Marriage Age

[DrPhil]

I say instead of going based on trends, people should do what works for them as an individual (and a couple).

That includes not getting married.

[Sister Havana]

There were two waves among my friends too. One shortly after college (early 20s) and then another wave of weddings around the late 20s-early 30s.

That said, I'm 40, my boyfriend is 48, and we're not yet married. Eventually, sure, but no rush.

[ree-Xi]

I was the first of all of my high school friends to get married. I was a month shy of my 26th birthday, and my husband had just turned 27.

We had a long engagement - almost 2 years, but we had a lot of extenuating circumstances - educational, financial (we had moved out of state because both of our industries were stale in the current state), my health issues, the church was booked 18 months out and we wanted a fall wedding, etc.

In my graduating class, only 2 out of our 230-ish students did not go to 4-year colleges, and therefore it was common to wait get married until after they graduated. Most people with similar education levels, job levels, financial situations and religion in my town usually married between 25-30. One of my biological sisters married her college sweetheart (they met her first day of college as he was her Orientation leader) only 18 months out of college and we all thought that was very, very young.

In the south, where my husband is from, lots of people got married right after High School or College graduation. I could not have imagined myself ready to marry at 18 or 19, or even 22, but it works for some people.

[WCsweet<3]

I think I only knew one or two were were married right after high school and both were extremely religious.