All the Single Ladies - Magazine

In 2001, when I was 28, I broke up with my boyfriend. Allan and I had been together for three years, and there was no good reason to end things. He was (and remains) an exceptional person, intelligent, good-looking, loyal, kind. My friends, many of whom were married or in marriage-track relationships, were bewildered. I was bewildered. The period that followed was awful. Also see: The End of Men Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Delayed Childbearing Though career counselors and wishful thinkers may say otherwise, women who put off trying to have children until their mid-thirties risk losing out on motherhood altogether. Marry Him! In Search of Mr. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off The author is ending her marriage. The Wifely Duty Marriage used to provide access to sex. Sex and the College Girl "This is clearly a mess and not one that is going to clear up with magic speed on the wedding night." Are We not Men? I kid! “Pwhah!”

Study: Single Men Not Afraid of Marriage or Having Kids As Valentine's Day approaches and married people take a moment to express their boundless and eternal love for their spouse by buying chocolates made in faraway China a romantically long time ago, they tend to take pity on single folk. They imagine a vast tribe of female lonely hearts roaming an emotional Sahara, confounded by mirages that look like marriage-minded men. But according to what may be the biggest study of single people ever, that image is, like the enthusiasm for the chocolate, quite false. Single men are, on the whole, as likely to want to get married... Subscribe Now Get TIME the way you want it One Week Digital Pass — $4.99 Monthly Pay-As-You-Go DIGITAL ACCESS — $2.99 One Year ALL ACCESS — Just $30!

Surprising facts about birth in the United States Just over 4 million babies are born in the United States each year, and the details of how, when, and where they arrive are always shifting. Inside pregnancy: Labor and birth The biggest news this year is that the U.S. birth rate is still slumping – down 3 percent in 2010 from 2009. The number of births is down too. Many blame the tumultuous economy for the dropping numbers. Note: Most of the numbers in this article come from U.S. We also pulled a few interesting stats from the U.S. When and where U.S. babies are born The biggest day The most popular day for babies to make their entrance is Tuesday, followed by Monday. The biggest month In 2010 more newborns arrived in September than in any other month. Birth numbers and rates in the states The number of births went down for 40 states and remained about the same for the rest of the states in 2009. States with the most births California, Texas, and New York (in descending order) had the greatest number of births. States with the fewest births