In a time when many are waiting until they get their careers started, are financially stable on their own and, many times, in their thirties to get married and have kids, I am one of the few people getting a head start, over a decades worth. I am currently twenty and in less than five months, I will be making a commitment that will last a lifetime, or so you can only hope.
There are several things that keep marriages from working, and I have heard from more than one person over the last year and a half that I have been engaged that I am too young to be making this sort of decision. I have a lot of life ahead of me and haven’t even finished college; I’m not even old enough to legally drink at my own reception.
Fortunately, in my situation, those aren’t even contributing factors for divorce. My fiancée and I have a great amount of respect for each other, and we trust each other. We even have the added bonus of getting to grow and learn many of the other parts of life together. We are going to have children young and get to enjoy our grandchildren. We have seen failed marriages and those that have worked.
I encounter many older couples everyday of my life who say they have been happily married for sixty or more years, that they got married at the same age I am, and yet they seemed to avoid divorce themselves; they weren’t too young to make it work. We can make it work, I know we can. Regardless of how old I am, how much of this world I’ve seen, I am happy and in love with my best friend and I never could have asked for more. Why should my age be an issue?
I don't think your age should be an issue, depending on your preparedness to commit to something like marriage.
I am 17 right now, I can't really imagine myself getting married in 3 years, but that's my preference. I plan on being in college or starting a great career when I'm 20.
Depending on your willingness to work at marriage and other things in your life at your age is something that you decide on for yourself. I would say, Be Happy.
-Amanda-