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Ethan's Top Five Reasons Why a Marriage Delayed Is a Marriage Improved:

1. It is only through fully understanding who you are that you can become part of a couple. Those who look to marriages to "complete them" or fill a hole in their lives are better off adopting a dog.

2. Statistically speaking, later marriages are less likely to end in divorce. In fact, later marriages are responsible for the recent decline in the divorce rate.

3. There are many benefits to later parenting. (see "Ethan's Top Five Reasons To Be Happy about the Prospect of Being an Older Parent")

4. Financial worries are fewer. This means not only that older couples have more resources but also that when financial concerns do come up, they're more likely to have the knowledge and maturity to handle them.

5. The predictable post-30 drop in hormones in both men and women make them less likely to fall prey to "wandering eyes," "the seven-year itch," and similar marriage-ending betrayals.

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More on the above topic can be found in chapter 6: "Men and the Marriage Delay."

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