Toefl Essay: What is the best age to marry?

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What is the best age to marry? Give reasons and examples to support yours response.

I would like to say in context of the best age of marriage that, there should be a definite age to get married. This is because every man wants to get married with a young and beautiful woman and every woman wants to get married with a young and a strong man. As the age increase, attraction of each and every person towards others gets degraded. Hence, for a happy life it is necessary for a person either a man or a woman to get married in the write age, neither early nor late.

An early marriage can be harmful for the girl’s health and for their feature also. Therefore, in each and every country there should be ban for an early marriage. It should be a rule that parents cannot marry their girls until a certain age. Nowadays every body wants to touch the highest peak in their career, they all are career oriented. That’s why everybody does not want to get married early. Most of the people think after marriage you cannot do any thing. But it is not true; if you are an enthusiastic person you can do each and every thing after marriage. I have seen a good example of this in my family. My mother completed her education after marriage and now she is doing a job. So marriage and career, both are different paths of life and both are important in life. In my view the write age to get marriage for a girl should be 23 or 24 and for a boy it should be 26 or 27. At this age the fertility period for a woman at the highest point and at that age a woman can adopt their partner. At that age both are sexually strong, have attraction for the other and would enjoy marriage life. At this age a woman has more chance to conceive and give birth to a healthy child, without any problem. Therefore, for a good generation it is necessary for both men and women to get marriage at the write age. If any body does not marry at the write age for some reasons than he or she should not get depressed. That’s why it is said that Man proposes God disposes.

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Hi,

Alan

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Hi Alan
Thanks for your efforts.
Missiontoefl

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People around the world marry at different ages. In European countries for instance, couples prefer to wait until they are in their late thirties. In contrast, in Latin America many examples of early marriage can be found. It is my opinion that 30 years old is the ideal age to marry, and I believe so because of several reasons.

On the one hand, nature laws prove that at around 30 people are physically and physiologically mature to marry and build up a family. Very young couples sometimes have difficulty in establishing the kind of serious relationship that marriage implies and also in becoming models for their children. By contrast, old couples tend to be too tired of life to be able to give their children and partner proper attention. As regards physical maturity, especially women should consider that there is an age limit above or below which pregnancy is a major risk.

On the other hand, married couples certainly need their own money in order to get their own place to live and raise their children. At the age of 30 people generally finish their studies and are able to work and earn a living. Consequently, this enables them to be economically independent form their parents. This could hardly be accomplished by a couple made of two students, as they are way too far from being economically stable.

In conclusion, I believe family and social background as well as personal circumstances influence the age at which people marry. However, if I am asked to choose an ideal age to marry, I think 30 years old is the one since people are generally mature enough and economically prepared to take this commitment.