Redditer: If BTO wasn’t tied to marriage, would half of SG still bother?

[Tragedeigh]

If BTO wasn’t tied to marriage, would half of SG still bother?​

General

What if Singapore had zero perks for getting married? No BTO eligibility, no financial incentives, no bonus leave. Just the both of you and the paperwork.

Most people seem to be quite pragmatic about dating and marriage. Housing grants, tax relief and parental leave all these “extras” make tying the knot feel less like romance and more like strategy.

Our parents' generation had the “standard path” drilled into them. Date, get married, get a house, then kids. But a lot of that reasoning feels like it’s shaped by society rather than something they've rationalised for themselves.

Without the perks, would people still get married or would the numbers dip? And if you are one of those who rushed to get married because the house arrived, do you regret it?

 

[Dreamliner787]

There will just be more house mates and travel mates.

 

[Tragedeigh]

There will just be more house mates and travel mates.

In any event, PAP just import and import more foreigners, so why bother right?

 

[Dreamliner787]

In any event, PAP just important and important more foreigners, so why bother right?

In other words, pursue a women-free life, but not necessarily pussy-free.

 

[bobby]

Better still….only allow BTO to couples getting married conditional on them having a child within 2 years of getting the keys. Applicable only to non mudds

 

[syed putra]

BTO should be given free upon marriage if gomen wants marriage to last.