WHEN TO GET MARRIED

The family is the most important and the smallest social unit in society. There are two sorts of family, extended families and nuclear families. However in both cases, the core of the family is the man and the woman who decide to spend the rest of their lives together and formalize their union in a ceremony called marriage. The ideal age for marriage varies across the world. Some prefer to get married earlier in life others prefer to wait until later in life. The age at which people get married results in some similarities and differences in the union that is formed.

There are various similarities between unions formed earlier in life and those formed later in life. In both cases the couple shares a house, their income and their lives with each other. The factors that keep families together are the same also: love and respect are expected, common interests and hobbies help and a similar world view is essential. Both types of couple decide to spend the rest of their lives together because they share a strong bond, enjoy each other’s company and are willing to share the good times and the bad. Both types of marriage can work and both kinds may fail for various reasons. In short, the basics of marriage are the same in both forms of union.

There are also numerous differences between marriages that take place earlier in life and those that take place later in life. The first difference is family income. People who get married straight out of school have not built a career yet and their means are more limited than people who establish their career and get married in their late thirties for instance. This means that economic concerns may constitute a source of stress for younger couples but not for older ones. The second difference is levels of maturity. Obviously, the older people are, the more life experience they have. The more life experience they have, the more mature they are. Young people are still growing as people and finding their feet whereas older people have developed into fully fledged individuals. To sum up, age does lead to some differences between the two types of marriage.

In conclusion, people get married at various different ages and this can impact the union in various ways. There are early marriages which last for decades and marriages that take place later in life that are over in a couple of years. There are no absolutes. Whatever the case, a happy marriage is very desirable.