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What if the timing of your “yes” shapes not just your wedding day, but the way you grow up? We get honest about the question so many couples wrestle with: should you get married young?
We unpack the real pros: growing together from a blank slate, sharing first jobs, graduations, and babies, and building habits early that can compound into financial stability and stronger partnership. We also name the hard parts without flinching: emotional maturity gaps, higher divorce risk, money strain from unstable careers and student loans, and what happens when one person heals or advances faster than the other. Through a faith-first lens, we talk about how prayer, community, and doing things God’s way can change outcomes—not by removing storms, but by giving you anchors when they hit.
You’ll hear practical, hard-won tools: how to set simple money meetings, create guardrails for conflict, pursue counseling before crisis, and keep intimacy alive when stress steals your margin. We explore education tradeoffs, blended family realities, and why there’s no one-size-fits-all advice—only wiser preparation and honest self-assessment. Whether you’re dating, engaged, or already married young, you’ll find encouragement to keep going, stay humble, and build a team mindset that lasts.
If this conversation helped you or someone you love, share it with a couple who’s weighing the leap. Subscribe for new episodes twice a month, leave a review to help others find the show, and tell us: which pro or con matters most in your season?

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Chapters

1. Should You Say “I Do” Early? (00:00:00)

2. Welcome & Why This Topic (00:00:24)

3. Remembering High School Sweethearts (00:02:03)

4. Do People Still Marry Young? (00:03:24)

5. Framing Pros And Cons (00:04:48)

6. Pro: Growing Up Together (00:07:00)

7. Pro: Shared Milestones (00:09:00)

8. Pro: Less Baggage, Cleaner Slate (00:11:16)

9. Pro: Molding Each Other (00:12:48)

10. Pro: Early Financial Planning (00:16:15)

11. Con: Maturity And Experience Gaps (00:17:59)

12. Con: Higher Divorce Risk vs Faith (00:21:49)

13. Con: Financial Strain In Real Life (00:24:28)

14. Con: Growing At Different Speeds (00:28:03)

15. Con: Incomplete Education Tradeoffs (00:32:18)

16. No One-Size-Fits-All Advice (00:33:15)

17. Encouragement For Young Marriages (00:34:06)

18. Community, Faith, And Not Giving Up (00:36:16)

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