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The Case for Early Marriage...

I am not a general fan of getting married before college graduation age (about 22) and even then I see it as young. I view those who marry early are doing so for lustful purposes and I don't believe their marriages will last (I have heard many stories of these marriages ending in divorce by their early 20s). It is getting full on the appetizer when the entrée is over the horizon begging us to wait just a bit longer.

Now I don't really agree with late marriage either (30s and later). That is the opposite problem because it seems to me that they wait so long because they care more about finances that of a relationship and it leads one open very much to unnecessary temptation (cohabitation, etc.). Now sometimes it happens this way because we have not found the one or that emotional connection leading to love has not yet developed, but there is a growing trend of being single in our 30s and still acting like we are in our early 20s.

So in my opinion, it is ideal to marry 24-28 and then to start our family (having kids) in our late 20s/early 30s.
 
Let's put the age factor aside.

I don't know if any of you can grasp how society is pushing kids and people are getting pressured into doing things that they don't want to do - even devout Christians!

Girls get promises of marriage and engagements (which are Godly things) and guys use those to get into their pants and later decide that they don't want to marry them. Then what? The girl is completely shamed. She gives up everything because she wants to MARRY the guy and most kids I've encountered don't honestly want to settle down.
 
Well, I guess it's better to wait if there's a serious possibility that a mistake has been made in the choice of person....

After all, ppl have the rest of their lives to contend with...
 
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