Gen Zs who are 2020 Covid HS Grads and 2024 College Grads - "I'm engaged" Trend

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She also wants to be a tradwife, amrite?

Probably. Learning disability teacher is a tip
off. Not going to make much money

+1

She was looking for her MRS degree.

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She is plenty old enough to get engaged.

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Young women don’t want to wait for infertility to kick in. Good for them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dh and I met in college. Still very happily married. I can think of a few friends and family members who dated amazing people at the time, were afraid to settle, and are now unmarried in 30s and 40s. Dating for a decade + does not seem remotely fun, and neither is being lonely. Obviously different if it is by choice!

I think this story is so common.

Yes, and I think younger people see this both in their families and on social media and are trying to avoid that fate.

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I graduated in 2001. I have a friend from then whose parents married at 19, went on to graduate school degrees, and then had kids. I went to school with a couple who did this and they seem great still. I knew a handful of people who married at 24-25 years old. So it wasn’t unheard of (NE Liberal arts college).

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A lot of more religious people seem to get married early. They’re encouraged to find a fellow believer, date while in college, and get married soon thereafter. My son has several college friends who fit this mold. It’s made him a bit nervous that he doesn’t have a girlfriend.

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My 23 yo son recently confided in me that’s he’s concerned he’s falling behind in how he wants to live his life because he’s not yet in a serious relationship and wants to be married and starting a family soon. I was shocked. I’m not sure where he’s being influenced from but he’s convinced he needs to start a family soon in order to live some sort of ideal life.

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They’re getting married younger, but don’t intend to have kids. They want to enjoy the perks of DINK lifestyles while they are young.

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Yes, definitely seeing this with my youngest daughter's friends (gen z) vs my older daughter's friend (millenial) who were mostly in their late 20's getting married.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She also wants to be a tradwife, amrite?

Probably. Learning disability teacher is a tip
off. Not going to make much money

Making much money isn't everyone's goal in life, some losers do dream about things like making a difference, helping others, finding a work-life balance, living a content life etc.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD graduated college this year and is on her way with a promising career as a Learning Disability Teacher. She and her boyfriend have been seriously dating for over 4 years. He's a great young man and we do love him. But after college graduation DD started floating the idea of getting engaged....stating that she knew many friends (both young women and men) who got engaged right after graduation.

My DD tells me that her generation is getting engaged/married younger - making it sound like a trend. I'm in the "you are too young to get engaged, let alone married" mainly because I feel she should focus on her career first without distractions of an "engagement".
I would give the same advice to any young man or woman just graduating college. But DD continues to show me posts from friends happily stating "I'm engaged"! Admittedly, on the university's parent FB page I did see a few posts of "happily engaged" right after graduation.

But I am wondering....is anyone else is seeing a "trend" of this generation getting engaged/married younger?

I wonder if this is a result of those being greatly affected by the "pandemic years" -- they lost key milestones from senior year in 2020 and then again their first year of college....all while seeing the devastating deaths on a daily basis via social media/news outlets.

A person I work with in their mid-20s (26) knows a lot of people getting married. I do think it’s kind of a trend, but I don’t necessarily have high hopes for a lot of these marriages. My children are not at trend marrying age, but I would discourage it emphatically. My sister got married at 25 and it was completely disastrous. I would tell them to wait until 27 to get engaged (at minimum) and 28 or 29 to get married. You change so much between your early and late 20s.

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Yes, I am seeing people in their younger 20s getting married. My niece is one of them. It feels young to me but they are mature people who have good jobs lined up, so more power to them!

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My sibling is worried about their mid 30's single adult children.

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Loneliness epidemic is concerning.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness_epidemic