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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel (Post 1935227)

I had no idea people of average college age (18-22) got married in college, then I moved to Idaho and it is normal here. A majority of these kids are Mormons or super conservative Christians, so you have a short engagement and get married to have babies ASAP, and the wedding usually happens after the man gets back from his mission. They finish college and if he goes to graduate school she supports him and if they don't already have kids she stops any outside of the home work when the baby comes. It still freaks me out, who would want to be married in college? A lot of the amazing stuff I did couldn't have happened with a spouse or kids.

One of my HS classmates went to BYU and got married at like, 20. Even in my traditional Southern town, people were shocked because usually the girls waited for a year after graduation. But, I guess it was the expected thing to do at BYU. She ended up getting divorced two years later--I guess it had to have been pretty bad to get divorced so soon.

I was involved with a women's religious service org on campus in undergrad. I came back for an alumnae event and was meeting some of the newest girls. They were introducing themselves and sharing a "fun fact" about themselves. Ex: "Hi, I'm Suzie and I went to Germany this past summer."

One freshman girl introduced herself and said "Hi I'm Becky and I got married this weekend."

Later in the evening, we were talking and another undergrad asked where she went for her honeymoon.

Her answer: "Oh we didn't get one because he had a Sociology 10001 final on Monday." She also mentioned that she and hubby were suitemates in one of the co-ed dorms.

If you know my school, married students are def not the norm (even for the students who are involved in religious activities). So that was a pretty interesting scenario.

In contrast, there's a private school less than an hour away where very many of the girls are married at some point through school.

I rather enjoy the fact that I didn't have a hubby-roomie in school. Hubby-roomie wouldn't have enjoyed the fact that I couldn't cook for beans and came home late on Thursdays. lol.

Um, why didn't Becky and her husband get an on-campus apt for married students? Or any apartment for that matter? Most schools have housing for students in her situation and it doesn't involve sharing a microwave with other freshmen.

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Originally Posted by Xidelt (Post 1935497)

I have no idea. We DO have that here. Maybe she wanted the college experience? lol.

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Originally Posted by AnotherKD (Post 1934970)

She's overweight and average-looking, but I think she is a fantastic person to be around. She refuses to go online for a date and she just complains that she can't meet anyone that fulfills her qualifications of being "tall, built, a gorgeous face, and smart with a good job".

Tell her she's not her type's type.

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1935046)

Or else she's been so hurt in the past that it's easier to shoot them down before they do it to her. Her "hilariousness" is just covering that up.

Srsly, this. *cough*Chilli*cough*

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06 (Post 1935482)

I came back for an alumnae event and was meeting some of the newest girls. They were introducing themselves and sharing a "fun fact" about themselves. Ex: "Hi, I'm Suzie and I went to Germany this past summer."

On the first day of class (after a summer break) in grad school, we did that. One by one, girls stood up and said, "I'm so-and-so and I got married last week/I'm getting married next month/I'm getting married in 7 weeks/etc." After 6 or 7 girls making that announcement, I stood up and said, "Hi! I'm CG and I'm not getting married." :p I was very non-snarky about it. Everyone laughed and, from me on, all the single girls introduced themselves the same way.