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.
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.
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.
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.
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.