I married at age 21, my husband was 31. We started having children right away. Even though we're on the same page in most respects, those ten years make a NOTICABLE difference in how we relate to my family versus his, and in how we're having to make decisions going forward. There's also a huge difference in (obviously) how we spent our twenties; I spent them giving birth to babies and building a home, he spent them getting a master's degree, traveling, and living on his own.
Our marriage works (ten years this summer and we still like each other) but it's been interesting seeing how that ten year head start has worked out for my husband. It's definitely benefitted him professionally, but as far as marriage and family go we basically started at the same place.
The juxtaposition of footnote 1 and 2 made me laugh.
lol I hadn't really thought about them in the context of each other haha
Great post Jim!
I married at age 21, my husband was 31. We started having children right away. Even though we're on the same page in most respects, those ten years make a NOTICABLE difference in how we relate to my family versus his, and in how we're having to make decisions going forward. There's also a huge difference in (obviously) how we spent our twenties; I spent them giving birth to babies and building a home, he spent them getting a master's degree, traveling, and living on his own.
Our marriage works (ten years this summer and we still like each other) but it's been interesting seeing how that ten year head start has worked out for my husband. It's definitely benefitted him professionally, but as far as marriage and family go we basically started at the same place.