Will this happen in India too? Are you folks still planning to have kids?

This is a very interesting topic. I wonder what the impact will be on so many things.

• People get married later, have kids much much later
• Effectively you're getting fewer of your "fitter" years with your kid (although lifetime is elongated too)
• We've added at least 5 years of working as a single guy/gal to our lifetimes.

Question to the broader community: I don't see most people between 25 to 30 being super happy. Most people actually seem misguided (me/my friends - in some ways). Is this pattern actually harmful for us?

Millennial here, 29M unmarried. Here's the pattern I see:

Most Men in India tend to get married between 28-31 these days. While most women in India tend to get married between 26-30.

As education rises and people become more independent, I see these age windows moving up.

I think it's good for people from an emotional perspective. Age tends to bring emotional maturity in many. Might have adverse effects on women's health, as having kids post 30 leads to complications.

I never get the "playing with kids" part. If one keeps their lifestyle active, I don't see why they won't have energy to play with their kids after office 🤔 IDK, maybe I'll get it when I have kids or get older.

Masses have accepted, maybe marriage is not their cup of tea.

If the US is doing this, India will follow We've seen it happen with almost every other demographic trend haven't we

It is indeed happening though at a slower rate.

Wow that’s 70% -> 35% within a span of a generation
What are second order effects I wonder

Hmm, based on this trend and the comments here, from a long term perspective, the natural selection seems to be eliminating those people's genes who are highly educated and moderately rich but adding disproportionately more poor and less-educated people's genes to the global human gene pool. That too a global phenomenon! How ironic!

Will be on the path of Japan in a couple of centuries? 🥲

False Matrimonial Cases are and will be one of the top reasons due to which marriages will decline in India.

college grad here,my thoughts, i think marriage is legal suicide for any man, i m not going to get married until i have enough money to cover any legal expenses