nostr:npub1jzk2v89wh9p8ta56nwaj4wt40wh6ut0e3xrakr0h5zzqe5qfzvnq3nq695 young American women have, largely, been ruined. They have unrealistic expectations of marriage and life in general. Largely fuelled by social media, IMHO.
It's not enough for three months of salary to buy an engagement ring anymore, you also need a high status job, car, home, etc.
"What? I'm not living in an apartment, what if my friends/followers/etc. saw me living here?"
The country, as a whole, was better when it thought of itself as a Christian nation.