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Best age to get married?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Research indicates that until someone has been living on their own, successfully supporting themselves and paying rent from the money their job earns ... for AT LEAST 5 years ... until then, they have not gained enough life experience and self-confidence TO make a marriage work.

    Until we are happy, whole and complete with ourselves, our marriage will not work either. Marriage does not "fix" us.

    It is the hardest thing we will ever do. This is because our unconscious selects someone to "fall for" who WILL bring out our hidden fears and pain .. hidden because we don't want to face them consciously.

    So marriage is always a huge challenge to face that in ourselves which we LEAST want to face. Either we find the courage to face, grow and change emotionally .... or the marriage fails.

    The older we are, the more confidence we have that we CAN take care of ourselves, the less we over-react in negative ways to our partner.

    No one is perfect. Yeah we all admit that but shrug off the implications of it.

    Since no one is perfect, no marriage is either.

    And love is ONLY 11% of what makes a marriage work.

    Our own ability to take responsibility for our own emotions is what makes it work, and takes about 20 years of being married before we are skilled at it.

  • 5 years ago

    25

  • 5 years ago

    After 25.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    At least 25. By that time you should have complete brain development with impulsivity in check. You will be more likely to have a stable job. I didn't marry until we both had stable jobs and were old enough and mature enough to know what we were getting into: a lifelong commitment.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    no such thing as the best age. no reason not to get married at 80 years old if that's when you happen to meet the love of your life. The best age is whatever age you happen to be when you are mature enough and ready and have found the person you are ready to commit to.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    NEVER!

    Especially if your a male.

    Nothing in this world will screw a mans life up like a female.

    Aint you read the first chapter in the bible?

    Eve was bad news for Adam.

    After talking with a snake she ate him out of house and home,

    If I'd of got married I'd never have this world of toys and free times I got today

  • 5 years ago

    There is not a specific "Right" age to get married; however, I can provide you with insight into the maturity level that one must have in order for marriage to be successful. In addition there are pros and cons to marrying younger and later in life. Pertaining to maturity level, I have worked with several clients that contend " I married too young." When I talk with them more in depth, many of them divulge it was a fear of the responsibility of marriage. Maturity in marriage requires an ability to compromise and make decisions jointly as a team. There are times when both of you may disagree on certain topics (The differences often times are what brought both of you together in the first place). Another needed attribute in marriage is the the flexibility in changes in your partner. 10 years down the road, your partner will have different views and ideas that are shaped and molded by new experiences. Prior to marriage, you have to love yourself and be confident in who you are as a person. If you do not love yourself, you will not be able to offer love to another person.

    There are pros and cons to marrying later in life. Pros include that most people are more established in their career and stable in their finances. There are pros to marrying earlier in life which include increases in energy when raising children, enjoying the support of your partner through school and career changes. There is not a best age to get married. There are blessings in each phase of life.

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  • Dick
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    To be successful at marriage requires maturity, more than any other single trait. With my own kids, myself, and coworkers, my observation is that around age 40 people go through a change and actually become adults. This seems to be an optimum age for marriage. It worked for me, the second time around, it seems to work well for my kids, and others I've observed.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Mid twenties sounds good. I was two weeks from turning 27 when I got married and she was 22. We have been married for 52+ years now.

  • 5 years ago

    29 or older. Leave your 20s free to be silly and find out who you are. I don't know why people get married so young. Also, live alone before you get married. When you have your own place with no boyfriend/girlfriend or roommate you can really appreciate yourself.

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