So if some of us never get married....

[ido]

Ohh, another January birthday, when's yours? Mines at the end of the month.

I share a birthday with MLK, Jr.

 

[sampa]

Really did not plan on being here 15 years later, but here I am. There are much worse things that could be going on, and for sure I think my life would be worse if I would have decided to marry any of the prospects that I had during these years. Marriage has no guarantees for happiness and neither does a relationship.

 

[Saucy]

Yeah, I've been here 17 years :O it is strange how fast time has flown. I mostly participate in singles, so should I get married, I don't know if I'll come back.

 

[Sketcher]

Really did not plan on being here 15 years later, but here I am. There are much worse things that could be going on, and for sure I think my life would be worse if I would have decided to marry any of the prospects that I had during these years. Marriage has no guarantees for happiness and neither does a relationship.

Yeah, I remember most of those names who posted in this thread.

Not to call anyone specific out, but there were people in that era who had "don't let this happen to you" relationship stories. At least I don't have one of those. And if any of them reads this, I hope you are doing better than last I heard.

 

[mojoboy31]

I think I signed up here like Christmas time 2014. . . Wow.

 

[ThisIsMe123]

Really did not plan on being here 15 years later, but here I am. There are much worse things that could be going on, and for sure I think my life would be worse if I would have decided to marry any of the prospects that I had during these years. Marriage has no guarantees for happiness and neither does a relationship.

There's this new hire where I work, age 19. Someone asked if she's married, and she said yes.I assumed she wasn't because of her age...I did a double take, I thought, 'You got to be crazy marrying at that age"

Then she asked where she went to church, etc etc. Turns out she's a strong Christian

I mentioned this to someone else, apparently it's a THING for devout Christians to marry young, it's a smaller city so it makes sense.

There's a theory, if they are strong Christians, they truly believe that even marrying young can make it work...and age isn't an issue. Somehow they believe they are spiritually mature enough to marry in their teens.

 

[sampa]

Yeah, I remember most of those names who posted in this thread.

Not to call anyone specific out, but there were people in that era who had "don't let this happen to you" relationship stories. At least I don't have one of those. And if any of them reads this, I hope you are doing better than last I heard.

Wow! Those are some details I don't remember. I do though remember some couples that ended up marrying each other during that time period. One couple I tried to look up on here and it sounds like their relationship was very rocky. Not that two people marrying through here couldn't work out, but it does take a lot of communication in person and work. Long distance relationships are very tricky.

 

[sampa]

I mentioned this to someone else, apparently it's a THING for devout Christians to marry young, it's a smaller city so it makes sense.

Very interesting but this makes sense. One of my co-workers her sister got married very young and devout Christians. The whole family was against her marrying so young, they thought it was just because he wanted to have the physical and that they were very immature. 3 years later they have worked out very well and she now has a baby.
On the other side, sometimes there is too much pressure in small towns. I talked about this with my strength trainer who is planning to leave and move across the country in a year from now. I am excited for him, but his clients seem very unhappy that our senior citizens. I think because I wasn't living in this area when I took off for Japan, it wasn't as big of a deal. Another town over we have high rates of teenage pregnancies and no marriage. Such a contrast smaller towns there is not as much to do so marriage seems at the forefront.