which marriage is more likely to survive? young or old?

Most of us believe that if we marry too young, our marriages will not last, as we have had not enough experience and exposure of life before committing ourselves. However, I've come across couples who married in their 30s-40s, and they still break up after some years. So I suppose it's not so much of age - it's more of mental preparedness.

Mind of young is very much attracted towards the aesthetic beauty and sensuous pleasures when people are young.. it takes time for everyone to study and understand the world from their view point,.. Couple of years.... 18 years for girl and 21 years for boy has been made as a law, in our country.. but even otherwise.. modern youngsters prefer to have marriage only in the early thirties or some where in the late twenties..

well so to say a mature marriage is likely to survive moe than a young or old marriage, cos if you can space your children between 4-6 years atlest you have conituity for 12 years, then if one or other person is resiginng to herself or himself maybe things can move on for another 12 years which is roobably the best you can expect

I don't believe that the age you get married will make a difference as to if the marriage will be successful. Although, I know that studies show if you do marry young it is more likely to fail. I think it really depends on the couple and how they treat each other.

hello, moonlitmagikchild i think it,s your older couples that fit the bill for marriage anyhow GAteway78

I think its not how young or old the couple is.It's a matter of how strong your love for each other and willing to take the responsibilities that your getting into.I have known alot of young couple that lasts and old ones that didn't lasts.There are some young ones also that didn't lasts and old ones that lasts.Those that really love each other and willing to stay together during the ups and down of their lives will truely survive.

It really depends on the type of people who are involved in the marriage. Some people who married very young remain married to each other for the rest of their lives and some people who got married in their 50's get a divorce a few years thereafter.

People had doubts about me and my husband when we got married I was 21 and he was 18 and we've been married for almost 4 years now. I believe as long as you love the person it doesn't matter at what age you get married its the communication and the other stuff that makes a marriage work.

It doesn't matter, young or old. Any marriage can last longer, if there is some maturity on both sides. Above all, love for each other plays a vital role in lasting relationship. How long love for each other sustains determines the survival or otherwise of a relationship.

That's a hard question to answer. I personally don't think people should get married real young, I think they should be more mature and a little older. I have a friend that is 22 yrs. old, and she's been in a hurry to get married and start having kids, she has a boyfriend now, and I'm waiting any day now to hear her say they are getting married, he's older than she is, and he's been married before and has a kid, I'm not sure if she's ready to handle all that yet. I know her dad has given him the third degree, and he says she's not leaving his house until she's able to cook like her mom..lol. This being the 1st boyfriend she's ever had, it worries me, I just don't want to see her get hurt. As for me, I got married when I was 31 yrs.old, and I'm glad I waited, because I think back to when I was in my early twenties theres no way I would of been ready to be married, my husband was 39. We've been married for 5 yrs now, its been good. We don't have any children and probably won't have any, we both agreed that if we were in our twenties that would of been something to think about, but now we think we're too old to be raising babies. Thats one of the cons of getting married at an older age, the pros is that your more mature at this age and able to handle situations better and alot of us are more financially secure. My husband's cousin and his wife got married right out of high school, they were high school sweethearts, well last year they got divorced after 23 yrs. of marriage, we could't believe it, they seemed so happy, but I guess after all this time, they just got tired of being together, they said it was because they had gotten married so young. His cousin said now after the divorce he's been going out and doing things he never got to do when he was younger. I guess it just depends on who you are and where you are in your life...thats why I said its a hard question to answer...

It's easier to survive in marriage if you are old. You aren't looking for any new adventures then and I think you are more dependant on the person you had married. Although it's more important what kind of person are you than how old are you. Cheers and hapy myloting.

I don't have a preference. My uncle dated his ex wife for about 10 years, everything was great, got married, then divorced a year or 2 later. They lived togeather for 8 of those years. She took him to the cleaners. I've seen young people do the same.

i dont think it makes any differents in any time or age group. i think it has to do with the love, interests, sexuality, and just in general how they are together.

In my opinion, It is not a matter of marrying young or old, having been engaged a month or a couple of years. All marriages and relationships has its ups and downs. The question is how far are you willing to sacrifice and fight for your relationship. Do you give up at a sign of a big problem or do you stay with your partner and weather the storm.

Gettin married young has better odds. Simply becuase you are not experieinced enough. By the time you learn about life and your partner time has flown by. When you are older, you have that experience in life. Anyway all the best to you and wishes that you continue to have a wonderful married life ahead.

If I may ask, how is your life marriage going? If the both of you and your husband are still happily together, then no worries. Then you'll certainly will have a good marriage life. Most people who would marry at a very young age would easily get separated because of no preparedness from each other. In fact, young people would hardly think of the obstacles and hardship that they thought they are just easy going problems. As for the old ones who just got married, well, if they are ready for a good commitment of each other, then go for it, for as long as they know what they are getting into. It doesn't matter whether you are young or old to get married, for as long as you know the dangers and problems that would get in your good marriage like. After all, I just got married and for three years now, we're still going okey whether through rich or for poor. If you really do love each other and understand what you are getting into, then everything will be okay.

In Any case I feel young marriage have a better chance of going long. Eg: . If you marry at an age of 40 and you both lives up to 80 years you have got 40 years of married life. But if you are marriying at 20 & you bot live up to 80 years you got 60 years of married life ahead.??? :)

I actually had this conversation the other day with a couple of friends. We came to the conclusion that we'd rather live with someone indefinitely than jump and get married at a young age. It works for some people, but those couples are few and far between. I've seen a lot of young marriages fail. Then, I've seen my aunt and her husband. They were together for almost 20 years before they got married. It really depends on the people involved, but I think it's best to wait.

I personally think that between 25 an 30 is the perfect age to marry, When people marry to young they're usually not responsible enough to really understand what they are getting into and if they marry to old, in might be to late to have kids. One thing I do think is that marriages that have longer engagments seem to last longer as they give the couple more time to think and prepair for what they are getting into. Cheers, Tianna