I think there's a lot of truth to this article:

Think romance is alive and well among young singles? That twenty-somethings are checking each other out in the office and cruising the bars at night, looking for someone to love? You might want to think again.

The major love story these days is this: maybe later.

It's not that they take relationships lightly, or that they don't want to become attached -- eventually. It's just, who has the time? They're working their butts off at college or in jobs that barely cover the rent and feel obligated to find fulfilling, well-paid careers. It will be easier to make their marks, they think, unfettered by relationships that, let's face it, can be so distracting.

This came as something of a surprise to researchers Lee Rainie and Mary Madden at the Pew Research Center when, in going over data in a larger dating survey, they discovered that among 18-to-29-year-olds, only slightly more than a third said they were in committed relationships. Among the remaining, more were not looking than looking... 38 percent in committed relationships and 38 percent neither in committed relationships nor looking for them. Twenty-two percent were not in relationships but looking.

My take on this? Fools! Jobs, careers, money... none will give you the happiness that being in love does. To this day I've never regretted a single thing related to work or money. What I regret is when I was 17 and Ana Maria sat on the bench, tapping her feet to the Beatles' "Oh, Darling" (I still can't listen to that song without remembering her hair flowing in the wind, the sun shining on her gorgeous face... a perfect moment) and not approaching her. All I did was just daydream about her for months. Years later I found out she liked me too and was hoping I'd say something.

But that's just my take. What do you think?


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