Top 3 reasons to get married in your twenties

November 9, 2:38 PMSan Jose Twentysomething Relationships ExaminerTanya Von Essen Robinette

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My husband and I on our wedding day.
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There are many kinds of love in life: the love you have for your best friend, the love you have for a boyfriend/girlfriend, the love you have for someone you want to spend the rest of your life with. The latter is a completely different kind of love that transcends the realms of a basic relationship. That kind of love is truly hard to find and is reserved for the one person you want to love forever. Marriage is a beautiful commitment and it’s not something to be taken lightly. Although there are many reasons to hold off on getting married in your twenties, here are three important reasons why getting married in your twenties might be superlatively suitable.

First of all, a wonderful reason for getting married in your twenties is if you have been with someone for many years, have seen each other change and grow, and really know each other. Although it is difficult to even truly know yourself when you are in your twenties, if you have been with another person for a long time and have seen him/her change over the years, and are willing to love that person when they change again, you could be ready for marriage with them. Change in life is completely inevitable. Everyone changes and if you know that you will love this person regardless of what the future holds, you have a pretty good foundation for marriage.

Secondly, if you have tried living together, and it actually works, it’s a reason to be confident that a marriage with that person could work as well. Living together can either make or break a relationship. Living under the same roof as your significant other allows you to see sides of them that you have never seen before. You really find out a lot about another person by living with them. If you can learn the compromise of living with one another, you are already a step ahead when it comes to the compromise of marriage.

Finally, perhaps the best reason to get married in your twenties is because you truly, unconditionally love each other. True love is when you sincerely love someone for who they are and don’t want to change them. You can’t make someone into something they are not. You have to love and accept them irrevocably for who they are; faults and all. Marry someone because you love them so deep you know you couldn’t possibly love anyone else in that way. That’s the kind of love that people search for their entire lives for. That’s the kind of love that you don’t want to let go.

Marriage is a beautiful commitment to the one you love and is something to be cherished. Though we are young, it doesn’t mean we are too young for marriage. Just make sure that you are marrying that special someone for the right reasons to ensure that the marriage is a long and happy one.

Check out this article on the 10 Great Reasons to get Married for more reasons.