Young and Married Part Two

For those who say "but that's too young to get married!" I would just say this: between the years of 18 and 21 American young adults make enormous, important, and life changing decisions: driving cars, leaving home, starting careers, beginning university degrees, joining the armed forces, legally being allowed to drink alcohol and use tobacco (which we don't, by the way).

We rightly celebrate that most young adults are mature enough to make such important decisions at these ages, we encourage them to do so, and we tend to frown on people who choose to put off those important decisions for a decade or more. Then why do so many frown on the young couple that chooses to marry? If they are grown up enough to make all those other decisions, then they are grown up enough to marry if they choose to.

Image Credits: Car and Michigan