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#31473 - 11/26/04 10:58 PM when to marry?
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Registered: 11/25/04
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I am completely in love with this girl I have been seeing for well over two years. I am a freshman in college and she is a senior in high school. I am positive this girl is the only one for me. I have prayed and this I am sure of. But when is the right time? Should you be financially ready for a spouse?
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#31474 - 11/27/04 10:28 PM Re: when to marry?
Allen Administrator Offline
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I've heard you are never 'financially ready' for most anything you need to get financially ready for. It almost always comes down to priorities - you prioritize those things that are most important to you. smile

There are some things that will determine if you are even minimally financially ready tho, and it mostly relates to maturity:

Where will you live after the wedding? If you even consider yours or her parents' or grandparents' home then you probably aren't quite ready for marriage. You are starting off with a couple strikes against you tongue

How will you pay the bills? (rent/mortgage, insurance, electricity, water, gas, food, car fuel, car payments, phone, etc. etc etc.) It's always more expensive than you think it is...

There's nothing inherently wrong with marrying young, just consider what your goals are, how you plan to get there, then pray some more. If she really is 'the one' then she'll be the one forever, which means you still have plenty of time to finish school and start working before you make that leap smile

Pray some more about it and God Bless the relationship if you go through with it. I recently married after being single a looooooonng time. Let us know how you guys are doing smile
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