Dating advice in your 20s (boyfriends, long-term, married, women)
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I'll be 23 almost 24 when I graduate college (which is a normal age) and afterwards I am moving hours away to another state alone to begin my career and get a fresh start. I've never had a serious relationship. And I can't date while I'm in school because all I have time for is studying and working. Is 24 too old to jump into the dating game? My friend constantly nags me saying people are settling and having kids and getting married t that age. I know there's no set age or timeline you're supposed to follow in regards of these things and I know this question sounds silly. She also is from a small town where everyone marries at 18.
I didn't date anybody seriously in college (too busy with classes, work study, performance ensembles, and study abroad). I did have boyfriends in high school, but though they were "long-term" (by teen standards, i.e. a year or so long), they absolutely weren't serious or real dating.
I also grew up in an area where people reasonably often marry the people they dated in high school, often very soon after high school, and absolutely seem to feel that you should have an established family by the time you are 24. It was not my thing, though it was definitely the route many of my peers took. For a few, it worked out; for others, they divorced by their thirties, and/or ended up having to go back to school and get degrees while parenting (if they got them at all).
Not being seriously attached by your midtwenties isn't an odd thing. Your friend just thinks so because it's outside the norm in her limited realm of experiences.
No, you can jump in whenever you want. Just don't tell the women you date that you haven't had a serious relationship, there is no upside to doing so. Fake it till you make it.
I'll be 23 almost 24 when I graduate college (which is a normal age) and afterwards I am moving hours away to another state alone to begin my career and get a fresh start. I've never had a serious relationship. And I can't date while I'm in school because all I have time for is studying and working. Is 24 too old to jump into the dating game? My friend constantly nags me saying people are settling and having kids and getting married t that age. I know there's no set age or timeline you're supposed to follow in regards of these things and I know this question sounds silly. She also is from a small town where everyone marries at 18.
Funny since the average age at which people get married is up in the very upper 20's these days. Not 23-24. So no, not everyone is settling and having kids by 24.
Don't sweat it. Date when you want. Age is just a number.
No, it's not too old. I was like you, I went to college and took a full load and it was not easy (my field is science and I had to take Calculus, Diff. Eq, Physics, Chemistry, etc.) and I also worked three days a week. No time at all to date. I didn't date until I was out of college at age 23, and my first job took me 2000 miles away from where I grew up. Many people seem to think if you didn't date in high school or college you are some kind of misfit or something, don't let it bother you. You'll be fine.
I'll be 23 almost 24 when I graduate college (which is a normal age) and afterwards I am moving hours away to another state alone to begin my career and get a fresh start. I've never had a serious relationship. And I can't date while I'm in school because all I have time for is studying and working. Is 24 too old to jump into the dating game? My friend constantly nags me saying people are settling and having kids and getting married t that age. I know there's no set age or timeline you're supposed to follow in regards of these things and I know this question sounds silly. She also is from a small town where everyone marries at 18.
You can take as much time as you want, but realize that your options won't always be the same as you get older. I would advise you to get started ASAP.
I'll be 23 almost 24 when I graduate college (which is a normal age) and afterwards I am moving hours away to another state alone to begin my career and get a fresh start. I've never had a serious relationship. And I can't date while I'm in school because all I have time for is studying and working. Is 24 too old to jump into the dating game? My friend constantly nags me saying people are settling and having kids and getting married t that age. I know there's no set age or timeline you're supposed to follow in regards of these things and I know this question sounds silly. She also is from a small town where everyone marries at 18.
This is not your friend. 24 is too young for most people to get married. A lot of those young marriages end in divorce. I hope you're moving to a liberal region where it's normal for first marriages to happen a little later in life. You need new friends who are in sync with where you're at in life, and support a gradual approach.
Last edited by Ruth4Truth; 09-04-2014 at 11:02 AM..
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Funny since the average age at which people get married is up in the very upper 20's these days. Not 23-24. So no, not everyone is settling and having kids by 24.
