How is it that so many people get married around 23-30 years old?

I don't think they honestly think about being alone the rest of their lives....people in their 20's never think about getting old. But alot of 20 something people do stupidly get married and treat it like "hooking up" or "going steady" but marriage is so much more and it's a financial union too.

Unfortunately they don't practice birth control during this time and now the marriage turns sour really quick.

The motivation is more on the woman's end not the males. Women get nervous about not being secure and safe with someone and guys worry the sex will end.

That's my ideas. :)

It's not odd at all...most people desire to marry, and many want children at some point. At mid 20s and up most are through college (if they are going to go) and/or on their career path so in a fairly good/stable place to start considering a long term relationship.

It wasn't that long ago that it was very common for people to start marrying much younger, and while that does still happen...the average age of people getting married has gone up by quite a bit (late 20s I think I read somewhere).

I don't think it has anything to do with fearing they won't find a partner, but with feeling they found the partner they want to be with...

Plenty of people still wait longer than that to marry, or never marry at all. I see profiles of men on dating sites all the time that are in their 30s and 40s and claim to have never been married.

You suddenly have the time and the capabilities to get out there and meet people. It's the age after all your major responsibilities are pretty much over (study etc), and you are starting to work. We've often met someone at uni, or from our new networks through work that we take to, and it goes from there...

I married at 19, I'm now 29 with 4 kids (how did this happen!?!?!) and I definitely made all the right choices... It wasn't out of desperation or anything, it was just the right thing to do, and I think that 23-30 age group is just the right time to do it for most people...

that may be the motivation for some people. but i think that many people see that age as the time to buckle down. maybe they have their love and decide thats around the age they want to get married. i personally want to be married between 25 and 27. but thats just me. i can't really explain why.

I think it's because it's at that age that you're done with school, don't live with your parents and want to have your own life. Your career is good, you have some money and well it's a great age to start a family and get married really....it's just part of growing up he he

I would say that's the right time to get married.

To raise a child too that would be the basic time ..

And again if you want to quit this life and move into a new one you have a plenty of time

hehe the world is desperate for love and someone to hold onto and have the nice house and job and kids earlier in life

well i met my husband when i was 14 and we have been together for 5 years and are now happily married. i couldnt imagine my life without him and dont have any regrets about marrying young. i guess u just know when its the right person.