MTV's Engaged & Underage

KSUViolet06 · #1 03-04-2007, 11:00 PM

Anybody watch this? It boggles my mind why someone would get married at 19. Anybody think any of those couples will make it?

texas*princess · #2 03-04-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Anybody watch this? It boggles my mind why someone would get married at 19. Anybody think any of those couples will make it?

A lot of people I knew got married right after high school.

Wanna know how many of those couples are still together?

Zero.

And all marriages lasted less than 2 years.

I know my grandma got married when she was 17.... but that was a LOOOOOOONG TIME AGO. Times have changed

preciousjeni · #3 03-04-2007, 11:33 PM

My best friend from high school was married right after she turned 19. Ten years later, they're together with a nice house, two cars and twin baby girls! And, both are college graduates. It really depends on why you've made the decision to get married in the first place and how mature you are at a younger age.

KatieKate1244 · #4 03-04-2007, 11:40 PM

I'm addicted to this show. I agree with KSUViolet about being mind-boggled by people getting married at age 19. And from most of the people shown, I don't see many lasting more than a few years. They don't seem mature enough for the realities of marriage.

KSUViolet06 · #5 03-05-2007, 12:08 AM

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They don't seem mature enough for the realities of marriage.

The Army guy and the girl from Cleveland stand out in terms of immaturity (I think they were Jen & Jake). That girl is one of those girls who is all whiny and has a "ME ME ME ME" attitude. Marriage isn't all about you. Not to mention, the guy told her "you are the most annoying thing God has ever created."

KatieKate1244 · #6 03-05-2007, 12:12 AM

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The Army guy and the girl from Cleveland stand out in terms of immaturity (I think they were Jen & Jake). That girl is one of those girls who is all whiny and has a "ME ME ME ME" attitude. Marriage isn't all about you. Not to mention, the guy told her "you are the most annoying thing God has ever created."

That's the episode I was thinking about! The other one that comes to mind is the blonde girl and the guy who was really close to his brothers. I don't think he was feeling the whole marriage thing that well.

cheerfulgreek · #7 03-19-2007, 02:39 AM

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Anybody watch this? It boggles my mind why someone would get married at 19. Anybody think any of those couples will make it?

OMG! I watch it whenever I can. I think some will make it, it just depends on the couples. It's a good show though.

mu_agd · #8 03-19-2007, 09:08 AM

I happened upon the episode with the Mormon couple this weekend. I really wanted to punch that girl in the face.

Elephant Walk · #9 07-30-2008, 11:35 PM

A good 30% of the people I graduated with are married...and it hasn't been so long.

I don't know, maybe it's Arkansas? I went to four of my good friends weddings after the first two months of summer vacation after my senior year.

KSUViolet06 · #10 07-31-2008, 12:37 AM

No I don't think it's just where you live. I'll agree with you that the beginning senior year of college was the big time for everyone to get engaged, with most of the weddings taking place the summer after graduation. About half of my friends are engaged or married, and most of us are in the 22-25 range (college seniors, recent grads, and grad students).

DreamfulSpirit · #11 07-31-2008, 01:21 AM

I believe the thing with the Mormon temples is that once it has been blessed, if they're not of the Mormon faith, they're not allowed in. I remember while living in AZ, they opened up the temple in Snowflake and for a few days anyone was allowed to walk inside and see, but once it was blessed, only Mormons were allowed in.

I'll double check...my best friend is Mormon and lives in AZ, right in Mesa not too far from the temple there!

Munchkin03 · #12 07-31-2008, 11:13 AM

I think the rush to get married just after graduating from college is definitely a Southern/Midwestern thing.

Of the college folks, only now are my friends starting to get married, and I've been out of college for 5 years. Granted, I did know a few people who got married just after graduation, but for the most part, they were either religious or had been together even before college. Even among those 2-3 couples who did get married right out of college, none of them have had kids yet!

Meanwhile, my HS classmates from the South are, for the vast majority of them, married with kids; some of them are even divorced! I can't imagine.

WVU alpha phi · #13 08-01-2008, 02:35 PM

My HS graduating class of 2003 had 650 people in it, I'd say about 100 are married right now. Probably a third of them have at least one child. I've noticed most recently, a year after graduating college, a lot of the "high school sweethearts" are tying the knot.

My roommate is from southern WV and she graduated HS in 2004. She frequently makes comments about being the only one of her friends who isn't married or divorced. Several of her friends are on their second marriage. I'm sorry, but your second marriage at 21 just sounds trashy to me.

SoCalGirl · #14 07-31-2008, 01:26 AM

I thought EW meant senior year of HS.

KSUViolet06 · #15 07-31-2008, 01:28 AM

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I thought EW meant senior year of HS.

Oh, wow. In that case that must just be an Arkansas thing.

The only people I knew who got married the summer after HS graduation were girls who were pregnant, or their boyfriends were being deployed or something and they wanted to be able to live on the military base and have their health benefits.

Those were the only 2 circumstances I could think of for girls in my area, nobody here (northeastern Ohio) gets married that young without some sort of "extenuating circumstance."