I've just had a conversation with my (almost) thirty year old daughter and when she mentioned the fact that she's still single my reply was something like 'oh i would so like to see you settled down like your brother and sister!'.
Now I meant it in the best possible way of course - I just want her to be happy. But I did sort of get a strip torn off me about how modern women shouldn't be defined by whether they are married or not, or have boyfrinds or not etc. etc. she calmed down after I assured her that wasn't what i meant. but i do think the pressures on young women these days must be horrendous. they have career ladders to climb while contending with all the societal pressures of marriage that we (or at least I!) felt in younger years. Though people on the whole seem to be more aware of sexism, the pressures on women seem to have doubled. I'm now worried I'll put my foot in it every time we mention the subject to her, but equally don't know how to make her feel better. The only thing I could say to her was 'you never know what's around the corner'. Any suggestions?
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