I never really tallied it up until I read this interesting post on the decline of college romance in The Wall Street Journal's
parenting blog, Juggle, but most of my friends met their spouses while
they were undergraduates - which is pretty typical for the members of
my generation. That has since changed, however. Both men and women
are marrying later than ever before - at age 27.5 for men, 25.5 for
women - and that means that the office has eclipsed the university as
the most common place for couples to meet.
But I couldn't help
wondering: was the internet included as a choice of meeting places
when this data was collected? Because it seems obvious to me that's how
90% of our kids are going to find the loves of their lives.
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