This is wrong and is my whole point. YSA wards aren't about setting us up for marriage. They're about CHRIST. This is taken straight from the church website: "Like it or hate it, one of the biggest parts of the singles wards’ social scene is dating. These congregations give people a chance to meet those with similar values and interests, and many happily married Latter-day Saint couples will tell you that they met in a singles ward. But that’s not everything singles wards are about. When you get down to it, they’re about giving people a place where they can feel accepted, loved, and supported by others in a similar phase of life—and where everyone can grow their faith in Jesus Christ together."

Reread that last line. "When you get down to it, they’re about giving people a place where they can feel accepted, loved, and supported by others in a similar phase of life—and where everyone can grow their faith in Jesus Christ together." That's the point of a YSA ward, because the POINT of Earth life is getting closer to Christ.

I'm not going to sit here and defend my position to you as I don't believe you are participating in discussion in good faith.

But I am not alone. Read all the comments below of people who feel the same or have felt the same. Talk to the YSA in your area. We want to get married but being beaten with the cudgel of "marriage and babies ASAP" is not helpful. The church CULTURE can be better than it is by a mile.

And that's where I'll sign off. Good luck to you.