SHOULD AGE RANGE BE DETERMINE FACTOR IN MARRIAGE?
Greetings to everyone especially all the participants trusting that things are moving fine. I'm very happy to share my thoughts on this subject matter for the third edition of week 180 engagement.
When I saw this topic, I was wondering how to start but had to begin somewhere. I can't wait to read varied people's opinion concerning this subject. I want to be very careful over whatever I say even though there are different ways one could take a look at this. I want to also recognize our individual uniqueness and cultural beliefs system. I would like to also appreciate the varied kinds of religion we have across the globe and many other differentiating factors which makes it possible to have our opinion towards marriage.
Some consider age a lot while others this is immaterial at the end of it all one must attempt to have a balance.
Should there be any marriageable range? Should age difference be responsible for marriage consideration? Should there be a particular age range for people to be allowed to get married? I would like to share my perspective on this and also butress the fact I earlier mentioned. The first thing that should be consider if one is getting married shouldn't be the issue of age instead maturity at heart and ability to take responsibility. I have seen some individuals that were clocking forty years of age but yet behave like toddlers. What I mean is that there's no emotional balance and ability to handle other life issues. Just imagine a toddler marrying a fellow toddler hmmm how would the marriage look like? I think both of them would fall under the ditch.
It's expedient that both the man and woman should have some degree of development both biological and otherwise despite the age range. I have seen people that got married the man is older than the wife with eleven years. They have been married for more than fifty years now basking in the ocean of love. On the other hand, there are other people too that were married the woman was older than the man. They lived peacefully till date.
There was this family that got married just a month and days differentiate their age range. The marriage could not last long. It ended in divorce.
From the few life stories I just shared, should it be a law that a man must attain a particular age before he get married? Or should a lady attain a particular age before she gets married? I think fundamentally let the both parties have a balanced emotion and financial life because these are vital pillars in sustaining marriage.
In life, everyone is responsible for every decision taken whether good or bad therefore in marriage, let the partners make their decision so that whatever that boomerang they will bear the consequences. A peaceful marriage is not the function of age range or cultural heritage but understanding and ability to be tolerant.
I would advise that a man should at least be 24years above before considering marriage while the lady from 20 years above. This age suggestion is my personal opinion as an African man. We believe that a man should be older than the woman.
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Sometimes some of the early marriages are caused by some traditions.
Exactly my friend
I totally agree with you, the partners should be the ones who makes the decision so whatever comes later they have themselves to blame and not the government.
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