Is it a status symbol to marry young?

[Anonymous]

If you're headed to med school at ~22, especially as a woman (because of fertility), you may not have much time to date again for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're headed to med school at ~22, especially as a woman (because of fertility), you may not have much time to date again for a long time.

The fear lingering needs to stop. This isn’t true.

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Anonymous wrote:Marrying a peer from college beats marrying a desperate stranger from Tinder. How is that difficult to understand?

How is it difficult to understand that those are not the only 2 choices?

People deep down don’t want “ran-thru” spouses.

That goes for both genders.

Pathetic and naive af. Wow.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you're headed to med school at ~22, especially as a woman (because of fertility), you may not have much time to date again for a long time.

The fear lingering needs to stop. This isn’t true.

This is totally wrong. You get married to the guy you met in med school and matched at a hospital near you. Get engaged during residency and have your first either during or after residency (depending on your specialty.) Duh.
Your research year is a great time to give birth.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

[Anonymous]

OP this forum is filled with heathens so you may not find the answer you’re looking for.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

FYI, divorce is pretty average for marriages.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

FYI, divorce is pretty average for marriages.

Not for UMC marriages.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

FYI, divorce is pretty average for marriages.

That’s not saying much for getting married at that age. Conveniently skipped over the other spouse being only 25.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

FYI, divorce is pretty average for marriages.

Not for UMC marriages.

You go right ahead and believe that. Bless your heart.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

FYI, divorce is pretty average for marriages.

Not for UMC marriages.

You go right ahead and believe that. Bless your heart.

Less than one-third of ever-married middle- and upper-class men and women have ever been divorced.

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

That’s like saying you had sex in high school and it worked out because you never got pregnant.

FYI, 27 is pretty average for marriage.

FYI, divorce is pretty average for marriages.

Not for UMC marriages.

You go right ahead and believe that. Bless your heart.

Less than one-third of ever-married middle- and upper-class men and women have ever been divorced.

You keep looking up stats to argue your weak case?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are middle class and married young at 24/25. We didn’t have kids until 32/33. It worked for us - we are very established now. Own a $6m home and a vacation home worth $2m. We spent a lot of our 20s travelling and having fun but did it together and also got into the property market early. We aren’t religious but very committed to our families

Good for you. You are not an example for overwhelming majority of people at that age. Don’t promote it like it works.

I’m a DP. Married at 27, spouse was 25. We’ve been married over 25 years. What age do you suggest “works” best?

So what, my parents married as teens and stayed together nearly 50 years. I sure as hell wouldn’t marry at that age, nor would they have wanted me to.