Love Question Nine
Woo hoo! I’m glad to be back and doing the Love Questions meme from Short Sweet Love Poems. I do enjoy the questions and reading the thoughts of others.
This week we have a very interesting, tough question to answer (in my opinion) so let’s get right to it, shall we?
In the US, statistics show that the average marriage age for men is 27 while for women is 25 in recent years. In the UK, the average age is slightly higher with 30 for men and nearly 28 for women.
However, I’m sure we have also come across people who marry very young when they are still in their teens on one extreme as well as people who marry when they are past 40 on the another.
For Love Q #9, consider this:
How young is too young to get married? To put it another way, what is your ideal age to get married and why?
I knew this one would be coming eventually. This is a bit of hard one to answer, because people are so different. Two teenagers who are eighteen years old can be completely different in terms of maturity, and that’s what I think it comes down to – levels of maturity.
I guess, for a minimum, I’d go with eighteen. It’s when you’re recognized as an ‘adult’ by society and are allowed to go and die for your country, so why not? Again, it can be a bit young if the people involved aren’t mature, but then again, some sixteen year olds are ready to get married and can make it work just fine.
I think the US statistics are a pretty ideal age, in the end. 25 means you’ve been through university (hopefully) and know a bit more about life that way. 27, for men, means they have had a couple extra years beyond that to settle down and get themselves straight a bit.
I’m just going to stop now. I could go on about this forever because people can be so different. I know people who got married at 18 and people who have gotten married at 50, and the majority of them are doing fine.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Personally, I think 18 or 19 is a little too young to get married. 25 is ok but I would prefer around 28 to 30. Reason being nowadays, there are just too many distractions and temptations that it may be better to do and experience a bit of life before settling down.
July 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Well, I would like to say older, but then I’d be a hypocrite. Hehe.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
In general 18 to 21 is a bit young in my opinion mostly because a lot of people still have a lot of growing up and maturing to do during that time-I know I did.
I got married the day after I turned 23. For me it was a good time because I had dealt with a ton of stuff in the years prior. My hubby was 25 and man, he’d lived an entire lifetime in those 25 years.
I think between 23 and 28 is a good time. Many have established lives and careers and can be ready to settle down. Though I don’t think it’s silly or crazy in the least to wait until your 30’s.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Mid-twenties to late twenties does seem like the general consensus and sounds good to me. I just can’t say that too loudly.