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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People also need to get married younger. Post college mid 20s, so like the 22-27 age range. Combining households is very financially efficient especially when neither is a high income earner. A 2 bedroom 1.5 bath apartment in the low to medium COL city where I used to live is now renting for about $1400/month. A 1 bedroom 1 bath rents for $1100/month. Get off the apps, get married, get those financial/tax benefits that come with marriage, combine households, and everyone comes out ahead and you end up on better financial footing earlier in life. [/quote]

It’s incredibly daunting to get married young when the quintessential path involves spending $10k on a ring, a $40k+ wedding, buying a $700k+ home, then popping out some kids (more $$$). I can see why kids in their 20s wait. How can you afford that!

I blame consumerism and social media. People were not doing all that in the 1950s. The “bar for entry” into the idealistic instagrammable life was lower.  [/quote]

I agree social media is a huge issue. People don't want to do anything if its not instagrammable. My ring was $2k, our wedding was less than $20k, we honeymooned at a random hotel in the Caribbean (not very instagrammable either) and lived in an apartment for 3 years before buying a small townhome.

BUT, you have to want to be married more than you want all the fancy stuff. That will come later, and it did. [/quote]

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