Teenage Marriage Equals Unhappiness

             Why are so many people against young married love? Statistics has shown that more than half of the couples who get married during their teenage years divorce within the first 15 years. Teenage marriage is possible and legal, but majority of teenagers are not financially stable. It is also most likely that majority of teenagers are not at the maturity level for marriage. They are also, likely to grow apart. Thus, teenage marriages are likely to end unhappily.
             Teenagers often have inadequate financial support. Teenage income is usually not stable and financial stability is one of the important fundamental elements in marriage. As a teenager it is often difficult to find a job that pays more than minimum wage because of their limited education. In cases like these most will have to work a full time job to support his or her family. Such as Working full time job does not allow enough time for them to further their education in order to move out of the working class status. In addition there is a high probability that a tight financial situation can create tension which can lead to unhappiness. Recently, friend of mine named Paul got married and is now in big dilemma with financial issues. It turns out Paul's wife Jenny is a big spender but he's frugal. Jenny loves to go shopping and uses credit card on every purchase that she makes. Jenny totally disregards her financial situation when she shops and because of her disregard, credit card debt piled up. Paul and Jenny got into numerous arguments about money and both are not happy with each other. Paul cannot satisfy his wife's wants because he is working at a minimum wage job. Now, Paul and Jenny are busy paying off all the debt and both are very unhappy about it. Also, Paul cannot afford to go to school because he simply doesn't have any time or money.
             In addition to financial problems majority of teenage marriages often end unhappily because of the maturity leve...

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