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How Marriage Changes Men

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  1. Marriage shapes adults'—and especially men's—behavior, emotional health, and financial well-being. Post This
  2. Marriage appears to transform men’s approach to work and the way employers treat them. Post This

It’s increasingly common these days for young people to regard marriage as “just a piece of paper.” A record share of Americans are postponing or foregoing marriage, and a growing share of young adults think marriage is obsolete or comparatively unimportant.

But Doug Taulbee, a 37-year-old from Maineville, Ohio is not one of those marriage naysayers.

At age 18, Taulbee was content to work a $16,000-a-year job operating a press at a factory in Indiana and live in his parents’ basement. “I really didn’t have a care in the world,” Taulbee said. “I didn’t really have any bills.”

After marrying at 19 and having kids, Taulbee’s perspective changed: “I had to step up and think about something besides myself and start taking care of them.”

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