I was 17 when I got married and it wasn’t because I was knocked up lol. I finished school a year early so I could get married. I think it depends on the person and their maturity level.
I agree there are some that are ready, but as we know there are those that are way older than the young mother or girl and able to persuade the parents. I worry about pedophiles. That is my worry. Nowadays it is also harder for a young couple to get along, what without the proper jobs as well. Yes, some of my relatives got married very young but things were different then and now things are not set up for that. Very hard now to prosper. I am glad you are happy with your situation and marriage. I hold nothing against you or others, but I truthfully believe too, that they are working against young couples now. Very hard for a young man to go to college to make more money for his family. Men nor women can hardly make enough to support themselves. This of course has been arranged as well by not raising wages for many decades. Not any easy life for the young marrieds or older ones.
Yes, I think that this law that allowed all of these children to get married, really ran amok. Many decades ago some of my relatives married in small towns in Austria. Things were different then. This was on farms where people could grow their own food, and Mom stayed home to take care of the children and do laundry and cooking. Now things have been arranged so that we can no longer have that type of life. My mother and dad both had to work when we came here as Immigrants, and it was very hard, but we became Middle Class. Now not so much. My Mom and Dad were 18 and 19 when married. My schoolmates marveled at how young my parents were. So, things had already started to change here.
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srayzie ago
I was 17 when I got married and it wasn’t because I was knocked up lol. I finished school a year early so I could get married. I think it depends on the person and their maturity level.
carmencita ago
I agree there are some that are ready, but as we know there are those that are way older than the young mother or girl and able to persuade the parents. I worry about pedophiles. That is my worry. Nowadays it is also harder for a young couple to get along, what without the proper jobs as well. Yes, some of my relatives got married very young but things were different then and now things are not set up for that. Very hard now to prosper. I am glad you are happy with your situation and marriage. I hold nothing against you or others, but I truthfully believe too, that they are working against young couples now. Very hard for a young man to go to college to make more money for his family. Men nor women can hardly make enough to support themselves. This of course has been arranged as well by not raising wages for many decades. Not any easy life for the young marrieds or older ones.
srayzie ago
I see what you’re saying. It’s a good excuse for nasty perverts like Donkey to manipulate his way into a young girls life.
carmencita ago
Yes, I think that this law that allowed all of these children to get married, really ran amok. Many decades ago some of my relatives married in small towns in Austria. Things were different then. This was on farms where people could grow their own food, and Mom stayed home to take care of the children and do laundry and cooking. Now things have been arranged so that we can no longer have that type of life. My mother and dad both had to work when we came here as Immigrants, and it was very hard, but we became Middle Class. Now not so much. My Mom and Dad were 18 and 19 when married. My schoolmates marveled at how young my parents were. So, things had already started to change here.
srayzie ago
Yeah that’s how it was with my grandparents. It was totally different than these days.
carmencita ago
Sometimes I tend to think it was all in their plan.