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Originally Posted by jibber
I'm sure I'll get a load of responses of couples they know who met at 18 and were married 2 months later, and still live happily together 25 years down the road.
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You may get some responses, but I don't think you'll get "loads". It happens, but it's just not that common anymore.
It sounds cliche, but I firmly believe that people shouldn't commit themselves to someone else until they feel comfortable with themselves and where they are personally, as individuals. How can people move forward in reaching goals as a couple when they don't even know what they want for themselves? And I'm sorry, anyone can argue this point with me, but while a teenager might have clearly defined ideas of what they want in life, more often than not those will change drastically once they hit their mid-20's at least. 50% of all marriages in the US end in divorce (last I checked), but the odds for people who get married in their teens are even worse than that.
Seriously people, stay young as long as you can! Enjoy it while it lasts. Because while working and marriage and the "adult" life have their perks, they require so much more time and effort and are soooo much more complicated than just being a teenager.
And off my soapbox I hop...