The right age of marriage

It cant be defined by a number. The right age is when you are ready to take the responsibility of an additional member in your family.

when you are completely self supporting and really have time to raise a family. When your love is mature because you should be able to support yourselves financially and emotionally.

I don’t think that marriages formed too early have as good of a chance as more mature unions.

Studies I’ve read depict late 20’s to early 30’s as the most successful age range for long lasting happy marriages. The reasons given for the success of marriages in this age range are; these couples are still young enough to raise a family, old enough to be fairly established in their life paths/careers, experienced enough to know what they expect from a relationship and mature enough to bring more diplomacy into the partnership. What this spells out to me is that most people in this age range are already past the biggest relationship roadblocks before they make that commitment.

the right age is when you are adult enough and take responsibility for yourself and any family, and give up messing around with other women, and know it is only your loved ones can not, can not live without. in a marriage comes responsibility ... and both must be able to tolerate the others have baggage with them in life
and be able to respect each other, to forgive. give time for each other
and remember that even if you are married, you do not own another human being, then it is not allowed to miss trade together
a marriage consists of being able to tackle with the good and bad times
and could talk together
a marriage is not just sex or holding hands

yes a true desire to be monogamous and practice that is very important and so is freedom.

Marriage should make you free to be yourself and enjoy life so don't marry someone unless you think that kind of happiness will be your truth.

People who are a fraid that marriage will "tie them down" are not inlove/not with the right person

I don't think there's a right age to get married. Not in MY culture, anyway. If I had to advise my younger sisters if they asked, I think I'd advise them that wait til they're at least eighteen, and make sure you know him well. Just because people are naive or "meant to be adventurous" in their twenties, it doesn't mean they don't know how or who to settle down with. A lot of people meet a great catch in their twenties, so as for people always tarring them all with the same brush, some do know who they want. Age isn't a be all and end all. And people under different age ranges shouldn't be put into a cesspool of judgements. That younger dude may just be wiser and have a much longer-lasting relationship than anyone older and experienced than him :).

Some people NEVER reach the right age. Marriage is just not for them.
Kudos to those that realize it.

18 in South Carolina, 16 if your parents give the ok. News the other day said after 21 if you want to decrease your chance of being in poverty. That is the legal definition but it varies among different people. A guy may be 30 years old and ready to marry and the girl might be 25 and ready.