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The Perfect Age To Get Married

Spoiler alert: There is no perfect age to get married.

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Spoiler alert: There is no perfect age to get married.

I have to laugh at the discussions I hear about "the right age to marry," like it is some sort of math equation with only one perfect answer.

Some would say that getting married young is signing your life away — saying goodbye to adventure and hello to years of staying in. Fair enough. Maybe it is worth it to wait. Some would truly rather grow as their own person before they commit their entire life to another person — hence their preference and decision to get married at an older age.

But others would say that getting married young is the perfect life. They've met their soulmate and they get to do everything the singles do, but with one another. They get to grow with their best friend and experience their entire lives with one another. I mean, that's a sensible perspective. Why wait to get married when you already have found the one you love?

I am here to say, though, that age should not be a factor in marriage. What happened to marriage being based on good old love — raw and in its purest? You get married because you've found your best friend for life — not because society says it is a good time for you to do so.

Not to mention, more than 50 percent of marriages in the United States end in divorce. Contrary to so many opinions, those divorces were not a result of partners being "too young" or "too old" when their marriage began. Marriages end because people give up: they stop fighting for love or they were never in love to begin with. A lasting marriage is dependent on love and love only.

Referring to someone as "too young" or "too old" is an extremely relative label. Adulthood is adulthood, and some simply are more or less mature than others despite the year they were born. Once you hit a certain point in life, your age truly is just a number. Age does not define you or predict what your life or marriage may bring.

Age is not an indicator of readiness to be married. Marriage isn't a pinpoint on the road map of life. Remember that there is no right age to be married, just as there is no right age to divorce. Get married because you've found the love of your life, your happily ever after, your date forever — not because society says so.

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