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🗓️ 20 May 2025
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Despite conventional wisdom, young, married couples have the best odds.
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0:52.9 | Married by the Grey Havens, a husband and wife duo, recount, quote, |
0:57.0 | Some would scoff and stare at us, and some would laugh and cry. |
1:00.5 | Others asked our age and wage and raise their eyebrows in surprise. |
1:05.0 | That kind of disbelief is typical of what young couples experience when they decide to get serious about marriage. |
1:10.0 | In fact, it's a major reason why the average age of first marriage for both men and women today is now |
1:15.0 | around 30. Also, the skepticism about young marriage is propped up by a whole host of false |
1:20.6 | assumptions, that it leads to higher rates of divorce, that young adults should, quote, unquote, |
1:24.6 | establish their career first, or should be financially independent |
1:28.3 | before seeking a spouse. And so young couples here, well-meaning people, drop nuggets of popular |
1:33.4 | wisdom. Like, well, there's no rush. You got your whole life ahead of you. And you should find |
1:37.0 | yourself before settling down, whatever that means. And you need to experiment sexually before |
1:42.0 | you commit to just one person for the rest of your life. |
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