Greetings!
Marriage is an institution of God and it's meant for matured minds. Marriage to me is not meant for kids and this is because of its sensitivity which can only be handled by the matured minds.
Now, talking about the matured minds that should be getting married together, I would say that, the kind of matured persons I'm talking about here is not about age, but about how people can handle the issues of marriage as there would always be issues in marriage and the tests of marriage is not meant for those that are not matured in the mind to handle.
So, in response to the topic of the prompt before me, one thing I would say is that marriageable age to me should not be based within a particular age bracket, however, kids or those are not ripe for marriage should not be engaged or brought to family line by those that are of age and this is because to manage such a young lady or boy in marriage might be difficult.
Having said this, marriage is all about managing each other and this is why I said in the above paragraph that to manage those that are not of age might be difficult for the experience between the couple.
So, marriage should not be about age bracket as this should not determine who to and who not to marry. In fact, this should not come close to the criteria used to determine whom to marry in life.
This is because, we have seen people that are older in age, but are not matured when it comes to handling marital issues and I personally have seen people that are younger in age, but would not let any issue of their marriage escalate to the outside world or third parties.
So, marriage is not about age at times. Although I'm not saying children or kids should be involved in marriage ooo, once one is above 18 years of age and can handle life situations with maturity, then that person should go and get married to any other person that is ready to get married to him or her.
He or she must also make sure the person he or she is getting married to is matured to some certain extent when it comes to handling marital issues. Although, one might not know his or her spouse very well while courting, but to some extent, you will know some of the characters or attributes of someone you want to spend the rest of your life with.
One other thing is that what one can't change during courtship cannot be changed in marriage, so, these are what to look out for while considering getting married and not the age bracket to me.
For someone like me who married someone that's 10 years younger than myself, I made sure I looked out for someone that's matured while considering getting married to her.
Although, there's someone who I would have married and was even of age like me back then, but when I realized that she wasn't that matured as I wanted, I went for the one that's younger and ever since i got married to my wife who is 10 years younger to me, I have not for a day regretted marrying her, though we used to have our differences but not to the extent of letting the third parties know what's going on in our affairs.
Had it been I had gotten married to the other one who's the same age as me, maybe we would have been contending with each other and even aside from this, I would have been able to cope with her childish behavior.
In conclusion, marriageable age in my own view should not be determined or considered through age limit or age bracket. Although, there should be an exception to the younger ones who are not of age or are not ripe for marriage, but as for those who are of age and ripe for marriage, any age should do and most especially, maturity should be greatly considered and this time around the maturity I am talking about is not about age but about being able to handle marital issues that may ensue in marriage after the wedding.
This is my entry to the week 180, edition 03 of the weekly Featured contest in the Hive Learners community.
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