RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED

Idris Ayomo Oke
3 min readDec 3, 2020

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Over the years, getting the right partner to marry has always been confusing and taxing for majority of people who are ready for marriage. However, it seems it isn’t as difficult as knowing a right bracket of age to get hitched. Regardless of the means through which you get your partner — social media platforms, matchmaking, physical wooing — the biggest problem you probably have afterwards is the right age to get hooked. So, it’s only natural for you to get confused of this problematic decision which has made many prospective spouses remain engaged till date.

You’ve got your fiancé/fiancée but don’t know when to start a happy family? You’re confused of a right age bracket to change your marital status from engaged to married? I’m glad to tell you that this article will tell you the right age. The most amazing? There are convincing reasons attached therein.

KNOW THIS BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED

First, there’re prerequisites like your residence cost of living, your current income and probably your academic state if you’re a lover of education, which you need to consider before getting married. Of course, you also need to consider your partner’s condition for marriage too. These prerequisites are very, very important that they determine the success or otherwise of many unions.

SHOULD I MARRY EARLY?

Getting married early from age 16–24 is most probable to have flaws like immaturity. People of this age are mostly not mature enough to control a family and take full responsibility due to low income. Statistically, 70% of people in this bracket will be building their career and keening on making a standard living which won’t allow them proper management of the family.

But note, however, that it gets some benefits like having enough children before old age, no risk of deformity from giving birth, and no risk of having kids with health problem, which aren’t possible if it were late marriage of 35–50.

MY MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LATE

Geez! Never forget marrying late between 35–50 years of age is liable to some natural problems like menopause, not having enough children, marrying someone of no-total-interest especially for ladies, etc. But, it’s with some benefits such as having high job position, less chance of getting married to the wrong person due to enough experience, ample time to pursue one’s career, etc.

SO, THE RIGHT AGE

Therefore, with these two brackets above — early and late — it’s right and advantageous to get married between the average brackets of 25–35, though there’s no particular age one could say is the best to get married because, for Mary Fetzer,’ Love is love — no matter how old — or young — you are.’

Scientifically, the frontal lobe is the last part of the brain to mature, and that maturity can happen as late as age 25 or even 30. So, it can be problematic you marry before the age of 25. Why? You’ve not fully developed some natural maturity that’d help you maintain some morals and ethical behaviours.

Additionally, if you get married in the late 30s upward, chances of divorce and lack of family maintenance are 70%. But, people marrying between 25–35 years are free from these flaws and live a good life. Unless you’re a fan of many certificates, you’ve already had at least a degree by 18–22 and 2–3 years of work experience which enable you to be financially secured.

Finally, as The Institute for Family Studies Research would say, ‘For almost everyone — regardless of sex, race, religious tradition, sexual history, and the family structure they grew up in — the late 20s appears to be the best time to marry.’ Thus, the average bracket of 25–35 is unarguably less problematic and easy to maintain.

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Idris Ayomo Oke
Idris Ayomo Oke

Written by Idris Ayomo Oke

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