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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are we doing this every week?[/quote]

Is it really that hard to guess? Parents worry.[/quote]

What is there to worry about?  Look at all the unhappily married people who feel stuck. I'd worry about them. [/quote]

Look at the people scared of commitment in 20's, facing dwindling prospects in 30's and settling out of fear or laziness with whoever seems interested from shallow pool of potentials.[/quote]

This sounds very anecdotal. Who are these people, and how do you know what they are scared of in their 20s or “settling” because of in their 30s?

Stats re: successful marriage ages (and not in the 50s or 80s, but in recent years please.)

How many  got married in the late 2000s- 2010s while they were in their early or mid twenties, and are still together, versus how many got married in that period at 30+ who are still together. [/quote]

So yes the stats may favor getting married in 30s.  But those stats do not tease out high school only grads or less education that marry at 20 and 21 and professionals that marry at 25-29.  All anecdotal but the trend that I have seen is that rich kids are getting married in college or right out.  Kids whose parents are well off are making the plunge.  Why?  They can.  No loans and help from parents.  Those are not likely to end in divorce.  The kids are not playing video games at home but are in grad school, law school, med school, or have great jobs -- they will do fine. The divorce rate as a whole is 25% for rich people.

In terms of no good pool in your 30s.  That can't be true in the whole.  But I have seen in my friend group that they have had issues.  Every guy they like is married and was married in their 20s.  Depends on your type I guess but this is a repeated refrain.  I will note that almost every reasonably attractive guy from law school (T14) was married in their 20s.  I have yet to see an unmarried man make partner at my firm.  Most were married in their 20s -- most often to other lawyers.[/quote]

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