Anton Kuijsten comments that rather than ordering from the standard life course menu, as people used to do, an individual now composes his or her history a la carte. And marriage, the obligatory entree during the 1950s, has become the optional dessert. #StephanieCoontz

Anton Kuijsten comments that rather than ordering from the standard life course menu, as people used to do, an individual now composes his or her history a la carte. And marriage, the obligatory entree during the 1950s, has become the optional dessert. #StephanieCoontz

— English Quotes (@english_quotes) Aug 12, 2023