Not only do dire financial circumstances teach you very valuable financial lessons (like scrimping, saving and living on a budget), but they also teach you the timeless principle that money cannot buy happiness. When you first marry, you won’t have a big house to come home to, a fancy car to drive or even many groceries in the refrigerator, but you will have your love for each other — and that love will make you feel truly rich.
2. You aren’t too entrenched in your own habits
Getting married is a huge change, and there are many lessons to learn. Though madly in love, you and your spouse are still two very different people with very different ways of doing things. Married life is very different from single life.
When you marry young, you aren’t as deeply entrenched in your own habits and ways of doing things. As a result, the transition to married life is much smoother. Rather than butting heads over whether to buy 1% or 2% milk or how to properly wash the dishes (or any of the million other petty things couples argue about), you and your spouse will establish your own habits and ways of doing things together. By marrying young, the transition to married life doesn’t feel so much like an encroachment on your personal space or an infringement on your privacy.
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