Reflective Essay About Marriage

“When you realize you want to spend your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” ” When Harry met Sally” Marriage is such a beautiful thing. It is two people coming together as one with love. It is an incredibly joyous time for everyone around getting to witness. It is everything women dream of, and everything a man needs to feel complete. At least this is what I thought before I was engaged. I was exposed to the harsh reality, that this was all true unless the two are younger than expected. Does that mean statements like “love conquers all” or “love knows no bounds” are only true if someone is over a certain age? It is very hurtful to think the people that you would be happy for you do not approve

They say I need to finish school or have a stable career. They even say if I get married, now that means I will get pregnant, which does not even seem sensible. Well-meaning family and friends tell me that, the younger generation has taken value out of relationships and marriages. Loved ones fearful that at such a young age this step will not be taken seriously enough. They feel that I should be having fun and enjoying life, and not trying to rush into this commitment. Those who have experienced marriage before do not want me to have to endure anything that may have occurred in their lives. Statements like these I know come from a place of love, but no one ever asked me how I feel. I don’t believe that any of these statements stand true for me. I feel that they are coming from a place of selfishness. If they can look at me and see how happy I am nothing else should matter. They should want me to be happy like this for the rest of my life. I’ve never seen evidence of marriage hindering a person from following their dreams and continuing to enjoy life. If I am going to do these things it can only make it so much better to do it with the one I love.

There are people that got married in their forties and still did not make it in their marriage. No matter the age, if a something is not going to work, it just will not work. At the age of eighteen people are considered old enough to be married, so why is young marriage frowned

There are many factors that will make or break a marriage, and I do not see age as being one of them. There can be a 20-year-old married couple that is doing better than an older couple. Marriage is all about the two people involved, those two people can respond differently to the circumstances than others. There have been people that are quite older than me that have had problems in their marriages and asked me for help, and of course, I help them in any way possible. I give them advice that they may need. They accept it and it helps them out a great deal. They say they never looked at it that way, it was a new, fresh outlook on things. There are a lot of opportunities that are fresh and new that are available for me that could have been something that could have saved a marriage of an older couple. There are things that a younger couple like us may be open to that an older couple didn’t get to experience or maybe was too stuck in their old ways to try. Young, new, and fresh can be a great thing for a