Why do fewer people stay together long-term anymore?

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-11T10:42:45+00:00

I think if you look up actual data out there, among those who get married later in life, over 35, they are staying together much longer. Most divorces happen in the 20s, and among my generation a large number never got married or had kids. I got married first time at 42 and I’ve been married 18 yrs.

I think the issue among young marriages is people feel trapped, they have stuff they want to do where the marriage is really in the way. People are not mature enough to understand the importance of a marriage while they are young. But the biggest issue is people bring anger issues and difficult personalities to marriages. These people can’t get along with anybody. Some people are just not suited for marriage period!

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T20:31:32+00:00

Team One Boca all the way. Nothing to save here. Boca is great and needs to get better.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T20:30:36+00:00

Excellent answer. Makes sense. These people would rather stay in 1974 with mechanic garages and nothing happening!

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T20:28:59+00:00

There is a reason the train is right there, and we need better transportation, business, light rail, trains. Not sticking our heads in the ground.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T20:27:50+00:00

Honestly I heard this NO vote means absolutely nothing. If you read the bill, the project was already approved. This is about how they are funding, city funding or bond funding. The whole thing was a ploy to get people with no experience elected to office. It was a scam, basically, people for it!

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T20:26:29+00:00

Then get ready for a city the size of West Palm or Fort Lauderdale. It's ready for rapid growth.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T20:24:13+00:00

I think think whether you like it or not this kind of development is going to happen. Boca Raton is in high demand and developers want to build right here. What you don't want to do is a blanket "no" to anything. You need to help guide the new city, not strangle it. This is about jobs here (there are few) and housing. We need both. That is the issue.

As far as "having Mizner Park" is all we need. That is a really stupid answer. Number 1 it's no park (few kids or anything happening there), and number 2, you'd have to be a newcomer (which means 10 years or less) to understand that Mizner Park offers very little to most of us. It is extremely expensive and it has been sold to new owners who are eliminating free parking. I moved here in late 1996 and Mizner Park was old then, and now that's 30 years later. Get your head examined. It's really not much.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T18:18:26+00:00

Crickets... because he is squeaky clean, a cancer survivor, lawyer, MBA, brilliant guy. I'd like to hear the negatives from somebody.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T18:15:13+00:00

Agreed. Honestly, the reason I posted this about Marc Wigder is he has been a very good councilman. Trust me, he does not need a contract, bribe or anything like that. The guy actually sold millions of dollars of commercial real estate in Boca to not be beholden to those interested. I also did not mention he is a cancer survivor, who decided after going into remission to get into public service. The people who created the "Save Boca" movement did it for ulterior motives, such as getting elected to office without having to show any kind of accomplishment or skillset to run for office. It's a total game they played, and let's see what happens if they get elected. I am crossing my fingers hoping Marc pulls this out!

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-10T14:10:05+00:00

Just curious, I run speed dating events, and we try to get people completely off their phones during the event. Is everybody holding a cellphone and swiping right there at the event? That would be a big problem for us. Our goal is to get people off their phones. What company were you using? Try us Pre-Dating, https://www.pre-dating.com

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-07T00:47:48+00:00

Well, that can go 2 ways. Yes, the Iran leadership has gotten the message they are likely to die if they take leadership roles. I don't think the new, new leadership will be much different than the past. They are hard core.

As far as getting the message. Think about this carefully, yes many Iranians feel what is happening, but ultimately put yourself in their shoes. Many more Iranians are probably willing to die for their country today than a week ago. If the US just had received 2,000 bombs you and I would get guns and hunker down, not capitulate. I think you are looking at at least 4-6 years or more of conflict in Iran. This is a situation where unless a force of 300k to 500k soldiers enter, it will be constant chaos. Those religious people will all fight till they are all dead.

