tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587459.post9168633813653706407..comments2023-12-05T04:20:37.460-06:00Comments on The Journey: On Young MarriageLizard Eaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506056116023122414noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587459.post-39967468911349331862007-07-19T22:21:00.000-05:002007-07-19T22:21:00.000-05:00I was engaged at 18 but thankfully changed my mind...I was engaged at 18 but thankfully changed my mind at the last minute. I'd have liked to have gotten married at 20, but if that'd happened, it wouldn't have been to my sweetie, who was 15 years old at the time. <BR/><BR/>Teenage shotgun weddings used to have an abysmal failure rate (I'm remembering statistics from the 90s) - although success was greater for those in which the groom was more than a few years older (20s or older) than the bride. This might be one reason why people don't jump to get married when they find out the girl is preggers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587459.post-41619860359675732222007-07-19T14:25:00.000-05:002007-07-19T14:25:00.000-05:00A curiosity is that, today, young couples are disc...A curiosity is that, today, young couples are discouraged from marrying—<I>even if she's pregnant and planning to keep the kid.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587459.post-72543659708199795602007-07-19T12:21:00.000-05:002007-07-19T12:21:00.000-05:00My parents got married young. My mom was 19, my f...My parents got married young. My mom was 19, my father 24. However, Mom pounded into the heads of myself and my two younger sisters that 19 was far too young to get into that sort of committed partnership.<BR/><BR/><I>But you did it, Mom!"</I> we would point out. <BR/><BR/>Her response was <I>Yes, but I was very mature for my age</I>.<BR/><BR/>I scoff at that because how mature can any 19 year old be? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, Mom's fears were unfounded because all of her children have passed the age of 19 and currently have no plans for marriage. <BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I'd love to find someone to settle down with but it just hasn't been in the cards. I'm hoping that by 30 I'll find someone. *crosses fingers*Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587459.post-20165953625546724352007-07-19T11:56:00.000-05:002007-07-19T11:56:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree more. I met my husband at the te...I couldn't agree more. I met my husband at the tender age of 17, we were engaged shortly after my 21st birthday, and married shortly before my 22nd birthday. We're coming up on our fifteenth wedding anniversary, and it amazes me. That's ridiculously close to half my life married...more than half my life of being part of a couple with him.Kaleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14625956690334985799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587459.post-62834502973495724522007-07-19T11:38:00.000-05:002007-07-19T11:38:00.000-05:00You are refreshing and fun and hilarious and you n...You are refreshing and fun and hilarious and you need to write a book. Just read the whole blog. I'm a seminary student myself; albeit Baptist and fundamental, but seminary all the same. You were a breath of wonderfully human-scented fresh air!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com