If a nineteen-year-old young man came up to you and told you that he's going to get married before the year is out, what would your reaction be? If a young woman in college were to tell you she's engaged to be married before she gets her degree, what would your face say? For many of us, the answer to both questions is that we would certainly respond with surprise, and possibly, depending on how well we know the person, with dutiful dissuasion. But is this really our job? In fact, when it comes right down to it, is it even a good thing to encourage young people to postpone marriage into the late twenties? Society today has a very specific formula to be followed for individuals who wish to get married. First comes the completion of High School and the acquisition of a GED or equivalent. Then comes the search for a field and the pursuit of a four-year college degree or 一 though less smiled upon 一 a vocational school education. Next comes the entrance of the now socially-lab...
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