If You're Going to Have a "Life Partner," Just Get Married
There isn't a woman of marriageable age who would not get married at the drop of a handkerchief to a man (of almost any age) who could and would offer a life of leisure and luxury. A man who would not force her to have babies but she would have babies with him in order to create a permanent bond of financial support going forward. An arrangement where she would never have to do any household work. A lifestyle steeped in high style and where daily fun and entertainment is what fills in the dates in her calendar.
Unless or until that man comes along young and middle aged women feel no urgency to marry and to have babies. Some years ago someone came along and taught them that notions of morality are nothing more than old and quaint social constructs. They all think they can proverbially have their cake and eat it too.
I know, I know..."not ALL women...blah blah blah...nevertheless the characterization I make of modern age women is all too common - there is an explanation for why Western White Women are not having babies and why the population is in a negative growth trend.
What, do tell; what do you think the explanation for that negative trend might be?
Here's a thought. Don't get married if you are not mature OR your partner is not mature OR your partner has a trait that tweaks one of your issues.
For most Americans, that means roughly 75% of the population should not get married. Maybe never, unless something happens to grow them up. Until then, they can not even consider sacrificing for anyone else.
Given some real trouble on the horizon, that may happen. WWII did that for most Americans. Nothing since then. No, a fake pandemic was not going to do that. Only something like half the people you know dying around you will do that.