For most people today, their life revolves around having a significant other, with the ultimate goal to get married. Marrying young is cliche, and there is so much more life to live before settling down.
1. I want to finish college first.
Having your life in place and your goals completed is so important before marriage and kids even become a thought. Being married just adds a distraction from the ultimate goal and achieving yours. True love will wait until your goals are completed.
2. I want to have cherished memories with my friends.
Once your married, real life sets in place. In most cases, going out to the club with your girls and dancing with strangers is pretty much over. Cherish the life you have while you have it before you settle down.
3. I want to really know myself.
Every year, I find that I change little by little. Before I get someone else involved in my life, I want to know who I am and what I expect from my significant other. Time, dating and getting to know someone over years will lead to a great marriage.
4. You never know where your life might take you.
Getting married before you have an established career is just stupid. You could be held back from achieving your dreams and being the most successful "you."
5. You will miss out on having a guy best friend.
Let's face it, most husbands or even boyfriends are not cool with you constantly hanging out with another male. Even if there is nothing sexual or flirting going on between you two, he probably will not be cool with it. Having a guy best friend gives you a whole new perspective on the male mind and what you may want in a husband.
6. You do not know how to be alone and happy with yourself.
Spending some alone time with yourself in your late teens to mid-20s tells you a lot about yourself. If you can love life alone without someone to lean on, you will love life, even more when you marry the person you are meant to be with.
7. You are less likely to get divorced.
As a child that grew up with divorced parents, I know I do not want to put my future kids or self through that pain. Marrying later, you will know yourself better and what you want. Likewise, so will your partner. Even research says so, according to the National Survey of Family Growth someone who marries at age 25 versus 20 is 50 percent less likely to get divorced. Sometimes, five years is all you really need to get your sh*t together.
So, what's the rush? True love will always last anyways, so know yourself, know your worth, explore, make best friends then marriage will come in time.
