Musings and Amusings

A fascinating new study out of Australia knocked the stereotype of selfish, single, Sex & The City-style women on its head this week with findings that it’s not career ambition that’s keeping young women from settling down, but rather a long list of reasons outside of her control. First and foremost, a lack of a willing, able—and kid-friendly—partner.

Housing ranked highly, too, with women wanting to reduce a mortgage, to renovate or to move to more suitable accommodation before having a child.

For centuries women have married without giving a thought to love, searching instead for financial security, stability and a father for their children simply because they were ready to have children.

The modern women is looking to build her life so she can make a decision when the time is right financially, pragmatically and emotionally—so she doesn’t need to find the man to make it happen, but the man she can enjoy life with while everything else falls in line.