I'll assume this and take the anecdotal evidence aside: Smart people can get married early for all the stupid reasons that dumb people do, and dumb people can get married for all the good reasons that smart people do.ravensheart18 said:
Does Marriage at an early age signify how smart someone is?
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Anyone who gets married young is a fool in my eyes. Damn near all of them end up divorced with a kid or two in tow...how smart does that make them? It doesn't make them smart at all, it basically makes them a statistic and only further overpopulates the planet.
We don't need any more bottom feeders (children) in all honesty.
We don't need any more bottom feeders (children) in all honesty.
If you are absolutely sure that you can get married young, you are financially set, you love this person, you're ready for this kind of commitment, then I don't think I.Q. really plays into it. You need to have all these things to be ready. If not, you'll be screwed in more ways then the March Mayhem brackets. Ba-dum-tish!
I think it can have something indirectly to do with intelligence. Not in the conventional sense but rather that those smart -- and moreso, lucky -- enough to attend a university have to put a lot on hold for a few extra years to get their degree. Study takes a lot more time out of your week than than a typical 8-5, five and a half days a week manual labour job and provides a lack of income to spend to boot, so yeah, everything in life gets slowed right down.
I think that the matter is that people who marry young generally aren't smart enough to realize what they are getting into. However I think it has more to do with maturity than intelligence something that 19-22 year olds simply don't have yet.
Best. Answer. EVER.Paksenarrion said:
OT: I dated my spouse for 5 years before we got married. We lived together for 4 of those years. We wanted to test the water first, make sure we were compatible.
If you mean getting married quickly, then I'm very much against it. I've had a friend go through two divorces because of an unfortunate tendency to get married after dating someone for a year or less.
If you mean that people who get married at 18 are clearly stupider than people who get married at, say, 25... I have noticed a certain correlation, but would not feel comfortable suggesting more without a research firm to check it out first. Particularly since there are always exceptions to the rule.
For instance, I know a couple that didn't get married until they were in their 40s, and they are both absolute morons.
I think marriage is an old tradition that is out of place in modern society, no need for it anymore and why would you want to be married, even if you have a great girl/guy that you love.... just my opinion though. Do what you feel is right is the best answer i can give!
I'm married and I agree with this. Too bad my wife is married to a college student. So she only gets a "part-time working man".Moosh50 said:
I'm married and I agree with this. Being legally married is just a societal construct that has tax benefits. It's the relationship behind it that is truly worth something. When I got married, my feelings towards my wife didn't change. It was our time spent together that deepened my feelings for her.Redworld13 said:
FYI: I got married when I was 19(3 years ago). I think you can find much anecdotal evidence to support and refute the OP's theory. My smart friends are married and unmarried. The same goes for the not as bright ones. But, I bet as a entire population the stats would trend in favor of "lower IQs/test scores/general intelligence marry younger overall".
Ah fair enough. I guess a lot of it could be cultural too. I assume teenage Australians generally reward anti-intellectualism as being "cool". So what's "cool" would come into play - especially considering the fact that most attractive people are "cool". At least in High School.Milky_Fresh said:
