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re: The disingenuous double standard of people marrying too young. What’s your take?
Posted on 12/19/17 at 3:58 pm to AUCE05
Posted on 12/19/17 at 3:58 pm to AUCE05
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Get married and have kids from 16-25. That way when you are divorced at 35, your kids will be on their on, and you still have a lot of years to chill.
Easily the dumbest thing I've read all day
Posted on 12/19/17 at 3:58 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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young? in the south that is considered old
over 25 and single down here, you are practically a pariah
Maybe that's true in the small towns, but that isn't true at all in the cities, especially among the college educated.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 3:58 pm to AUCE05
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Get married and have kids from 16-25. That way when you are divorced at 35, your kids will be on their on, and you still have a lot of years to chill.
In hindsight, kind of agree. I don’t enjoy being mid-late 30s, divorced, and trying to decide if I have the energy to raise a child, assuming I can even get pregnant. I’m a little envious of people who got kids out of the way while young, and can spend their 40s being dumb & doing the shite they think they wished they did when they were 25.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:05 pm to Evil Little Thing
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can spend their 40s being dumb & doing the shite they think they wished they did when they were 25.
I’d much rather do mid-20s activities when I’m in my mid-20s than vice versa.
You’ll have plenty of energy for years to come. You’re still at least 30 years from falling asleep at dinner with a snot bubble you don’t notice pulsing from your nostril.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:06 pm to Blob Fish
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You’re still at least 30 years from falling asleep at dinner with a snot bubble you don’t notice pulsing from your nostril.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:10 pm to NotoriousFSU
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Don't want to make a mistake
Exactly... As a child of a broken home I didn't want to pass that on to my kids if I had any. Marriage isn't to fricked around with. I cringe when I hear middle age people laugh and chuckle about "previous marriages". That shouldn't be a term. Vows are for life.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:11 pm to Paul Allen
I did the whole young military marriage thing
It was pretty commonplace and acceptable at the time (still is). I saw nothing wrong with it. 10 wasted years later, I could kick myself in the balls for that decision.
People warned me but I thought I had the world figured out.
I did not fully appreciate the fact that I was still learning who I was as an adult nor did I anticipate my "adult self" being 180 degrees different than my spouse at the time. As we approached our 30's we truly matured away from each other.
It was pretty commonplace and acceptable at the time (still is). I saw nothing wrong with it. 10 wasted years later, I could kick myself in the balls for that decision.
People warned me but I thought I had the world figured out.
I did not fully appreciate the fact that I was still learning who I was as an adult nor did I anticipate my "adult self" being 180 degrees different than my spouse at the time. As we approached our 30's we truly matured away from each other.
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:16 pm to Tigeralum2008
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I did the whole young military marriage thing
Just went to one of these... I don't see it ending well.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:20 pm to Saskwatch
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Just went to one of these... I don't see it ending well.
We beat the odds, most military marriages don't last beyond their enlistment
I have a buddy who married his HS sweetheart at the boot camp chapel on graduation weekend. They just celebrated their 21st wedding anniversary in August.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:22 pm to Paul Allen
I was 21 and my wife was 16 when we wed. The same age as her parents and my parents when they wed. We re going on 43 years. Both of our parents remained married. My father is gone now.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:24 pm to rickyh
quote:sorry about the Bama senate race
my wife was 16 when we wed.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:56 pm to Paul Allen
quote:Every situation is different.
Anyone personally experience this or know of someone that has gone through this?
Younger people don't yet have the wisdom to chose wisely.
That being said I married my barely 18 year old bride when I was 21. We've been together through good times and bad for 48 years and counting.
We had to work through some rough patches but divorce was never a consideration.
We are closer today than ever before. All the work was dam well worth it.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 4:58 pm to Paul Allen
There are 23 year olds mature enough for marriage, and there are some who are not.
Everyone changes with age, it's just too easy to blame it on youth
Everyone changes with age, it's just too easy to blame it on youth
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:15 pm to LCA131
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Why did so many marriages from 100 years ago survive, when, on average, the newlyweds were much younger than today?
Because it was downright forbidden to split up a marriage back then. Nowadays it’s almost stylish or a badge of honor to have multiple divorces.
It’s the same reason why middle eastern arranged marriages tend to work out better than American marriages (or so I hear). A general belief system.
In a world where it’s anti-PC to educate kids on what a man and a woman are supposed to be, the problem is bound to just get worse.
This post was edited on 12/19/17 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 12/19/17 at 5:20 pm to AHouseDivided
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AHouseDivided
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I married my practice wife when I was 30. She was a bitch/slut/whore. It didn't work out. I was too young.
Name checks out.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:38 pm to Paul Allen
My wife and I got together when I was 17 and she was 16. We moved in together about 6 months later.
19 years later we are still together and couldnt be happier. Our house and everything else in our possession is paid for and we have 2 kids that we adore.
Its a highly individualized institution. Some people should never get married or attempt a committed relationship. Theyre too selfish.
19 years later we are still together and couldnt be happier. Our house and everything else in our possession is paid for and we have 2 kids that we adore.
Its a highly individualized institution. Some people should never get married or attempt a committed relationship. Theyre too selfish.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 8:05 pm to Paul Allen
I got married in 1994. I was 17. She was 18. We were too young and we're still married to each other.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 8:07 pm to Iron Lion
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I got married in 1994. I was 17. She was 18. We were too young and we're still married to each other.
I was 19 and my first wife was 18. We had 18 happy years together, one bad...got divorced. Shes an awesome lady, still would be married if I hadn't screwed up.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 8:21 pm to LCA131
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Why did so many marriages from 100 years ago survive, when, on average, the newlyweds were much younger than today?
This is why you need to know history. 100 years ago, women were damn near totally dependent on men. They didn’t have the independence or opportunities they do today and society certainly didn’t extend them the courtesies it does today (for single women and women in general). Hell women were treated like property.
Women don’t “need” a man today. That’s partly why marriages don’t last.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 8:23 pm to Paul Allen
Married at 23 (both of us). No one batted an eye about it, but it was the early 90s.
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