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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The most successful young adults who are now 27 or 28 years old were the top students in their high school class, no matter where they went to undergrad. From Ivies to tiny liberal arts college to fairly regional public universities, they all zoomed through undergrad, sometimes in three years, many went to grad or professional school, and they all have great careers. It seems all of them are married.

The handful of middle of the pack students and student-athletes who surprised everyone when they got into elite T20s regressed to their mean and have totally normal careers, at best.

It seems smart ambitious highly-motivated teens become smart ambitious highly-motivated adults. And if your teen is not those things, Tiger Mom'ing them into an elite college probably isn't going to change anything about their life and professional trajectory.[/quote]

All of them are married at 27? Do you live in the deep south or Pakistan?[/quote]

lol
So true. The OP is a backwards provincial mom stuck on this board with grown and flown children….
Hmmm. What does that tell you.[/quote]

The upper classes all over the US actually do marry in their mid to late 20s, statistically.  It the middle and UMC that marry in their early to mid 30s.  The LC marry young and multiple times.[/quote]

Ummm. Try again. And this tells us you are an immigrant.[/quote]

You’re projecting, probably because you married late or your kids are still drifting. Smart annd ambitious Gen Zs are marrying much earlier than Gen Y millennials.[/quote]

The majority of kids labeled gen Z are under the age of 21.  The youngest is still in elementary school.  Calm down. [/quote]

Gen Y &quot;millennials&quot; are age 28 to 43. They grew on on pop culture TV shows like Girls, Friends, and Sex and the City, which romanticized hookup culture and serial dating in your 20s and 30s.

Gen Z &quot;zoomers&quot; are ages 12 to 27. Zoomer trendsetters seem to be making marrying young cool again. We've seen a lot of well-off ambitious couples get engaged soon after college. Mature zoomers think serial dating is ick and the idea of being unmarried at 30 is dreadful.[/quote]

Gen Alpha are &lt;13/14.

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