| Show u I If j f Getting married too yo young ng r Alyssia S Contributing Writer How many church gym wedding rec receptions ns can ayoung ayoung a ayoung young girl go to before she starts feeling like an old maid Kudos to those who attempt to decoratively hide the basketball hoops One of Utah's favorite rite trends is still in style Getting married young Its It's rt riot not t uncommon in the state of Utah for girls in their late te teens ns to get marri married d. d Right how now youre you're if a girl over 23 years of age not dating a return missionary and nowhere close to tying the knot then youre you're probably feeling a l little rushed to jump on the bandwagon and get married According to the census the median age to get married in Utah in 2008 was 23 for women and 26 for men 61 of Utahans are Mormon Monnon and a main belief is saving yourself for marriage and not h having ving pre-martial pre sex I agree agree its it's a good moral to have havet but saving yourself for marriage usually means getting married yo younger ger And that's probably so soma ma many y Utahan get et married so young Utah also has a high divorce percentage Although there may be perks to getting marri married d getting married young is the number one predictor for divorce According to the National Center for Health Statistics 60 percent of marriages for couples between the ages 25 20 end in divorce Stepping outside of Utah for a minute most people in the nation are opting out of getting married young and instead a are e choosing to wait Marriage is no longer longe the first step into adulthood its it's becoming the last The average age in the United States States' for a Woman getting married is 27 and the age for men is 29 The average agee for age for formen men and women for first time marriage in the state of New York is 30 Its It's important for people to have a i sense of w who o othey they are and understand themselves before rushing from their parents parent's house to shack up with pith their spouse You mature with age so as you get older your relationships with people mature matute You understand more and more about what you want in life for yourself and more of what you want in someone else Getting married older also means less financial ial stress since younger people tend to tomake tomake tomake make less m money ney And youre you're probably more likely to finish college and attain a higher degree before you get m married d. d Of course there are successful young marriages but th that t doesn't mean that you need to rush So all you nail bitters who are on the desperate hunt to find ri someone and get married you can relax its it's okay to wait |
