What's the average age to get married?

Question

People seem to get married late teens or early twenties and that's with a lot of years already dating. Why would you want to settle down so young?

Answer 1

average mental age for any idiot
bloke that gets married is 16

Answer 2

The average age for a woman of the United States to marry is around 25; for a man, the average rests at about 26-27 years of age.

Factors affecting early marriage are innumerable--among them war, economic stability, and cultural and family inclinations and traditions.

The War in Iraq, while certainly not a baby-boomer producing war, certainly affects the rate of marriage. Young couples often have one or both parties enlist, and they want to solidify a relationship before heading off to war and combat. Sometimes they seek to form a committed relationship to reassure themselves they will have something to come home to. Other times they form it because they want to have someone to handle affairs if situations go ary. Yet other times are so that they can merely put quavering relationship concerns in the back of their minds as they go off to battle.

Economic stability affects the age of marriage, because it affects the security individuals feel. If they feel insecure financially, they may wish to find another person to lean on, emotionally and financially. A sense of "toughing it out together" reassures many. It may also bring a bright spot onto the horizon.

Culture and family play important roles on how one views and lives life. Depending on where one lives and under what beliefs one grew up, different values and norms apply. Some families encourage early marriages. The United States media culture loves to point out celebrity marriages and involvments, as do many other countries' media. The celebrities look young, so people want to marry young. It is very much psychological.

Comfort, security...or perhaps following the footsteps of the famous.

Answer 3

I really don't know but I did read that the best average age to get married for women is 28 and for men is 32.

Answer 4

I have asked this question in the past and I received answers that ranged from 24-28yrs old. I have friends that recently got married (both 23yrs old) and they are already in debt. I am going to wait until I become established and can afford a wedding and a new townhouse or house!

Answer 5

24-25

Answer 6

Yeah I got married @ 16 because my husband who was 25 and i decided a have a baby and we thought it would be better for us so that we could leave together and plus love each other.............

age not nothing but a number
we been together for 3 and a half years now

Answer 7

Why not? If you settle later, you just hang around for more years and it doesn't get you anywhere.....

If you marry young, you are still fresh and adaptable, have less number of failed relationships and have much more optimism.

Answer 8

That depends alot on where you live. In the US and on the coasts...around 28ish...if your in the mid-west you can knock off about 4 or 5 years.

Answer 9

Foreword: I am assuming the average age is around 24-26 overall, although another "segment" of people getting married is around 17 and often having lots of family conflict.

Why does it happen? Here's my take....

Parents often make the mistake of punishing children for misdoings very quickly, almost impulsively, instead of letting them find out their limits on their own (and eventually teach themselves how to set their own limits when approaching something they do not know).

The kids, then, become used to saying "everything would be OK if our parents did not set the rules". And, in the job world (often retail in mid to late teens), they often realize SOCIAL SKILLS/AGGRESSIVENESS and NETWORKING has more to do with job success than simply EDUCATION or COMPLAINCE (what parents often teach too much of).

Then often, disillusioned with seeing how irrelevant much of what their parents taught them is, and being inexperienced at setting their own long-term rules, the kids (as teens) figure out independence and success may best be acheived by completely splitting from their parents' "loser" ways and, ultimately, them, as soon as possible.
And, often, parents say they will not let go of the reigns (especially with girls) until the kids get married. So, of course, they get married to "finally take control", along with, at times, getting their first chance for sex without breaking religion (IE in Christianity) or even just having a baby and rings/gifts to feel loved, show off to friends, and "signify their independence and success"...not to mention take off much of the pressure of thinking their boy/girlfriends will run away when they see someone "hotter" as easily. And then, of course, there is the issue of sharing money (and not having enough money to be independent of their parents) unless they are "guaranteed to be together" and marriage, to them, often seals that guarantee in their minds.

Unfortunately, they often find out too late marriage is all too often and excuse for their inability to deal with real problems and insecurities in their lives and relationships. People who truely love and excite each other will stay together during even the hardest times without a legal bond that force them to do so, feel they are loved and are able to give a lot without the rings/gifts/religious-parental approval, baby, and more. Life is a journey not a destination, and marriage, all too often, end up turning it into a destination, that stagnates rather than progresses...and sometimes leaves two unhappy couples who only stayed together because of the legal bond raising unhealthy kids (who instinctively sense their parents' dishonesty and reignite it in their own relationships).

I believe marriage should only be used sparingly by people already together for many years of experience living in the same house (which ends up splitting up many couples as they realize they are not compatible at sharing household responsibilities). 28 is generally a reasonable age in my book.

But, personally, I think I'll pass....I'm not so insecure that I need such a "brand" to signify my independence and financial/spiritual "wealth". If I am truely failing to satisfying my girlfriend in the long-term, that means I failed and it is time to break up...and if kids are involved it should be their choice which parent they gravitate toward. Same if she fails to satisfy myself after I let her know what I believe is wrong.
It is to one's own ability he or she owes success or failure, not some outside governing force: I believe not using marriage means taking untamed responsibility for my actions. Although that's not to say married couples can not do the same level of responsibility (they can), it's often just another roadblock another temptation to skimp on handling the important issues and problems in relationships, at any age.

Answer 10

because you think you've found your one true love. But most of the time it ends in devorce.