Single? You're not alone

Gerald · 08-20-10, 06:25 AM

(CNN) -- There are 96 million people in the United States who have no spouse. That means 43 percent of all Americans over the age of 18 are single, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

"Single" is defined as adults who have never been married, are divorced or are widowed in the bureau's America's Families and Living Arrangements survey of 2009.

Of the singletons, 61 percent of them have never said "I do." Twenty-four percent are divorced and 15 percent are widowed.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/0...ica/index.html

Note:August 20, 2010 Updated 0121 GMT

Platapus · 08-20-10, 08:17 AM

And we call those people "the happy people".

Do you know why divorces are so expensive? Because they are worth it.

Gerald · 08-20-10, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

And we call those people "the happy people".

Do you know why divorces are so expensive? Because they are worth it.

then it is certainly one who laughs all the way to the bank

Jimbuna · 08-20-10, 10:23 AM

My wife told me that she wants a divorce because I don't take life seriously enough.

So I got on my space hopper and got the hell out of there.

August · 08-20-10, 10:53 AM

Isn't alimony where you pay a woman not to live with you?

Herr-Berbunch · 08-20-10, 10:56 AM

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Isn't alimony where you pay a woman not to live with you?

Or that could just be a hooker, probably cheaper in the long run - and less earache!

08-20-10, 06:25 AM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Single? You're not alone (CNN) -- There are 96 million people in the United States who have no spouse. That means 43 percent of all Americans over the age of 18 are single, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. "Single" is defined as adults who have never been married, are divorced or are widowed in the bureau's America's Families and Living Arrangements survey of 2009. Of the singletons, 61 percent of them have never said "I do." Twenty-four percent are divorced and 15 percent are widowed. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/0...ica/index.html Note:August 20, 2010 Updated 0121 GMT __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	And we call those people "the happy people". Do you know why divorces are so expensive? Because they are worth it. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-20-10, 10:23 AM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	My wife told me that she wants a divorce because I don't take life seriously enough. So I got on my space hopper and got the hell out of there. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-20-10, 10:53 AM	#5
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Isn't alimony where you pay a woman not to live with you? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.