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Depending on which sources you go by, the chance of success for a marriage when the parties are less then age 25, is 50-50 at best. I suspect that that is overly optimistic. From what I've seen in my lifetime, I'd put the number at close to zero.
I have seen many young couples late teens - early 20s who fall in love and want to get married. But they have no idea what they want out of marriage, or life or anything. But they are in love and think they want to spend the rest of their life together.
A real life example. A mid-20 something couple announces that they are getting a divorce after two years of marriage. Reason being, they still love each other, but they have recently discovered that they are not heterosexuals. They are probably right about that.
So my question, would it not be a good idea to raise the marriage age to 25 to give people more time to figure out what they want from life, what they plan to do with their lives, etc. before they get married?
Or am I expecting too much, that people are old enough to have things like their sexual orientation worked out, before they get married? It seems to me that the divorce rate could be dramatically decreased by raising the marriage age. What does everyone think?
I married my husband when we were both 21. We have been married now for almost 12 years. We also had our first baby at 24 and our 2nd baby at 27. We are still going strong!
Depending on which sources you go by, the chance of success for a marriage when the parties are less then age 25, is 50-50 at best. I suspect that that is overly optimistic. From what I've seen in my lifetime, I'd put the number at close to zero.
I have seen many young couples late teens - early 20s who fall in love and want to get married. But they have no idea what they want out of marriage, or life or anything. But they are in love and think they want to spend the rest of their life together.
A real life example. A mid-20 something couple announces that they are getting a divorce after two years of marriage. Reason being, they still love each other, but they have recently discovered that they are not heterosexuals. They are probably right about that.
So my question, would it not be a good idea to raise the marriage age to 25 to give people more time to figure out what they want from life, what they plan to do with their lives, etc. before they get married?
Or am I expecting too much, that people are old enough to have things like their sexual orientation worked out, before they get married? It seems to me that the divorce rate could be dramatically decreased by raising the marriage age. What does everyone think?
What's so magical about age 25?
Many marriages break up because people change. Yeah, a 25 year old isn't the same person he/she was at 18, but then 35 year olds aren't the same people they were at 25 either.
Can't get married till 25. Bet that would convince a whole lot of couples to just live together instead of getting married and bypass that law.
And whats the harm in that? Ive lived with the same woman since 2003, and we have two beautiful children together. I call her my wife. I don't need a marriage license or a priest to solidify that for me.
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