Young adults begin marriage consideration

By Jaclyn Labes
October 6, 2015

 

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Several students engage in short-term, casual relationships in college. There are also many couples that decide to get married as undergraduate students.

“Students think that the ideal marriage age is around 26 years old,” Frances Mota, senior marketing major and Spanish minor, said.

The number itself is not the most important factor when students consider how young is too young to be getting married.

Some college students have rushed into marriages without thinking about what happens after the big and exciting moment.

“Couples rush into marriage because they just want to be together,” Mota said. “Marriage is a way to be together forever. They are not thinking about how they are going to pay bills and about what their job is going to be so that they have enough to pay those bills.”

Financial stability is a huge factor that couples may not consider when rushing into a marriage. Marriage is very special, but couples that start out struggling financially may just become more stressed out as time goes on.

“Couples rush into marriage because they already have a child together,” Megan Zelner, education major, said.

Young women who become pregnant in college sometimes rush into getting married with their partner because they think that it is the best option for the future of their child.

Students in college who are still considering what career path to follow become very stressed and overwhelmed if they are trying to provide for their family as well.

Young couples with children try to provide for their children by getting part-time jobs. The stress can be overbearing for young adults because they constantly struggle with maintaining a balance between providing financially for their family and reaching academic goals.

Couples rush into marriage sometimes because of the social pressures placed on their relationship by their peers.

The simple Instagram caption on a picture of a couple can create a lot of attention and feedback by commenting on the post.

Those comments sometimes lead couples to believe that they should get married because other people think they should.

“Social media causes so many problems and it can be better to express how great your relationship is in private,” Mota said.

Other social media outlets  like Facebook, have relationship statuses on every person’s page that range from showing that someone is either single, engaged or married.

There are couples who put their Facebook relationship status as married, but they are not actually realistic about it.

Social media can negatively impact how decisions are made in a relationship. Keeping conversations about certain aspects of a relationship limited to private talks between a couple shows that they do not need to rush.

“I don’t think it is a great way to show your relationship as much. I think you should just keep it in private,” Mota said.

Being in a passionate relationship is exciting and staying in a relationship for a long period of time can prove that two people are stable enough to have a happy marriage.

Some college students believe that there is no point for a couple to be in a relationship if they are not going to get married.

Not rushing marriage at a young age does not mean that couples cannot still be in a happy relationship.

Those who aren’t rushing are more focused on planning goals for the future and determining what they want to pursue in college.

Rushing into a marriage before setting out a plan that will make sure the two of you are stable in the long run can result in a lot of obstacles and difficulties.

“I think that people sometimes confuse infatuation with love,” Mota said.

In relation to setting out a plan for the future that benefits a marriage’s success in the long run, many young adults do not realize that their current passion for someone may not be everlasting if they are careful about how far they take their relationship at a young age.

Not rushing things can indeed benefit a couple’s chance of a successful and happy marriage in the future.

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