About one-third of teen girls become pregnant at least once by age 20 and fully half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned. Not too good
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Nov 10 2008
Talkin' 'Bout MMMMMMarriage
Sharon Jayson's piece in USA Today notes that the median age for getting married is now at a record high---26 for women, 28 for men. In the piece that explores the wait/don't wait conundrum, is this pithy invitation for discussion: "Marriage used to be the first step into adulthood, but now it is often the last."
I think the equation is backwards...what if this isn't about the choice of *when* to get married as much as about the fuzziness surrounding the *how* of finding and maintaining a serious life-long commitment?
20-somethings know *how* to find a job, move to a new city, turn out the vote, get a raise, and manage umpteen social networks...but maybe they don't know *how* to find and keep a solid marriage-potential relationship?
Just a thought!
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Right on, Martinessa.
Let's not forget - 26 and 28 were the median ages. That means a lot of 20-somethings turn 30 and are still single. Young people (women in particular) fear they can't love deeply and passionately and live independent, meaningful lives. From the time they are little, girls hear things like "Love can wait." At home, many see what appear to them to be love-less marriages. Who wants that?