Are those who get married between 20-23 more likely to get divorced than marrying at an older age?

[Anonymous]

[BCRanger10]

No. Age isn't as important as maturity, formation, and decisions made prior to marriage.

Marriage is about building a family together. People are more willing and able to make those decisions when they're younger than when they're older (late 20s or early to mid 30s). This doesn't mean that they can't or won't. It just means that they're more set in their ways and therefore less open to making the changes and decisions that would be of greater benefit in marriage. It means that getting married younger generally puts you in a better and more formative mindset for growth when building a life with another person.

[Luckycharms12]

Depends on the people

[desidoll]

Yes, because they haven’t seen enough yet. Most of my friends who got married at this age ended up divorce or having some sorts of internal marriage problems. Either one of them still want to live like a single person (going to the bars, go home late night, chilling out with friends etc…)

[Nikki1989]

Probably. You need to time to mature before entering into marriage.

[Sasha0426]

To be fair, even older people don’t even mature.

[strateguy632]

@Sasha0426 exactly, not time but skill.

[coachTanthony]

2nd marriages later in life tend to stick because both people are now who they are supposed to be. Nobody is the same person at 40 as they were when they were 22. People grow and many times grow apart and want different things.

[strateguy632]

i interpret that as they saw the options and sacrificed surrendered settled for least annoying.

[kylee2437]

Hmmm that depends. You go through a lot of life changes between the ages 20-23 , so I can see couples getting married then not lasting for the sole purpose of outgrowing who they loved when they were 20-23

[Anonymous]

statistically, ABSOLUTELY. i've seen it many times. especially on this site, 23 year olds boasting that they're married and i'm like... i'm waiting for their divorce questions to come in a few years lol.

[Asker]

Lol yes

[misogynistic_pig]

No, it's upside down.

https://ifstudies.org/blog/counterintuitive-trends-in-the-link-between-premarital-sex-and-marital-stability

[Asker]

This is about premarital sex and martial stability? I don’t see how this relates to my question

[Asker]

@Berethor that’s not true at all

[Sarahr123]

@Berethor that’s dumb. There are plenty of good women who were not promiscuous when they were young. You attract what you are. Maybe you are projecting. All the women I know are over 25 and everyone is a virgin or just had one, maybe two long term boyfriends.

[strateguy632]

to asker, content relates, if assume younger less partner then younger less divorce, still it is a separate assumption as u said, so unrelated but if assume then younger less likely to divorce.

[strateguy632]

unrelated to age but communication consideration and compromise, oops i must have heard that from someone. if these then age 17 can work if state law permit, same as older. similarly weak skills will separate even "older" than 23 kuz lack skills. waiting and even emotional maturity won't help only those skills.

[Sexiestjohnson]

I'd never forget the woman at the well. Who was married to five husbands and divorced them and yet was cohabiting with a man she was not married to.


I'd better have her life. Try five times. Fail. And yet keep trying than because of fear never try until I'm about to leave this world.

[joesheks]

The simple answer statistically is yes … it’s black and white. This question is about likelihood, not certainty. But then again, if you were taking a flight that crashed 70% of the time, would you take it?

[EmyyWolf]

Most people say that yes they’re more likely to get divorced.

And damn that sucks. 😬 For those who believe in marriage. I don’t believe in marriage. But yeah, that sucks for you people. 🫵😂

[RingOfFire]

I don't know what the statistics are but I would say that is probably the case because people in that age range don't know enough about love or life yet to make wise decisions about marriage.

[soniaaaaaaa]

Yes, because their character is not fully developed

[alice55]

I don't think so considering most that got married in their 30 / 40s got divorced 12 years after while the one i know who married in their early 20s or late teen are still together and happy.

[KostasKouvalis]

Really? It's the opposite here. Late teens/early 20s tend to get divorced quickly

[alice55]

@KostasKouvalis Yes but doesn't American marry after knowing each other for just 2 years? In France people can marry in their early 22 but have know each others since middle or high school so they know each others since more than 10 years in general cause here it's very small especially in the countryside literally we have only one middle and high school for more than 20 village / small cities people have to wake up at 5 in the morning to get in their school that start at 8. So we basically all know each others.

[KostasKouvalis]

Sometimes it's even less than two years! I saw an episode of "Catfish" where the girl wanted to marry a guy she met online after just 4 days!

People change as they get older, but if you grow up together there is always that connection no matter what. It was the same in Poland, even in the big cities. You went to school for 8 years with the same kids, so it was easier to get to know someone. But even here, once you're out of high school, it becomes very difficult.

[alice55]

@KostasKouvalis American are so weird, why do they wanna marry so fast here in France they wait at least 10 years before marrying.
Chnaging is not a problem it's not accepting the change the problem, before people didn't have a problem with accepting it now people (American) doesn't seem to be able to handle the change and divorce for the tiniest reason.

[KostasKouvalis]

😳 10 years is a really long time, I feel. 4 to 5 is more reasonable I think

That's actually kind of true, but there are also other reasons for divorce. I've had people say they moved in with someone then said, "If I'd known about some of their habits beforehand, I would never have dated them"

[FreyaRed]

No under the condition their partner is their first love. Yes, if partner they want to marry is just a double number

[DermalPunch]

No, I don't think so. Not anymore than others. Older people who get married sadly connect with people who have their same trauma

[Dingsbums]

The fact alone that they got married earlier increases the chance simply by the factor of time so u need to have a metrics that puts those things in proportion

[KrakenAttackin]

Actually, I think they are more likely to thrive. It's the post wall, angry, bitter, post cock carousel female who wants children, who marries a simp, that is most likely to divorce.

[humanearth]

@Nikki1989 said it perfectly, but they're some exceptions to that rule.

[anon1903]

I most certainly wish that was true, so mom could get a divorce

[Engin12]

can't say for sure. Its more like a personality topic than age

[Berethor]

Usually no, conservatives tend to get married at younger age and stay married for longer.

[Asker]

Don’t those type just end up cheating on each other

[Asker]

The answer is yes

[Berethor]

I am fairly sure that a woman that been with many men is more likely to cheat.

[Apple1996]

Depends on the couple not their age