Do the math

Tuesday, October 18 at 12:17 AM

It occurred to me tonight that I know well over forty people who have gotten married since I graduated in May of 2004. This does not include those merely engaged since my departure, or those married not long before. To quote Matt, "It is not normal."

PS

Will thinks this post is rather musing.
Comments
Posted by: roy at October 18, 2005 8:00 AM.

The difference between the Coast and Flyover Country cultures?

Posted by: Will at October 18, 2005 1:38 PM.

Possibly, but I've got a feeling that those numbers are above average even for us in the middle.

Posted by: Rhiannon Angell at October 18, 2005 9:44 PM.

I think it's creepy.

Posted by: Finite at October 19, 2005 7:48 AM.

We are out to bend your minds!

Posted by: mom at October 19, 2005 9:13 AM.

In an different generation, the fact that fewer than half of your friends were married by age 23 would have been cause for alarm.

Posted by: Amy at October 19, 2005 12:41 PM.

I've noticed a pretty strong correlation between the number of friends I have who married young and the number who don't believe in sex outside of marriage. Just about everyone at our church my age is married; almost none of my co-workers my age are. Geography could play some role, since my church is in the super-suburban "Inland Empire", and most of my co-workers live in more urban areas, but still...

Posted by: Will at October 19, 2005 2:37 PM.

There was also a generation in which it would have been cause for alarm were fewer than half my friends maried at 17.
My thoughts on the matter waver somewhere between Rhiannon's sentiment and "How'd I get left behind," depending on the day.

Posted by: Jr at October 19, 2005 10:19 PM.

my bro has asked his girl friends fathers hand in marriage. They are planning a wedding in March. He doesn't turn 20 til May. Get some of the Sato family you bachelors.

Posted by: Finite at October 19, 2005 11:41 PM.

"my bro has asked his girl friends fathers hand in marriage." Well...uh...I hope your "bro" is quite happy with your girl friend's father, I am sure they will make a lovely couple.

Badabing!

Posted by: mom at October 20, 2005 12:12 AM.

I think Amy has hit it on the head. It is undoubtedly strongly tied to moral views. In America today, moral views may correlate with geography, but we all know that correlation is not causation.

Posted by: Ron at October 20, 2005 8:31 AM.

But that bro & dad thang won't fly in today's "Kinder, Gentler Jr." America, what?

Posted by: ~TheAmber at October 22, 2005 6:31 AM.

Not for TMI ... but I have no problem with pre-marital sex ... and I will be married before I turn 26 ... to my 22 year old groom.

Posted by: gauche at October 24, 2005 8:26 AM.

Overheard at the Slater-Boyd affair: "Marriage is the new black."

Posted by: Sarah at November 2, 2005 4:41 AM.

I just go married. I am 28. I didn't engage in pre-marital sex. A long wait. I can see why people with such values get married younger. ;oP

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