10 Reasons Why Men Won't Commit   

 

 

 

1.                  Men can get sex without marriage more easily than in times past;

 

2.                 Men can enjoy the benefits of having a wife by cohabiting rather than marrying;

3.                 Men want to avoid divorce and its financial risks;

 

4.                 Men want to wait until they are older to have children. This is a simple justification to not think about this;

 

5.                 Men fear that marriage will require too many changes and compromises to their current life style;

 

6.                 Men are waiting for their soul mate to show-up in their life, but she has not yet appeared;

 

7.                 Today there are fewer social pressures to marry, for example, having children outside of marriage is no longer stigmatized;

 

8.                 Men are reluctant to marry a woman who already has children;

 

9.                 Men want to own a house and develop their career before they get a wife;

 

10.             Men want to enjoy single life as long as they can.

 

 

Source:

 

The State of Our Unions 2002 - The Social Health of Our Marriage in America.

 

This data is taken from research carried out in the U.S.A., these findings nevertheless are similar to our experiences here in Australia.