Is Marriage A Status Symbol?
I was reading some girly magazine yesterday, and it was doing one of those things where they compare things that happened in different decades. This article was about how being single was different in the 80’s than it is now. It made fun of marriage being a status symbol back then…this got me to thinking…is it still a status symbol? When we meet someone, and find out their marriage status, does this cause us to view them in different ways?
Let’s take men for instance. The image I have in my head of a single man in his 40’s is completely different from what I think about a married man at the same age. I think they wear different types of watches. A married man would wear a steel band, an single guy a leather band.
Now lets do women. When I think of a single woman in her 30’s, I think of me: an amazing fun, outgoing booze-hound. When I think of a married woman, I think of a sad, lonely and depressed woman. I may be biased.
What do you think? If the only thing you knew about someone was their marriage status, what would you think?
Tags: marriage, relationships
January 29th, 2010 at 11:03 am
If the only thing I knew was that they were married Id think: Ok, so shes got to be at least decent because someone married her. Beyond that you cant really make any judgments based solely on marriage.
And I wear both a steel band and a leather band watch and Im not married. Leather mostly with suits, and steel for the rest of the time.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Also, if a woman is married, why would she be lonely? Wouldnt that be the one thing she isnt? Your stereotypes are all wrong.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I wear a pocket watch and a monacle (sp?)
I’m pretty much the raddest cat in the hood.
January 29th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
I hate the sound that steel bands make on men. It creeps me out.
My brother had a pocket watch for years. He probably still has one.
January 29th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
On weekends I rock the “Flava Flav” watch.
I walk around and scream at strangers “TEEEENWOLFEEEEYYY WOOOOLF”