WHAT ARE THE CRITERIAS FOR GETTING MARRIED?
By Benny CleF
@Fordalong (108)
July 19, 2016 1:42pm CST
In some soceities, once a young man or a young woman reaches a certain age, enormous pressure begins to mount on him/her from family, extended family, friends and society to get married, and the question he/she begins to hear very often is "when will you get married"?, not minding whether the young man /lady is emotionally ready, mentally and financially ready to assume the responsibilties of marriage .
Is age a major criteria for getting married? What are really the major criterias for getting married?
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5 responses
@supervalon (1208)
• North Las Vegas, Nevada
19 Jul 16
Actually that's pretty true. Especially for a woman.. If she's not married until 30, they look at her from different perspective, like she's worthless..
@skysnap (20154)
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19 Jul 16
@supervalon Applies to man too. If you don't have house by the time you're 30, you're rejected from social stream. i am one of those guys. I don't have my own home in this big city but I am doing good otherwise.
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
19 Jul 16
I think in getting married age is not the major criteria, if you ready to commit, responsible, mature and financial stable you can get married anytime.
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
19 Jul 16
That is a weird question and you are right about societal pressure. I have also noticed a few things while living life and the "right age" is one of them. One woman I met had gotten married at 16, but by the time she was 25 the last thing she wanted was to be married, she needed to catch up on her missed youth (rather difficult with two kids in tow).
In some clans a woman who is over 25 and not yet married gives grave concern as they worry she will never marry. My mother was 26 when she wed as was my wife. To my way of thinking that is a good age to marry (mid to late 20s) whether male of female. Staying married requires work and committment.
@supervalon (1208)
• North Las Vegas, Nevada
19 Jul 16
Who knows.. I don't think much of it since in my society you can marry whenever you want with whoever you want, of course it's your right to do so. But i really feel sorry for some people in the 3rd world countries (Syria,Afghanistan,Iraq,Iran..) that are forced to marry from young ages in 21th century..
