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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Marrying young is like a tattoo, bad judgment. Neither position people for a good future.[/quote]

This. The only people I know who marry early who have money have daughters who struggle academically and the parents don't think they will ever manage a job. No one in my umc neighborhood wants their kids to marry until at least their later 20s.[/quote]

+1  Marrying young usually means: 1) family is very religious and wants daughter locked down early, 2) daughter has plateaued with respect to career/academic ambitions, and better to have her locked down early, or 3) daughter is pregnant (because she was not locked down early.)[/quote]

What a weird comment. Nobody's career potential is "plateaued" in 20's. [/quote]

Uh, what? Millions of Americans "plateau" in high school every year. Lots of college-educated people can't hack it in the working world.

I know 5 women who went to Harvard undergrad (children of very wealthy legacies) who had dropped out of the work force by late 20s and never worked again because they got married. Nevermind that some of them didn't even have kids for another 4-5 years, but that it was just expected that women in their circles didn't work once they got married. As one does in Texas, the Upper East Side, and Newport.

TBH, I wish they had given those spots at Harvard to first gen kids who would've hustled after earning that degree.[/quote]

There are many reasons to get education and making a living is only one of those. Education is never wasted, even if you are wealthy enough to not have to hustle for an employer. Most people starting college at 17/18 have no idea if their degree, major or track would indeed become become their career or not. [/quote]

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