Comments on: On Marrying Young

By: girljordyn

girljordyn — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:19 +0000

It always surprises me how differently different groups of people think about the marriage age. At nineteen I’ve already known at least four people within two years of my age who are married. Most of my friends are going to wedding after wedding (um, I’m not actually invited to any of them, but that’s another story…).

So I guess it just surprises me that people would consider 23 “too young.” By the time I’m 23 and still unmarried (as I assume I will be considering I’ll still be in college), I’m pretty sure I’ll be considered an “old maid.”

By: Princess Pointful

Princess Pointful — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:27:35 +0000

It sounds to me like those are the right reasons to be getting married.
To me it is less about the age, and more about the reasons (and the rush– 4 years isn’t a rush).
According to your sidebar, 10 days?! Wow!!!

By: jessica maria

jessica maria — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:53:43 +0000

I’m 24 and feel a bit young, but have a lot of faith, of course. And everybody else does, too. Also -

No one else I know is doing this – I only need one hand to count the number of my friends who have been in relationships for longer than six months

Same thing here.

By: brookem

brookem — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:15:17 +0000

i seriously love your outlook on this. you just radiate happiness. it’s so nice to hear someone talk about such a special connection. congrats to you lady!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:03:43 +0000

As long as YOU’RE ready, then no one should have a worry or complaint. Leave all that aside. Two weeks!!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:24:54 +0000

I would ignore the marrying young talk. You’re mature and ready for this, that’s all that matters!

FYI: I loved the photos of your hair and make-up. Loving it!!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:18:01 +0000

I dont think marriage = no going out and having fun.

My thing is, especially when it comes to relationships, only you know if the time is right. Nobody else.

I flat out dont give relationship advice because when it comes down to it…people are going to do what they want anyway and I think thats fine- thats how it should be.

If that makes any kind of sense, I dont know?

By: letigre

letigre — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:44:15 +0000

Oh I hateddddddddd people getting all condescending with me when they found out how old I was and getting married. Yeah, yeah, I didn’t think I’d ever get married and if I did it was going to be when I was 35 but here I am, married at 24.

You know what though? You are more mature than the average 30 year old woman, but not in a bad way (in a really good, self aware way) and most people get married for the wrong reasons. They get married because they want the wedding (let me say 80 percent of people do that) then there’s the people that are afraid nothing better will come along and don’t want to ‘die alone’, then there are the people that don’t really know where the relationships are going so figure they will get married.

You’re none of these. You have nothing to be worried about.

By: Nilsa

Nilsa — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:35:21 +0000

I think people should get married when they’re ready. I have friends who got married at 23 and are still married a decade later. I have other friends who got married at 30 and were divorced by 32. So, age really has nothing to do with it. You seem grounded and clearly have history with the fiance. So, all I can say is, I’m so very happy for you!

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:09:25 +0000

Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog.

Who knows when they are ready to be married? I was married at 26, the first time. At the time I thought I was on the older side. Ha. But I was stupid because I was not all that sure of what I was doing. I was not sure of who I even was. I was certainly not sure it would work.

So I am not one to give advice. Only that I wish you the best and if you’ve found the love of your life, more power to you! Plus, you’ll have more time to grow together, be alone together and really plan for the future as you enjoy your youth.