YAMT (POLL): Getting married young

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Originally posted by: spidey07
definately 25-27

Most people have NO idea who they actually are until then.

I am 29 and still have no idea what I am or what I will be in the future.

I know I am a husband and a father. THAT IS MY NUMBER ONE JOB, and as long as I do that job to the best of my ability I will be happy.

Age is a relitive thing. I was a husband at 22 and a father at 25. It has been rough at times but I was lucky a married a great lady and I am happy.

I know people who got married older (25-27) and got divorced and then there are folks like me who married young (relitively) and are still married.

It goes both ways. People who know what they want and are willing to also respect what the partner wants can marry young.

It takes strenth to get through the hard times but the hard times make us even stronger. I have been in some pretty craqppy spots when we did not know how we would pay the rent. I can remember trying to figure out how I would get money to buy diapers. but in the end I would not trade my life experences for anything. Marriage is what you make it and has alot to do with not looking back but looking forward. If you and your partner can do that you have a good shot to last regardless of age.

 

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Originally posted by: GrouchyLadybug
my husband and i got married 4 months ago at ages 22 and 21. i was already out of college, and he was graduating college the month after the wedding. we had been dating for over three and a half years. neither of us had any desire to live wildly and single-y before getting married. neither of us can imagine life without the other one. we take marriage very seriously and are committed to each other through anything. it really depends on the couple as to when they should get married. my husband and i were always a little more mature than our peers, so it makes sense that we married younger. when you know you want to spend the rest of your life together, there is no reason to wait just because most people would think you are too young. that is so ridiculous. we don't buy into the theory of waiting til your career is in order before settling down. the sweetest years we will have together are probably happening right now...we don't have a lot of money, but money and careers are certainly not the most important things in life. by the way, my parents married when they were 19 and 20, and they are still together nearly 26 years later.

Well Said! Am graduating this May and I always had this feeling and readiness for a marriage--to spend the rest of my life with someone special. Money, we all need it....Career, we will have the rest of our life to work from 9-5. I believe the best time is while your young.