If you know me well, you know I'm not the biggest fan of the university where I received my MA in Secondary Education. However, I must say that the last couple of days have made me happy I have my MA.
After some good ol' fashioned girl talk with my undergrad gal pals this weekend, I started thinking more and more about marriage. We joked that in 10 years we'd get together and still not be married -- we're all so far from that point in our life right now.
Today I found out that our joke may not be that far off of what our future holds. According to a recent Newsweek article the average age for a woman's first marriage is almost 26. I have to admit I felt a little relief when I read that. I realized I'm not completely behind on the game...then I saw the average age for women with their master's or a professional degree -- that age is 30 years old. Four of the five of us MU girls either have a master's degree or are working on it. The other is considering it. So, if statistics hold true, there's a good chance none of us will get married in the next five years (although 10 years is probably pushing it).
Other interesting tidbits from the article include the fact that women with BAs are now more likely to marry (which wasn't the case a few decades ago) and that the divorce rate has gone down for college-educated women in the last couple of decades and gone up for those who didn't go to college.
Sidenote: All this made me think back to my human sexuality psych course in college. One of the few things I remember from that class is that the more advanced degree a person (especially a woman) has, the more likely they'll orgasm. I wonder if that's why the divorce rate is down for college grads?
Whatever the reason, I'm glad to know that it's not that weird for me to not to want to be married right now.
PS: The weekend with my girls has provided many topics for the blog. However the "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" school of thought will prohibit me from revealing all that should be revealed. Well, at least some of it...more tk.
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I'm not getting married until I'm 33. What does almost every married person tell you when you are young? Wait for it!!! Rarely do you hear someone say, "marry the first person you feel strongly about, you're probabkly right about your feeling." More often than not they say play the field, experience as many different relationships as you can, and then settle down. The dating life is far too fun to give up for a life-long comittment . Take your time!
OTOH, as they say "if I had a dime..." for every woman who waited 'til her 30s to try to have children only to discover her most fertile years are long gone? I'd be rich, rich, rich!
That's why it's great to be a man!
As an adopted person, I don't find "fertility" to be anything that even remotely rules my life. If I do decide to have children with my future partner, adoption is obviously an appealing option to me. If he has issues with that, then I'd think he were a complete a**hole, and I wouldn't have married him in the first place.
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