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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two of my mid-20s employees got married last year. I thought it was weird. I am 47. Most people I know got married in their 30s.

I have noticed this "trend" already.[/quote]

My 24 year old niece graduated from college in May 2022. She said it seems like at least half of her good friends are engaged, with many married this summer. Social media is fueling this.[/quote]

I am not against earlier marriage on principle (I would have liked to marry earlier but it was VERY hard to find marriage-minded men in my 20s) but I do wonder about the social media angle. I have two younger cousins (millenials not Gen Z) and they were wedding and baby obsessed in their 20s and it was absolutely driven by social media -- getting married or having a baby was like being famous in their social circles because it tended to get people a lot of attention on social media. I wound up having to ask them not to post photos of my DD on their [public] Instagram accounts because I discovered they were basically using her as a prop for likes and it was disturbing.

Neither of these cousins married and they are now mid-30s so different track than the Gen Zers people are talking about on this thread. But I wonder what happens when these kids who are motivated by the attention one receives for a wedding or new baby settle into married life with older children. Even if you want to keep exploiting your kids for likes eventually they are old enough to get mad at you for doing so. And you will never capture the "celebrity" status of being a bride again -- everyone wants to see photos of your wedding and talk about your dress and no one cares about your 10th wedding anniversary or what you wore.

I wish them well but for the ones who are doing it for the like I suspect we'll see a trend of "Instagram divorce parties" as they hit early 30s.[/quote]

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