Marriage on the Decline
The number of couples in Briton getting married has collapsed to a record low,it has emerged
The proportion of people getting married is now the lowest since records began in 1862 and the number of weddings held in 2006 was the smallest since 1895.
Among men the rate was 22.8 in every 1,000, among women 20.5. When marriage-rates were first calculated in 1862 the level was 58.7 for men and 50 for women.
Even during the world war years marriage rates for women never dropped below 40 in 1,000. They fell below 30 for the first time in 1995.
The general decline of marriage has been under way since 1972 when there were 426,000 weddings and marriage rates were more than 78 in 1,000 for men and 60 for women.
Church weddings are also at a low as two-thirds of all weddings in 2006 were civil ceremonies.
Religious marriages numbered fewer than 80,000.
Wow i’m pretty shocked by this !
Maybe all you ladies need to stop waiting for your man and do the asking yourself 
Author - Fay
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