’m making. Meanwhile, our popular culture makes saying this sort of thing explicitly something of a taboo, even if it happens to be the logic many of us are following.

> A world of rising singledom is not necessarily any better or worse than one filled with couples and families, but it is fundamentally different to what has come before, with major social, economic and political implications.

Thankfully this article doesn't paint decreased population as a calamity.