I’d wager there’s a subset of parents who prevent marriage and get their kids to be long term girlfriends/boyfriends. My husband and I met at 18, knew right away we wanted to get married. We didn’t marry until 25 because “you need to go to college.” We should’ve eloped.
36
35
2
835
The “college makes your life instantly better” propaganda has rotted a lot of brains and prevented a lot of early family formation.

Nov 8, 2025 · 4:54 PM UTC

6
11
1
414
I always see posts about long term girlfriends telling women to break it off - but I wonder how many of them are just cases of them being told “you’re too young to get married” by their own families.
4
7
1
317
Replying to @kenzietuff
Griggs has to go, this is a good point that its also affecting birth rates and family formation in addition to killing the workforce.
1
10
100%
2
Replying to @kenzietuff
I'm sorry to hear that. I'm in the "married my wife a year after we met" camp, and it's done me well for over 15 years now.
1
3
Love to see it!
3
Replying to @kenzietuff
That propaganda ruined soooooo many good relationships
1
Replying to @kenzietuff
Knew a guy this happened to. Met a pretty Catholic girl, she got him to stop smoking weed, cleaned him up, then his dad caught wind they were engaged. Told him he couldn’t get married until he finished college. Did more drugs in college, and she broke up with him.
1
2
Replying to @kenzietuff
The brainrot is unreal. One of the biggest topics young people is student loan debt and being unable to find a good paying job. But everyone still thinks they need to go straight to college.
Load more