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Originally Posted by ChiTown
I got married at 26. I had no idea what I was doing. Many of my friends were getting married, and that completely influenced my decision-making at the time. I'd have been a better husband getting married at 30, but I fought my way through the urges to cheat and hang out with my remaining single friends in Chicago. It was a struggle early on, but 24 years later, we are still happily married and sending our oldest Son off to College this Fall. Life is good.
I do tend to agree that getting married before 25 is a real bitch. You typically aren't financially or emotionally mature enough to tackle the responsibilities of marriage. That said, to each his/her own. We tend to follow our heart, regardless of our financial and emotional stability.
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My boyfriend and I do plan on getting married, but neither of us is really in too big of a rush. I just want to have the same last name as my son before he starts school, so we have a few years. Met my boyfriend at 38, moved in together and had baby (planned) at 39, and life is good with a 15-month-old at 40. I'm kind of wishing I would have started parenting about 5 years ago just for the energy involved, but I just hadn't met the right person to co-parent with yet. Otherwise, I'm perfectly content with having waited so long.