What are Your Views On Marrying at a Young Age? Or Do You Prefer to Marry Late?

I think there's benefits of both! If you get married and have your children when you are young you are still going to be young enough to enjoy life after they have grown up, but if you leave it later to get married and start a family then you have more opporunity to experience life before you settle down! My parents got engaged at 18 and married at 20 and are still happily married at 50! They're like lovesick teenager,s it's lovely but a bit sickly too! hehe I don't think we can really always really choose when we get married though, as we have no control over when we will meet the right person! I don't want to leave it too late to get married but i don't want to rush into it just because i want to get married, so it'll depend on when the right man comes along as to how old i will be when i get married!! happy mylotting xxx

I married in my late twenties and for me that was way too late. I was a wild girl, well for a year or so, and also in my twenties for less than a year, and because of that I got vd (well it was the first time in my late teens when I got pregnant and the father gave me vd at the same time) but did not really know I had it until I got married. Had I gotten married sooner, I would have had the test, got the treatment and there would have been a better chance for me to get pregnant. So for health reasons, it is best to marry young. If you really just want companionship and do not care if you have children, then marrying late is all right. (I am not counting adoption, but I know you choices to adopt are limited when you are older.)

WEll I would prefer to have been married by now but I am not, I am in a relationship however and I am 29 years old. So I guess I will be marrying late. Depends what age you call young, I think getting married 21 years and younger is too young to be married, you just left highschool, you should experience life more before you settle down. However I guess if you have a great connection to someone and you know they are the one then any age over 18 years would be okay to marry. Yes I do think there is a difference if you marry young, you are more likely to have kids younger and have more responsibilities, which I personally don't mind as I am a family person. However if you marry later, late 20s early 30s then you are most likely to experience more life and travel. But then you will also be having kids later in life too. Overall I think it depends on the couple and what they want in life, whether they are ready to settle down and commit themselves to one another for life.

Statistically I read that you are better off marrying at the age of 21 then you would just marrying two years younger than that and the numbers who do marry younger than, half of them will end in divorce as a compared to only a third ending in divorce if you were 21+. Me I am 26 and never been married but have lived WITH my boyfriend for 8 years (our anniversary was July 4th) and I see it as a very enlightening trial period because I found that time will only tell both partners true colors because it takes a lot of energy playing into a role and eventually you just want to be yourself, well when me and my bf were finally comfortable with doing that--I would say that didnt happen until a few years ago and even then it was very gradual--me and my boyfriend were still ok with what we saw, if I can put it metaphorically. I think when young couples marry and I do agree with the statistics, say the age of 17 years old, your still learning about yourself at that age and its so much pressure having to deal with hard real life issues (once your married, your locked in) and then dealing with another persons issues, especially if they have not fully matured themselves and I do not even know if that is biologically possible, I doubt it. I think marriage so young would do a lot of harm then good because in my opinion it would hamper your growth. But then that brings up another point. For me I hooked up with my boyfriend when I was just turning 20 years old (well in September, close enough) and my boyfriend at that time was 31 years old. We have been able to remain living together and have two kids together, now ages 2 (her b-day was Aug 23rd) and 3 1/2. Im still trying to analyze the situation and all I can say is that it has allowed a balance where all this was possible and so far its working. I do think it has hampered a level of my growth because of course when you have kids so young you do take a setback and I was not able to finish school or experience College life as those around me and only just went back to school a year ago. Having kids and being married young (like age 17) is risky because what if you do not have the support of your family and did not finish school then you have put yourself had a real high risk of getting stuck in poverty, thankfully theres many opportunities to higher your education but with kids its VERY tough--support is going to be the number one factor whether or not you get through it.

I Think marriage at a young age is better because it helps you to turn mature faster , understand responsiblities and you start a new journey of life faster , Because sooner or later one has to get married so as they say...what you have to do tomo , start today and what you have to do today lets do it now..so Zed get married fast man ..hahahhahahha Kidding this is how i feel No offence to any one please.

There's no such thing as marrying age. It depends on how well prepared you are to raise your own family. Marriage might be good at start but you will be tested by time. You might encounter problems you never thought would come. So, marry only with the right time and the right feeling.

I think age does not really come into when you get married, i think it depends if you meet the right person and you feel it's right to want to spend the rest of your life with that person. I'm in my late 30's and i don't think i will get married unless a miracle happens, i've learned though you can still have a good life even if you don't meet the right person. My neighbour has never married she has so many friends all over the world she does not have time for a man. I know when i was growing up i wanted to be married by the time i was 21 the usual kind of thing, it's come close a couple of times, but when it actually comes to planning your life with that person, i usually get second thoughts about it. But the guys i've been with have never really put up a fight when i've ended it. Quite annoying really, just proves my instinct was right. Are you planning on getting married?

