LOL @ marriage. Let me tell you what your BEST-case scenario is.
You decide to propose to a woman who you believe is actually wifeable. Meaning that you're looking at more than just her looks. You've known her for a long time. You've spoken to several of her friends and family members who tell you what a good person she is, and how you'd be lucky to be in a relationship with her. From your own observations, she has a pleasant personality, has no kids, has steadfast morals, has only had a few past boyfriends.....maybe she even might be legit religious. You speak to her and you realize that unlike some women, she's not getting married for the wedding. She makes it clear that she wants to spend the rest of her life with you, have and raise kids with you, and grow old with you.
Then....you get married. You sign them papers. Happy day. No signs of trouble.
Up to about 15 years in the marriage, you've had no major drama/problems. You've had three beautiful children. Little disagreements and arguments here and there, but that's to be expected. Sex is pretty often, and although some of the initial spark has died down, it's still enjoyable. Things are good. Life is good.
Then.....one of these things will happen.
1. She starts bytching about problems in the marriage even though you thought everything was okay. She talks about counseling, which you may or may not go through. She starts huge arguments about every little thing, giving you stress. And eventually....out of nowhere, either a separation leading to a divorce, or a direct divorce, along with child support, half your money gone, your home gone, and a new boyfriend who comes into the picture SURPRISINGLY quick on some
or....
2. You find out she cheated on you during the marriage. She either cries for forgiveness, talkin' about "It was a mistake; I didn't realize at the time it was wrong for me to let him in our house, strip naked and let him ghetto-gag me.....I made a mistake", or she makes excuses talkin' about "we grew apart" and "people change". From there, you either leave her, leading to divorce, child support, half your money gone, and her new man sliding into your home with her, from the side like
. Or....you eventually succumb to your inner simp and try to work things out, which leads to her losing respect for you and either just eventually cheating again, or leaving you anyway because she's tired of pretending she loves you when she just wants new dikk. Or possibly both of these. And of course when she leaves you at this point, that still leads to divorce, child support, half your money gone, and her new man sliding into your home with her from the side like
. Oh, and I forgot: the court tells you that you can only see your then-teenage daughters twice a month; meanwhile the new boyfriend got 24/7 access to the baby girls, and can slide from mama to daughters like
if he about that life......and you'll probably never know about it because a lot of youngsters repress that shyt and are scared to tell anyone
"B-b-but what about all them old married couples we see that been married for like 60 years and shyt? Maybe I could be like them?"
Someone cheated in those marriages, and the other person either never found out, or forgave them/accepted it (and also possibly cheated back to make shyt even in their mind), and they decided to remain together anyway.
If that's the kind of 'marriage' you want then go for it; just make sure you get a DNA test for all them kids she ends up having.
If this is what you want to do with your life at age 22, after knowing a woman for a year.....then that's your decision.
at all the prime p*** you might have to turn down cuz you got married at 22
. 25> is just the cut off age where divorce is exponentially higher.
of course not....all i'm saying is that sometimes, a chick has to break your heart for you to be able to see clearly what a relationship is all about. women play games (men do too...), and you have to be able to see clearly in order to catch the signs. having your heart broken by a chick gives you that 
moment that you need to navigate any future relationships. you are thinking about marriage to a long distance girlfriend and you're 22 years old. you may be getting your 
. A part of me thinks im too young (22) but another part of me thinks that I will be fine. I have been with her for over a year now. We are in a long distance relationship not by choice but we see each other often. She already met the fam, I've already met hers.
