Do you think that young people are rushing into marriage for the party
By meandmy3
@meandmy3 (2227)
United States
May 10, 2009 4:04pm CST
It seems that so many young couples are getting married and are spending so much time on planning the actual wedding that they forget that there is an after the wedding, they forget that they have a marriage to work on and all they think about is the party or wedding itself. They focus on the wedding, having the perfect dress, the perfect place, the food etc and do not give much thought to what is going to happen six months down the road. It seems that the ages of brides are getting younger and younger these days and many of them have no clue what it means to be a wife.
Do you think that couples should be required to go through with marriage counseling prior to getting married, to help better prepare them for the realities of being married.
I am not sure what the answer is to this, but something needs to be done to help prevent divorce and prepare these young people for marriage.
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3 responses
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
11 May 09
I agree that people are getting married way too young now a days and I feel that if they are in a certain age bracket then yes they should have to go to some kind of marriage councelling. I didn't get married until 3 years ago at the age of 31, I'm glad I waited for so many reasons, and I have a feeling that it will last a long time because we waited so long :)
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
12 May 09
Ohhhhh you got yourself a young pup huh? 
Just joking! I really think that if more couples waited until their 30's or 40's it would really lessen the divorce rate! 
Just joking! I really think that if more couples waited until their 30's or 40's it would really lessen the divorce rate! 1 person likes this
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
14 May 09
Thank you very much for best response, it is greatly appreciated!
@meandmy3 (2227)
• United States
12 May 09
This is my second marriage, my first one, guess what I was 20 years old by 10 days. I was way too young and he was only 21 so of course he was too young as well. You could not tell us that way back then. we were in LOVE, we did not have the big PARTY wedding, we had a small family wedding and honestly we never thought we would divorce. we were together for nine years (married) and well things just happened.
My now husband and I were much older (to say the least) i was 33 he was 32 and I have no doubt that we will always be together.
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@chillpill90 (1936)
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10 May 09
well me and my fiancee are getting married and we are fairly young but we aren't really having a party afterwards. all i care about is that me and her are together =]
@PurpleTeddyBear (6685)
• Canada
11 May 09
That's great that all you care about is that you and your wife are together! I wish you the best of luck, love, and happiness!
@mike999999999 (101)
• Philippines
11 May 09
I agree. Preparations after preparations. On the other hand, you cannot help it because they wish for the best in the best day of their relationship. Whatever preparations maybe be, it boils down to the effort doing something for a certain thing that would mean everything to both of their lives.
@meandmy3 (2227)
• United States
14 May 09
True but so much time is spent on the preparations and no time is spent on the actual relationship or what happens the day after the wedding, or better yet six months after the wedding. When each of them have let their guard down and are no longer being polite.
