Men ages 24-30: would you ever consider marrying a girl ages 18-21? (wife, marriage)

[Phoenix2017]

Men ages 24-30: would you ever hypothetically consider marrying a girl ages 18-21, if you were completely and totally in love with her, and assuming she theoretically also wanted to, as well?

Meant 100% seriously -- just curious, and not joking or being facetious here. (I'm talking the kind of "love" that results in a marriage, *not* no-strings physical intimacy or a casual relationship.) Would you ever actually consider marrying someone, that young, if they wanted to marry you too?

[pkrplr1]

Originally Posted by Knight2009

Men ages 24-30: would you ever hypothetically consider marrying a girl ages 18-21, if you were completely and totally in love with her, and assuming she theoretically also wanted to, as well?

Meant 100% seriously -- just curious, and not joking or being facetious here. (I'm talking the kind of "love" that results in a marriage, *not* no-strings physical intimacy or a casual relationship.) Would you ever actually consider marrying someone, that young, if they wanted to marry you too?

it happens every day

[JClyde]

No.

These women are still growing. So whomever you feel in love with at that age. Is a completely different women 3 years later.

It's been my observation. That women have different mental grow spurts. Each level leads to a completely different woman than the previous spurt.

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38-40

[jimboburnsy]

Originally Posted by Knight2009

Men ages 24-30: would you ever hypothetically consider marrying a girl ages 18-21, if you were completely and totally in love with her, and assuming she theoretically also wanted to, as well?

Meant 100% seriously -- just curious, and not joking or being facetious here. (I'm talking the kind of "love" that results in a marriage, *not* no-strings physical intimacy or a casual relationship.) Would you ever actually consider marrying someone, that young, if they wanted to marry you too?

Sure. Why not? Much more significant age splits in marriages are not uncommon.

18 is a little iffy, of course, but an upperclassman wouldn't give me much pause.

[Dweet]

Depends on her maturity level. I would be very hesitant to marry an 18 yr. old (heck, I think marriage is stupid so that wouldn't even happen) but I might spend a good amount of time with her. Young girls are fun and usually aren't man-hating feminists at that age.

[Phoenix2017]

Originally Posted by pkrplr1

it happens every day

Haha, yeah I know -- it's just that in the geographical area where I live, a girl marrying that young, is practically unheard of. Here, the ladies are much, much more likely to get married from ages 25-30 or so

[Phoenix2017]

Originally Posted by JClyde

No.

These women are still growing. So whomever you feel in love with at that age. Is a completely different women 3 years later.

It's been my observation. That women have different mental grow spurts. Each level leads to a completely different woman than the previous spurt.

13-15
16-18
18-21
21-24
24-26
27-30
30-33
34-37
38-40

So there's nothing a guy can do, to "grandfather" the personality changes that occur during each of these "growth spurts"?

While I have become older and wiser, and more knowledgeable, educated, and professional, over the years, my basic core personality has changed very little, if at all, over the last 15 years or so (currently in my early 30s). Dunno tho if that's necessarily a good thing, or a bad thing, per se...

[ferretkona]

I met my wife when she was 18 and I was 33.

[90sman]

I'm sure there a lot of 24 year old men marrying 21 year old women, I would think that's pretty common. But a 30 year old man marrying an 18 year old woman? I would find that a little strange.

[HansProof]

For me, no. Only because I am in no way the person I was back then. I draw the absolute bottom at 23, preferable 24. Assuming they went to college, at least they have 1 or 2 years of "real life" under their belt.