what is the best age to get married?
By mapuang
@mapuang (612)
Philippines
3 responses
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
17 Apr 09
Hi mapuang, I think that it really depends on the maturity of the individual. Some are ready for marriage at 21 and others aren't ready at 30. I do think that both need to finish school and have a trade of some kind and of course a job. I have seen successful marriages with one or both still in their teens but I think it's a rarity in today's world. On the other hand, there are many who marry late and the marriage will break up in less than a year. Blessings.
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@w1nsse (36)
• Philippines
18 Apr 09
lol. before i got engaged, i actually asked all my family members this question. i asked my brother, my sister in law, my dad and my mom. all but one of them said that it is not in your age, it is really up to you. that one exception was my mother. she literally spat out 27. i got married at the age of 24. my brothers' reply to my question was that it was up to the person if he/she is ready or not. so was my sister-in-laws'. my dad on the other hand said, first comes marriage then love would just fall into place. i find that very horrific. to be married without love? and assume that it would all just fall into place? i guess it worked with him and my mom but i would never risk it. i think the same as most people here have answered. that it is up to you and the person you choose to marry. if you think you are ready. if you think you are mature enough. mature enough to know what love is and what love is not. that it is not dependence. where we think being dependent is love, it actually means we do not love that person, because what this is is parasitism as what m. scott peck would say. what love is, to quote the idea of that ingenius joy freak of a doctor, is when both of you have accepted that you can live without each other, that you would both be OK if you broke up. you would both individually be Fine and can go on with your lives with or without the other, BUT you both Choose to be together. this is genuine love. it is giving each other enough freedom to choose for himself. giving the other a choice to leave if it means this is what would truly help him grow spiritually, mentally and emotionally. and until we can admit that were ready for that? no matter what age we are at the moment, can never suffice the quality of the marriage a mature human being can contribute. I have known too many married couples who reach certain ages and cannot leave the house if she and her husband aren't together. who fight because it is the only thing they know how to talk to each other. and to answer your question, the best age to get married then, is whenever both people in the relationship Are mature enough, and whatever age they are When they know they're already mature enough? Is the best time to get married :)
@mapuang (612)
• Philippines
18 Apr 09
hahaha. you make me laugh there. get married without love? well that the first thing to consider of course. if you want to get married of course it must be yoou love that person. well thanks for the advice and realization. i owe you this one. thanks for posting and happy mylotting...