What's Young For Marriage?

I was talking to a girl (almost 21) from work, the one who's getting married and she was saying how she's going into marriage very seriously and that she knows that the wedding is not the highest point of marriage, it's just some fun. She also said how her fiance is working part-time and she's going to study next year so they won't have much money but they'll manage.

The other people (all middle-aged) were amazed at how young she was to get married. What some people don't realise is it's not the age, it's whether you're ready or not. Just because you marry young, doesn't mean you are naive and irresponsible and will get divorced.

I would be happy to get married at my age. Funny, I always thought my main obstacle would be not having a groom.

I know David doesn't want to get married until he finishes uni because he has this macho thing that he has to be earning money or else he'd feel inferior or something. Honestly, I would never think that if I was supporting both of us. Not like it would be forever that way. He also has this thing that he doesn't want to rent. He wants to buy property. Although of course that would be great, I don't see how that wouldn't be able to wait. People usually buy property in their 30s. What's the rush?

I asked him what would happen if he wouldn't able to get a job straight after uni. He said it wouldn't matter because he'd get something.

By the time I get married, I'd want to have kids and therefore wouldn't have much time for just the two of us. That was my whole point of marrying by 22.

Well, not much can be done about that anyway.

Maybe 24 could be the new 22?