Marriage Age

[WCsweet<3]

I wasn't meaning necessarily for the perfect age. I need to edit my first post. In my region, marriage in the late 20s is most common. People tend to look down on marriages earlier than that.

[AlphaFrog]

I'm sticking to my answer.

There's something about putting an age on marriage... too young, and you're criticized for not being ready, but then one day, you cross a line and if you aren't married, you're an old maid.

I think of it the same way as tha paradox of makeup...when you're younger, you use makeup to make yourself look older. Then, one day, you wake up and decide you're old enough, and you start using makeup to make yourself look younger.

[DSTRen13]

I'd say around here (south Georgia), it's most common to get married in your early to mid-20s (for women) and late 20s to early 30s (for men). But there really is a whole range, and I wouldn't say that any age is really looked down too strongly "in this day and age". My husband and I were both 23 when we got married.

[awkward1]

I was married at 23 and we are still going strong! Most of my college friends married their college sweethearts right out of college and so far none have gotten a divorce. *cross fingers*

[preciousjeni]

I was 27 which was a little young in my opinion. If it weren't for that biological clock, it would be nice to allow people a chance to get through their twenties before marriage - not just because of age, but because the twenties are pretty turbulent already with school, first jobs, first homes, etc.

[aephi alum]

Aside from laws about how old you must be to marry in your state/province/country, there really is no "right age".

That said, among my friends and acquaintances in my age group, there have been two "waves" of weddings. Some of us got married within a couple of years of college graduation; others got married in their late 20's.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Aside from laws about how old you must be to marry in your state/province/country, there really is no "right age".

That said, among my friends and acquaintances in my age group, there have been two "waves" of weddings. Some of us got married within a couple of years of college graduation; others got married in their late 20's.

That is exactly how it's turning out with my college friends. A few of us got married within a year or two of graduation (my wife and I got married in 2005, 2 years out of school; I was 24, she was just about to turn 24). Then, there was a bit of a break, and now the past year or so it's picked up again. Two of my college friends are getting married next year, and there may be more on the horizon.

I agree that it's tough to put a "right age" on it. Some people are ready in their early 20s, some get married in their 30s or 40s and aren't ready at all.