Often their families encourage them to stay home from school and get married.

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He thinks of staying, but Inez, sexy and shallow, wants to shop, go home, get married, and live in Malibu.

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"Neriza was getting married, going to Philippines to get married there and have ceremony there and the reception, " Nicolas told CNN from her home in Honolulu.

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"Neriza was getting married, going to the Philippines to get married there and have a ceremony there and the reception, " Nicolas told CNN from her home in Honolulu.

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He believes the decline in marriage is largely down to a sharp fall in the earning power and job prospects of non-college educated American men, many of whom now lack the means to get married, leaving their offspring "doubly disadvantaged" - lacking both assets and a stable home.

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