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Anonymous wrote:She also wants to be a tradwife, amrite?

Probably. Learning disability teacher is a tip
off. Not going to make much money

+1

She was looking for her MRS degree.

Anonymous wrote:Definitely NOT a trend in my kids' graduating cohorts at UVA and GMU. They know the family rule is no marriage until
grad school is finished and you are fully self-supporting. One kid is finishing his doctorate and the other is in law school.

Anonymous wrote:I have a 22 college grad. 4 of their friends are engaged and getting married in next 6 months. Another 2 are living with their SO (together since freshman and sophomore year of college). From their HS friends/acquaintances, there are 5 who just got engaged in last 3 months. These are all kids from highly educated households, the kids are all on their career paths (ie done with college/advanced degrees for their career choices). I don't see an issue with it, especially if they have been toagether for several years. However, note that most of these kids are 2 years out from undergrad---but they are with their SO from junior/senior year of college (or earlier).

Anonymous wrote:My DD graduated college this year and is on her way with a promising career as a Learning Disability Teacher. She and her boyfriend have been seriously dating for over 4 years. He's a great young man and we do love him. But after college graduation DD started floating the idea of getting engaged....stating that she knew many friends (both young women and men) who got engaged right after graduation.

My DD tells me that her generation is getting engaged/married younger - making it sound like a trend. I'm in the "you are too young to get engaged, let alone married" mainly because I feel she should focus on her career first without distractions of an "engagement".
I would give the same advice to any young man or woman just graduating college. But DD continues to show me posts from friends happily stating "I'm engaged"! Admittedly, on the university's parent FB page I did see a few posts of "happily engaged" right after graduation.

But I am wondering....is anyone else is seeing a "trend" of this generation getting engaged/married younger?

I wonder if this is a result of those being greatly affected by the "pandemic years" -- they lost key milestones from senior year in 2020 and then again their first year of college....all while seeing the devastating deaths on a daily basis via social media/news outlets.

Anonymous wrote:They're getting married younger, because life is expensive. They're realizing mom and dad are no longer floating their lifestyle and can't afford to live well on their own. They also want to have children at a younger age, so their parents (us) can help raising their family. Bottom line, they're realizing that being on their own is hard.