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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the best spouses M and F get snatched up in their 20s.

They will be back on the market in 10 years if they get married out of college. LOL

... or in a few more years if they married in late 30's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this is true, then it’s simply the pendulum swinging back in the other direction from all the advice the Boomers gave Millennials.

I know lots of Millennials who set out to live their “best lives” and ended up waiting awhile, oftentimes with questionable results.

It’s this.
The whole “focus on your career” think is a nice idea but there are many who did this who either ended up alone and don’t like it or ended up having kids into their 40s and are very vocal about realizing they’ll be 60+ when their kids go to college.
And today you can be married AND both pursue your career.
So why not find a partner when your young and do the journey together with someone else cheering you on?

The early 30s tinder and match.com thing is not working out that well for many 30-somethings.

[Anonymous]

If a couple can afford to be engaged or married then no point in losing someone you love and know for many years to indecisiveness, long distance or to graze greener grass. Whole dating culture is too superficial and full of deceit. If you look up relationships forum, it overwhelmingly lacks sincerity and maturity.

[Anonymous]

My son attended a FCPS public HS and says he is seeing quite a few of his classmates married/engaged. He says 1 couple dated in HS and at least 2 others are girls who attended Christian colleges (although I dont know if my DS would know which colleges are Christian if it’s not in the name).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Millie Bobbie Brown and a whole swath of young Hollywood getting married before 25 is setting the trend. I think it is definitely in response to the Millennials who have held out forever and for too long. They are now in their 30's and it's looking bleak. Gen Z tends to roll their eyes at the Millennials so not surprised that they would go the other way.

This. I think they also learned from us Gen Xers who mostly waited to get married, lots of us either had problems having children or couldn't.

Literally all my GenX friends (and me) were married between around 26-28…the last one at 30.

Don’t blame GenX.

+1 same. My husband was 24 when I met him at a work happy hour post-college. I was 26 (1.5 years older). We married at 27/28 and had been in so many weddings of friends within a 2 -3 year age range. My best friend was married 2 months before me.

We are 70s GenX (born 1970/71).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a couple can afford to be engaged or married then no point in losing someone you love and know for many years to indecisiveness, long distance or to graze greener grass. Whole dating culture is too superficial and full of deceit. If you look up relationships forum, it overwhelmingly lacks sincerity and maturity.

The OLD culture is absolutely disgusting and all the rando sex and high numbers.

This is much more wholesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No idea if it's a trend or not but many of my younger DC's friends under 25 are engaged and few are married. Surprisingly, most of them are high achievers and from educated, upper/upper middle class, two parent families.

Apparently, they are inspired by relationship troubles millennials are facing with hook up culture and app based shallow dating leading to single-hood or divorces. Imho, pandemic also put things in perspective for them. They don't want to put real lives on back burner for sake of processional lives.

Oh this is so interesting. I can see how it would make being single and dating seem very unappealing (compared to most ppl's impression of being a single 20-something like 15 yrs ago). College and grad school are prime time to actually meet people IRL who you might be compatible with, followed closely by the first couple yrs out of school when networks are strong and you meet friends of friends socially etc. I got married at 30 but really see the appeal of getting things locked down earlier to avoid OLD.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is ‘20 HS graduate and ‘24 college graduate. None of her friends, male or female, are engaged.

They are just adjusting to a new post college life with jobs/friends etc.

[Anonymous]

These kids don't like having old parents and are determined not to do this to their children. It's a cycle. Their kids will hate that their parents got divorced when they were in elementary and middle school and they will get married later once they know what they want. Then their kids will hate having old parents and get married young and so on and so forth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Millie Bobbie Brown and a whole swath of young Hollywood getting married before 25 is setting the trend. I think it is definitely in response to the Millennials who have held out forever and for too long. They are now in their 30's and it's looking bleak. Gen Z tends to roll their eyes at the Millennials so not surprised that they would go the other way.

This. I think they also learned from us Gen Xers who mostly waited to get married, lots of us either had problems having children or couldn't.

Literally all my GenX friends (and me) were married between around 26-28…the last one at 30.

Don’t blame GenX.

You must be on the older end of Gen X. I'm on the younger end and me and most of my friends were married in our early 30s. We all went to grad school though, maybe that's why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Millie Bobbie Brown and a whole swath of young Hollywood getting married before 25 is setting the trend. I think it is definitely in response to the Millennials who have held out forever and for too long. They are now in their 30's and it's looking bleak. Gen Z tends to roll their eyes at the Millennials so not surprised that they would go the other way.

This. I think they also learned from us Gen Xers who mostly waited to get married, lots of us either had problems having children or couldn't.

Literally all my GenX friends (and me) were married between around 26-28…the last one at 30.

Don’t blame GenX.

You must be on the older end of Gen X. I'm on the younger end and me and most of my friends were married in our early 30s. We all went to grad school though, maybe that's why?

Ugh, terrible grammar. I and most of my friends.

[Anonymous]

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

You got it.

This is the typical way the right wing azzhats try to normalize what they want. It's part of the project 2025 that everyone gets married earlier. They'll be less educated and poorer which is exactly what they want.

You're a pathetic troll op. Go to h3ll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son attended a FCPS public HS and says he is seeing quite a few of his classmates married/engaged. He says 1 couple dated in HS and at least 2 others are girls who attended Christian colleges (although I dont know if my DS would know which colleges are Christian if it’s not in the name).

My kids are mid-late 20s and none of their friends are married. They went to a huge high school and maybe 2 kids are married and both had arranged marriages.

I call bs on op the trump lover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No idea if it's a trend or not but many of my younger DC's friends under 25 are engaged and few are married. Surprisingly, most of them are high achievers and from educated, upper/upper middle class, two parent families.

Apparently, they are inspired by relationship troubles millennials are facing with hook up culture and app based shallow dating leading to single-hood or divorces. Imho, pandemic also put things in perspective for them. They don't want to put real lives on back burner for sake of processional lives.

Oh this is so interesting. I can see how it would make being single and dating seem very unappealing (compared to most ppl's impression of being a single 20-something like 15 yrs ago). College and grad school are prime time to actually meet people IRL who you might be compatible with, followed closely by the first couple yrs out of school when networks are strong and you meet friends of friends socially etc. I got married at 30 but really see the appeal of getting things locked down earlier to avoid OLD.

I doubt they’re inspired by millennial marital troubles. Millennials are hanging out with recent college grads, they’re too far after us to be friends, and too close to be our kids.

I think it’s all the Say Yes to the Dress and #tradwife social media these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Millie Bobbie Brown and a whole swath of young Hollywood getting married before 25 is setting the trend. I think it is definitely in response to the Millennials who have held out forever and for too long. They are now in their 30's and it's looking bleak. Gen Z tends to roll their eyes at the Millennials so not surprised that they would go the other way.

This. I think they also learned from us Gen Xers who mostly waited to get married, lots of us either had problems having children or couldn't.

Literally all my GenX friends (and me) were married between around 26-28…the last one at 30.

Don’t blame GenX.

+1 same. My husband was 24 when I met him at a work happy hour post-college. I was 26 (1.5 years older). We married at 27/28 and had been in so many weddings of friends within a 2 -3 year age range. My best friend was married 2 months before me.

We are 70s GenX (born 1970/71).

+1. Born 1971...Engaged at 25 and Married at 26.