I'm 33 and I'm not married yet. Well, about to this year. But I don't regret reaching this age before decided to get married. I had so much fun staying single and I am very glad I enjoyed my single-blessedness for a long time before tying the knot.

It really does not matter to me on what age to marry, but when both are ready emotionally physically and financially. Its something that couple should be ready for.

i think age doesn't matter, but of course, the couples must be matured enough to be face the responsibilities of marriage. marriage is not easy.. well, i am not married yet,i haven't really experience marriage first hand, but i know a lot of people and i have a few friends who are already married and some of them are having a hard time adjusting to the married life. i believe it all boils down to being ready emotionally, psychologically.

i'm for marrying young or old. this sounds a little confusing so allow me to go further. i believe that a person, if intending to get married, should do it either right after school or much later. doing it right after school is so that the couple can settle down quickly, have a child or two and concentrate on building a career. if not, then marry much later when a career has been built and you are ready for the finer things in life. the worse would be to get married after working for two to five years. career is just beginning and not much time can be devoted to building the relationship or a family. cheers ;p

I am 47 and I am still unmarried. I was engaged to get married twice but broke it off because it would not have been good to marry then as we were not compatable. I hope to marry someone in the future. I have one uncle who married in his 70s so I know that there is still hope for me. I think that it is best to marry after about the age of 25 as there are brain changes that occur prior to that and which would perhaps make the couple have less of a chance of maintaining their marriage. It is important for a couple to make sure that they are compatible and I would recommend premarital counseling... I wish now that I had done that when I was younger.

I do not see why everyone has to get married, I hate how long term partners have no rights compared to a married couple. You can be with someone for 20 years unmarried, but if you are married for 2 weeks you instantly have more rights. I do not think that there is a certain age when you should or shouldn't, but I would say that waiting until you are older is better, because I am 18 and could not be imagine getting married any time soon.

I always wanted to get married young, but I'm kind of old-fashioned in that respect. I might have waited, but I just happened to meet the man that I wanted to marry at a young age. I am glad I did. I also had my son pretty young when I was 21 and now I will be able to enjoy my 40's after he moves out and goes to college. My husband (who is 6.5 years older than me) agreed with me and told me that he didn't want to have kids in the house when he was 60.

No I don't think there is such a age group for being married... However being over 18 should be.. I think people who do marry young marry for the wrong reasons, Just to have someone.. Than again marring being older as well can be the same way.. I think too that people marry because they don't want to lose the person in there life and they do care and love them, but sometimes that just fades away.. So all and all I think if they are happy and want this in life I think they should go for it! just my oppion!!

i don't think marriage is restricted by the age. Marriage stands for a duty to the new family and the mature of a person.If you are capable to support a family so please marriage. Now i have got marriage at my age of 23 years old.Some one says that I got marriage too early.I don't think so for my husband and I have lived together for about 2 years before our marriage.we know each other and know what we should do.So when we got marriage it is nature. Nowerdays people are intended to get marriage later both in the city and the cottage.Although in the countryside people still married earlier than in the city.I think the reason is coming from the social pressure. It is hard for a person to support the new family. If you have these ability married earlier is not a bad thing.

In my opinion, marrying not to young or to old is the perfect one. When marrying to young, there is possibility of lack of maturity. Sometimes, both have dropped school or don't have a job will have financial problems which could result as a failure. On the other hand, it is dificult for old women to find a spouse. Some women realize that they want to have children at the age of 35 but they have no clue where to start. Having a baby at the age of 35-40 could be dangerous for the mother since she might be weaker compared to young women and there are more chances for the baby to have the down syndrome. But if she is just looking for someone to spend some time with, there shouldn't be a problem. I would say marrying between 23-30 is the perfect timing.

hi, how are you?? Well there is a time for everything, I got married when I was 18 years old and no I wasn't pregnant.. at the begining it was really hard because out of the blue I saw myself working to pay the rent and not to buy me cloth, but then as the time was passing everything started to get a lot better and I'm really happy now I have been married for 2 years now and I have no regreets, and now we are planning on having our first baby ;) maybe in about a month or two. We are really excited but at the same time we don't want to rush things...

i hope i can marry next year, haha because if i marry too late, my parents will push me

I prefer to marry later.My temporary marry age is 30,and i am a girl.It is very serrious for all of us,i think it's just ok when both tow are mature enough.