Michael J. Totten
2008-02-07 09:59:06
I got married at 31 because when I was 21 I swore that I would not get married before 30.
The reason I did that is because I was engaged to be married at 20 and that relationship fell apart because we were both, basically, children who didn’t know what we were doing. I thought I should finish growing up first and find a woman who likewise had finished growing up first. That’s what I did, and my marriage is terrific.
If I had actually married my fiance at 20, I would be divorced. But I don’t ever expect to be divorced.
If everyone married at 30, I can almost guarantee you divorce rates would be lower. I had a much better idea which kind of woman I should marry and which kind I should avoid at 30 than I did at 20.
