READ - Why Marriage, for So Many, Is Less Appealing Than Ever

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BwQsMlkxflsLl8kxovrtmuv2UlnA1Nyh_J9Gx1ph8vQ/edit?tab=t.0

the march to the altar

→ tiến tới hôn nhân

settled out of a familiar fear

chấp nhận vì nỗi sợ quen thuộc

budging on

nhượng bộ / thay đổi quan điểm

consensus

→ sự đồng thuận

lost its luster

mất đi sức hấp dẫn
There is now consensu samong researchers that after years of a steady decline in marriage rates the institution has lost its luster for many. 

ticked up

increased slightly

cohabitation

Sống thử
For some, cohabitation is close enough.

bother with legality

quan tâm đến tính pháp lý

be pooled into

được xếp vào
fewer widows are being pooled into the singles population. 

prenuptial agreement (prenup):

hợp đồng tiền hôn nhân

onus

gánh nặng trách nhiệm
Because of cultural biases that have put the onus on women to mold themselves into perfect partners

bear the brunt of

chịu phần lớn
Women still bear the brunt of the age-old stigma attached to remaining single

stigma

sự kỳ thị

crave real commitment

Gen Z crave real commitment.

dip

giảm nhẹ
A slight rise may be due to a dip in the divorce rate.

fall into your lap

→ tự đến một cách dễ dàng

to make light of

coi nhẹ

personal and professional confidant

người tâm sự tin cậy (cá nhân và công việc)
the person is also supposed to be your best friend, your personal and professional confidant

succumbing to

chịu thua / khuất phục

if millennials like Ms. Silver are succumbing to dating exhaustion

fraction of

nhóm nhỏ
A fraction of Gen Z still anticipate marriage for stability.

creep up

rise gradually
The average age of first marriage continues to creep up.

chalked up to

attributed to, explained by
Recent dips can be chalked up to rising age of marriage.