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Kevin Jonas engaged at 21 to girlfriend Danielle Deleasa - why marry so young?
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Young girls' hearts are breaking all over the world, with the engagement of Kevin Jonas of the Jonas Brothers band to his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa.
Kevin Jonas, the eldest of the Jonas boys (and they are still boys) at age 21, proposed to his new fiancee, age 22, in New Jersey this morning. The news broke through People.com.
Why do kids get married? Biologically, the male human body doesn't stop growing until age 21, and maturity just begins at that point.
Add the pressures of a major celebrity lifestyle and extensive travel for the Jonas Brothers band, and you have little chance for a lasting relationship.
Love feels great at 21, doesn't it? And the world is your oyster. So why get hitched so early in life? Statistics show that young marriages fail at a higher rate than others, and history shows that young Hollywood and MTV marriages last five minutes.
Using the Jonas engagement as an example (because it's easier than admitting my own engagement at 21), let's imagine what your 20's are like when you are single. Exploring, learning, becoming selective, planning, possibly partying ( I don't know - but I've heard) and growing up to be the person whom you're finally ready to present to another person.
Love is not enough. Jonas has money and talent and fame and a good-looking fiancee, so why should he wait? Because he hasn't had a downturn in his career, for one thing, and that will change him. And because the bride-to-be is not one of the Jonas Brothers and may do some growing up on her own, along the tour trail. At age 22, she has the world ahead of her, too.
It doesn't matter what you've already seen or done in life by age 21; you are just leaving adolescence. You know, the stage of life filled with hormones and challenges and conquering the world - oh, wait, that's Survivor.
I'm sure the band's publicist and manager and agent wish them the best, but would prefer that all the Jonas brothers stay single awhile for their screaming fans of ages 12 - 20. Yes, there may be fans of other ages, but these are the ones who will be stalking the honeymoon.
Perhaps this will fizzle over time - it is, after all, an engagement and not an elopement. I'm big on romance, but singles are still single until they actually go through with the ceremony... and there are a few million female fans of Kevin Jonas who are counting on that.
A single thought: wedding band
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