Mark Regnerus's article "Say Yes. What Are You Waiting For?" 'proposed' (lol marriage pun, yes.) that people should get married at younger ages. According to Regnerus, "the economic benefits of pooling resources" outweigh the rhetoric that young marriages usually fail.
His argument quotes Proverbs: "two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work"
This all depends on the person. If you are using a Bible verse in an attempt to explain that young marriages can easily thrive, you must be forgetting who your audience is.
Most studies show that divorce rates increase if you're under 25. Why? Think of the majority of people who would get married early. Most of them are not doing it because it is "God's calling" for them. We do not know what people are being interviewed for these statistics but we can be almost certain that plenty of them are not following the Bible. We do not even know if they are Christians to begin with.
That being said, marriage is pointless in a pagan relationship because there is no moral standard to hold to and absolutely no reason to get along with your spouse! Marriages without God is like chewing bubblegum; when the flavor runs out you can just cram a different piece in.
So, if we are to disregard those marriages and focus on Christian marriages, we can discuss this without a butt-load of different variables.
In a God-fearing marriage, it should not matter whether or not your spouse makes you happy because you get your happiness from God! If you're grounded in your faith then when times are tough you won't divorce, you'll read your damn bible and figure out what you SHOULD do rather than what will make you "comfortable"! There are literally guidelines for this!
So, I agree with Mark in the sense that there should not be shame put upon those who wish to marry young if they're mature enough to put their spouses needs before their own. Age does not matter! It's the person
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