Young brides!

@Lmac- and I am Michelle Obama and look better than half these 20 year olds out here.

I guess I don't understand why people get so upset about these threads...don't click or comment on them?

I know I personally don't go on this site everyday so I'm bound to post a repetitive thread accidentally one of these days.

Either way, I will have just turned 25 eleven days before my wedding.

@Mrs.K- That would make you an "old bride" then. LOL

I'm 12, but I'm actually finishing up middle school this year. You know only my name, not my story. Also, I have a Twitter.

I am 30 years old and agree with some PPs - there are so many "grown" / "old" people who are immature and vice versa. It's all individual. I also believe that the way you think at 21-22 is NOT the way you think at 25-30 and so on.

I am not sure why everyone is getting bent out of shape... lol who cares if it was already asked before. also - I m so sorry to hear about your chronic illness. I wish you the best of luck and a long, happy life with your future husband.

I met my H at 18 and we got married at 29. Obviously, I don't see the point of rushing into things...

We both have changed and grown in that time. Luckily we've grown together but it very easily could have gone the other way.

There is a reason the divorce rate is higher when you marry younger. Js.

I will be 24, he will be 26. Were the most adult people we know. Its not about age,its about love.

My FH and I met when I was 22 and he was 29. We've been together for 3 1/2 years and we've lived together for almost 2 years.

Age should never be a determining factor when getting married. When you meet the person you can't picture your life without you just know.

My mom was 18 and my dad was 21 when they got married. They will be celebrating 49 years of marriage this July.

Getting married at a "young" age doesn't mean your marriage won't last. Just like getting married at an "older" age doesn't mean your making the right choice.

You don't need anyone to approve of your marriage, the only thing that matters is your happiness

I'll be 22 and FH will be 24. We've been together for 5 years and have lived together for 4 and a half. We bought a house last year and have two beautiful fur babies. We cannot wait to spend forever with each other. I don't believe that there is a certain age that someone should get married.

I wholeheartedly believe that as you get older "life stages" are more important than age. FH and I bought our house at 20 and 22. I graduated college and started a career early. He had his career going at 19. We were ready to move forward together at a young age.

A close friend of mine will be in med school until she is nearly 30. She couldn't possibly get married in that time with her schedule and lifestyle. It doesn't make me more mature than her, just different. We're both doing what works for our lives.

ETA: I also disregard all divorce rates because staying married doesn't mean staying in love. I know some unhappy couples in their 40s who won't get divorced because they have young kids. Unhappy couples in their 60s who feel divorce is unacceptable. And couples who get married and divorced in their 20s, but lived their life as they pleased and have no regrets.

When we get married he will be 27 and I'll be 22. We have been together since I was 18. And have lived together fo the past 3 years.

Does dating off and on since 7th grade count (we're both 30 now)?

I'll be 23 at our wedding, my fiancé will be 27, we have a son and have been together for 3 years. It'll be 4 at the time of our wedding.

Age doesn' t matter. But I wanted to throw it in there since I'm young

22 over here! FH is 26.

OP, you can use the search function from a desktop or laptop, maybe even by opening the website from your phone browser I think. This kind of topic is really overplayed.

I'll be 24 when we get married, FH will be 25. Most of criticism comes from peers our age, or people who don't really know us but it's far and few in between. I feel like if you feel the need to make these threads, it is looking for validation for a major life choice. I've never once felt the need to post advertising my age, I only comment it on these types of threads. Like many others have said, this topic has been done again and again and again, just like honeyfund and dry wedding topics.

I'm 20!!!

I agree with what someone said about stages in your life being more important than age.

By the time our wedding comes around I will be 24 and FH will be 26. Note that we have been together since we were 14 and 16.

We have never taken any kind of break from our relationship and I suppose we could have gotten married earlier but we didn't feel it was right. We needed time to save money for our house which we are currently building and for the cost of the wedding. But honestly I think we would have been just as happy would we have gotten married at 20 and 22 or 30 and 32.

It just depends on the couple's maturity level, and what their goal is in life.

Some people assume all young couples are immature. I think that's far from the truth. I was a lawyer living on my own for years at 23 whereas I know many 30-somethings who are still floundering around in their lives. It's all about maturity and that can really only be determined by the individual.

Sidenote: This is a pet peeve of mine on here. The statistical argument against marrying young doesn't hold water unless we're willing to extend it further. The correlation between having divorced parents and getting divorced is stronger than the age correlation. The correlation between living together before marriage and divorce are strong. The correlation between having advanced degrees and staying married is very strong as well. And the divorce rate is WAY higher for second and third marriages than young ones. Unless we're going to dissuade those with divorced parents, no professional/master's degree, previous marriage, and premarital cohabitation from marriage based on statistics, using statistics to argue against young marriages doesn't carry water. Thus far, I've never seen someone extend statistical reasoning past young couples on this site ... though I would love to see it.

Lyla, no one argues those stats in a young bride thread because they are not related to young brides.

If I posted on here and said 'this is my second marriage. I'm scared it'll end in divorce like my first one. Should I do it?", it would be appropriate to reply with studies showing the statistics for that. But, why would someone mention that on a young brides thread?

Statistics exist to say that waiting is a good idea. There's nothing wrong with stating those. If you want to start pulling out the other statistics where they are relevant, go for it, but for here, the one relevant one focuses on young brides.

Me! We'll both be 24 when we get married and we've been together since we were 19