At What Age Should You Get Married? In the past, most people got married as early as their late teens or early twenties, today some people get married as “late” as their forties. Career needs and a change in social and cultural dynamics has brought about the tilt in the marriage structure but is there a right age to get married? Is there an age that defies the growing divorce rate? We turned to reddit to find out people’s opinions.
When you are ready and mature enough to take on that responsibility. If you are ready at 20 then that’s great, if you aren’t ready until your 50 then that’s fine too. — MilesBeforeSmiles
It really depends on your lifestyle. For a start you want to be with this person and have lived with them for several years. Wait until you’re kinda settled. If you’re hopping across cities, starting new careers, and till a student. Wait. Your life is changing soon and a lot is going on. Circumstances might be different soon and getting married might not be desirable then. By the time you’re ready for marriage. You should be living married life already. — Dazz316
When you’re sure you are ready to spend the rest of your life with another imperfect human who will make mistakes, disappoint you, infuriate you and equally loves you and is willing to put up with your imperfections. Having common life goals is important as well. Whether you marry at 18 or 98 it doesn’t matter. Everybody is different. — CarFreak777
30 at the earliest. You shouldn’t get married before your brain is done developing, because that’s how people grow apart instead of closer. Get as close to who you’re going to be as you can, and THEN commit to someone else who is similarly nearly fully-formed. — Diablo165
Aristotle said 30. Personally I have no intention of ever marrying, I’m 32. —SubjectsNotObjects
If you feel like marriage isn’t for you, then so be it. The last thing you want to do is to be pressured by society, family, religion, or anything else that holds you back on living life your way. Marriage is a long-term emotional, financial, legal responsibility even without kids in the picture. Choose wisely and take it with utmost seriousness only because not being married isn’t the end of the world. — dan_bongino_great
I think it depends on the person. Some people are just wired for the nuclear family, like I ave a cousin who married at 18 and a year and a half later is happily pregnant. Her husband is beyond ecstatic and the two are crazy about each other. Scares me to imagine young people so caught in commitment, but they live for that stability. As for myself I don’t like tie-downs. I’m a childfree woman, and not really interested in marriage. I do own a home, so that was a scary commitment of time and resources. But unlike a husband or children I can sell that home whenever I want and hit the ground running. People frown on selling children and husbands. I’m a rambling soul. I loved pipeline welding just because there was so much travel between jobs, I was made for the open road and big wide spaces. So yeah, it depends on the individual’s goals, wants, and needs. Everybody is different. Some of us like the room to run, some seek stability — Anonymous
No need to rush! I’ve got a few friends who married before 20 and are still together – they’re really churchy though, so they all got married so they could shag! None of them had kids before late 20s or early 30s though. Do what’s right for you. But make sure you save / invest / buy property / do something with your $ for your future even if you’re not “settling down”. You’ll thank me in 10 years! 🙂 — brzls
Completely up to you really. I’m 24 and got married a year ago. But having kids now is definitely not in the game plan. Not that I would be completely against it, I just want to be more financially stable when that time comes. — asharkey3
For the love of God, don’t give into the peer pressure of all your old classmates settling down. Live your life to the fullest. Date around, sleep around, travel, see the world, try different jobs, figure out what makes you happy. Once you understand who you are and what you’re about, then you can find somebody like-minded and start to think about “settling down”. Late 20s to early 30s sounds reasonable to me. Just make the most of your life while you’re not tied down. — aHance