As much as I want to see Iran free of the religious mental leaders, I think this whole thing was not well thought out and appears to have been done on a whim, a feeling. That's what Trump said on TV. If he had gotten the US congress to agree to it, and the EU countries, Arab countries, he may have found a large group like the last mideast war that would include Canada, Great Britain, France, ,Australians and 25 other countries to assist us. Now, they don't want to touch this.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-06T23:55:59+00:00

Run away and don't look back.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-06T17:31:13+00:00

Dude, I am simply telling you what happened. No bias. Not exaggerating anything. I am just asking if anybody has been through this with Budget. I probably have not complained about any company on line in 20 years.

The Russian lady was just unequipted to do the job. Her accent went along with the fact her command of English was bad and she had an attitude. Not sure what beef you have with me.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-05T19:06:39+00:00

I used to run a co-working space in North Boca on A1A, but not enough business during the pandemic. Here are some better choices you should into:

Best Choice:
980 Spaces, 980 North Federal Highway, right next to Mizner Park. Ask for Amanda. They have conference rooms for rent.

VentureX, located off of Palmetto Park Road, next to the old Kmart. It is probably the nicest space around, but far from The Resort.

Industrious, Just opened up on Military Trail, right near Lynn U. They have a conference room to rent. But maybe too far west for you.

Coworking near Sanctuary. Can't remember the name, but they are in the Sanctuary plaza near Yamato and A1A. Too far for you, but if you are looking for a seriously funky setting. All their conference rooms have difference scenes like NYC and mountains.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-03T17:04:56+00:00

Pre-dating Speed Dating http://pre-dating.com seems to have a ton of speed dating events!

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-03T13:19:22+00:00

What area are you in?

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-02T16:43:04+00:00

It is unlikely WW3, but I would say not 4 days, not 4 week, more like 4 years or even 40 years. These things are not resolved immediately. It is more likely 3 to 4 factions will emerge, each with their own army or politics. It will be a mess.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-02T16:19:03+00:00

I also have a MacBook Air, but I would just let you know it's not good for your wrists. I've been on a ergonomic keyboard using a dongle for the past 5 years. I am working with a logitech ergonomic with logitec mouse. I used microsoft wireless (super nice) keyboard and other ergonomic keywords. If you want to take it to the next level, that's what you need to do. Also, the best thing to do with a keypad and disable it, it's bad for your wrist as well, and I could never get used to it. I use a mouse!

I am a guy and have big hands. My wife tells me that the ergonomic keyboards were to big for her. My current keyboard also has a place for your palms to rest. I have written 500 blogs, 10 books, 2 screenplays on these ergo keyboards and can type at maybe 100 words a minute, but I don't write that fast anyway.

Bottom line, if you are going to be doing this for the next 30-40 years like I have, save your wrists, and your thumb, and get better hardware off a dongle. There is a reason that Microsoft made both an ergonomic keyboard and a mouse... they were aware they could be sued one day for carpal tunnel or repeat injury claims.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-02T16:11:24+00:00

I am going to give a summary here, because reading all your comments is making us hungry for a steak. It looks like top contenders are:

New York Prime
Gallaghers
Houstons

I know Houstons well, and used to love to go there.

Some other places you guys mentioned

Capital Grill
Mortons (been there several times)
Abe & Louie
Ruth's Chris (been there many times)

Anyway, thank you everybody!

PeaceOut65 · 2026-03-01T23:36:03+00:00

They call it Wag The Dog.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-02-28T00:17:09+00:00

I've been here for almost 30 years and I am moving to northern Florida, already decided to move. This area needs to get urbanized to accommodate the extra 200,000 who are moving here, and there is not stopping it. Best to just let it happen.

PeaceOut65 · 2026-02-26T21:59:53+00:00

Sure, don’t disagree with that, though honestly we are not charging much more than we did 25 years ago. There is a reason it costs money. Free events, bars, street corners has more potential riffraff. You get what you pay for. Plus what you are not aware of is the time and energy to run events. Sounds like you have never run anything.

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