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Yup, all of my female ancestors (and most of my male ones) were married by age 22. Forget this "College students are babies" stuff. I feel like there's a class element here; we don't excuse the actions of our local movers, Amazon drivers, or pest-control guys this way, even when they are in their late teens/early twenties.

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Absolutely a class element. I was married and had a kid at 22. Friends had kids at 16-17. No one excuses the actions of people where I grew up. Generational poverty, opioid crisis, rural isolation? Nope, still contemptible MAGA scum. Awfully hard to give grace to those who are privileged enough to expect it.

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