With the average courtship before a marriage lasting about two and a half years dating is an increasingly expensive venture.

结婚前不断的讨好奉承要持续两年半，约会成了花费不断增长的冒险。

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Any seeming nostalgia for a time when dating, courtship, matchmaking, marriage, and family formation was more scripted actually masks a deep sense of regret over how indeterminate the millennial cohort seems to be on the most personal, individual level.

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