Marriage Age - Page 2

OneTimeSBX · #1 11-10-2008, 09:06 PM

im 27 and cant imagine getting married yet...

AOII_LB93 · #2 11-10-2008, 09:29 PM

I have to ask, is it common for women in N. Texas to get married super early? My SIL moved out there a couple years ago and is having a hard time finding men to date in her age range as most have already been married with or without kids. She's 27 and never been married...she says they all seem shocked that she's not already been married at her age.

Crap, I got married at 29 almost 30...so we know I am out of the "norm" for a good part of the country.

texas*princess · #3 11-12-2008, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

I have to ask, is it common for women in N. Texas to get married super early? My SIL moved out there a couple years ago and is having a hard time finding men to date in her age range as most have already been married with or without kids. She's 27 and never been married...she says they all seem shocked that she's not already been married at her age.

Crap, I got married at 29 almost 30...so we know I am out of the "norm" for a good part of the country.

I can't speak for all of N. Tx, but most of my friends got married or will be married before they are 26. Most of them marry a year or two out of college.

I'm 26, going on 27 and can't imagine being married. If I had married my college sweetheart, I am certain we would be divorced by now.

I'd have to agree that it's hard finding guys in my age range that aren't or haven't been married. They seem either way too young, or way too old

AOII_LB93 · #4 11-12-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by texas*princess

I can't speak for all of N. Tx, but most of my friends got married or will be married before they are 26. Most of them marry a year or two out of college.

I'm 26, going on 27 and can't imagine being married. If I had married my college sweetheart, I am certain we would be divorced by now.

I'd have to agree that it's hard finding guys in my age range that aren't or haven't been married. They seem either way too young, or way too old

Thanks...and I stand corrected my SIL is 28. An old maid by some standards.

fantASTic · #5 11-11-2008, 01:10 AM

19 to 23. It is very common here to get married very young - many of my sisters are engaged.

christiangirl · #6 11-11-2008, 02:29 AM

I have noticed that about 20 or so friends got married/engaged this year. All are under 25, most under 23. Personally, think that's a little young but a good number of these people dated all throughout high school and college, so it's not like they're rushing. However, there are quite a few outside of those 20 who broke off their engagements or had their marriages annulled. Most of them fall in the under 20 group. Honestly, I think if you toast with sparkling cider at your wedding because you're not old enough for champagne, you're probably too young.

When I was a child, I always thought I'd be married right out of college but forget that now! As much as I complain (

) I'm quite happy being single. Even a bf would cramp me right around now with school and work taking up so much of my time. I travel a lot and am excited about moving next year because I get to pick wherever I want to go. If I were married, I couldn't do that. I think anywhere between 25-30 would be fine with me, maybe even a little past that.

cheerfulgreek · #7 11-11-2008, 04:47 AM

I was going to wait until I was completely done with school, residency programs and all. My cardiology residency starts after I finish school for general medicine which will be another 4 years, and I'll be in my early 30s by then. I'll be done with school for general medicine in about 2 years, which means after my exams I'll be a General DVM, so I would be o.k. with that, and I would still be in my 20s. Being married and doing a 4 year residency would be o.k. I mean, I wouldn't be making any money, but marriage takes sacrifice. My friend got married when she was going through vet school at age 23. She's 28 now and going through her residency and she's never been happier.

PhoenixAzul · #8 11-11-2008, 09:33 AM

From my own personal experience, I find that people in my hometown (Western PA) typically get married in the 22-30 ish age group. I fall into this group as well, or, I suppose, I will fall into this group after Saturday. I'm 23, my fiance is 28. We've been together for 7+ years, did the long distance, did ultra long distance, I've done my grad school, jobs etc etc...It's about time we got hitched!

In Scotland, I found it more typical that people get married a lot older (at least in the cities), if they do formal marriage at all. Generally people are about 25 at the youngest. I got a lot of comments when I told people I'm engaged.

WinniBug · #9 11-11-2008, 08:26 AM

Most of the women around here get married in their mid-20's

LightBulb · #10 11-11-2008, 09:14 AM

Most of the people around here get married in their mid-20s.

It seems like a lot of people either get married in college (often correlated with pregnancies) or they marry their sweethearts soon after graduating from college or grad/law school.

Please note that my age group may be skewed slightly older because pretty much 100% of people from my high school attend college.

LightBulb · #11 11-11-2008, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by LightBulb

Most of the people around here get married in their mid-20s.

It seems like a lot of people either get married in college (often correlated with pregnancies) or they marry their sweethearts soon after graduating from college or grad/law school.

Please note that my age group may be skewed slightly older because pretty much 100% of people from my high school attend college.

One other thing I'd like to note is that many of these college sweethearts are marrying people of the same age/grade. The ones who aren't are usually not too far apart, usually with the guy about two years older than the girl.

barbino · #12 11-11-2008, 07:25 PM

And then there are those of us who wait until we are over 40, when family and friends have all lost hope-- that's OK. I did this, and my brother got married 14 months ago at the age of 48. His first child was just born (several months before he tuns 50). His wife is 12 years younger than he is.

PeppyGPhiB · #13 11-11-2008, 09:28 PM

I just turned 31, and my bf will turn 42 in February, and we're just getting to the point where we'll probably be engaged soon. I feel like it's perfect timing for me. All of my friends got married in their upper 20s after dating their SOs for many years. The only people I've known that got married in college were LDS; and my chapter only had one candlepass in my four years of college. I thank God every day that I did not marry the southern "gentleman" who was my college boyfriend!

Kappamd · #14 11-11-2008, 11:45 AM

I'm currently a senior, and there seems to be an epidemic of engagements right now. Many of my sisters are engaged and a few from home are too. I am not (yet!), but imagine I will be within the next year. Both of our sets of parents are pushing for it, but my bf wants to finish his masters and me my bachelors first. It definitely seems to be the norm for people to be married by 22-25. The only ones I know from home that got married right out of high school were ones that did not go on to college, and most of them have since divorced.

pinkyphimu · #15 11-11-2008, 02:01 PM

I guess with my group of friends, we had waves of weddings, too. There were quite a few right after graduation (2 divorced and now on their second marriages). Then in our late 20s. I am one of the last to get married and I am 32. For me personally, I wasn't ready to get married right after college. I needed to be able to live on my own and do things for myself before I could even think of getting married. By my late 20s, I thought I was ready, but I definately had the wrong guy! LOL. I also had friends who had "timelines" and got married because they were not married yet, and should have been according to their timelines. I never wanted to be that person.