tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post2304207808853753938..comments2024-03-29T00:30:10.138-07:00Comments on BikeBubba's Boulangerie: Marrying too young?Bike Bubbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-83916978544434964482008-12-17T08:04:00.000-08:002008-12-17T08:04:00.000-08:00Gabrielle: :^). Ya, I was telling da GUYS, not d...Gabrielle: :^). Ya, I was telling da GUYS, not da GALS, to give.Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-28816243908917076252008-12-16T15:07:00.000-08:002008-12-16T15:07:00.000-08:00Gabrielle, I don't think (and I'm sure Bike doesn'...Gabrielle, I don't think (and I'm sure Bike doesn't mean) that it's precisely 1 to 1. I'm happily married for 20 years, and I've never given blood, due to chronic anemia (the kind that is well controlled with iron supplements, but does not make my blood good for the kind of person who needs somebody else's blood.) OTOH, hubby gives reasonably regularly, though probably less than half as often as they would take it.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I don't like the concept of "too young to marry." "Not ready" to marry is fine, but within the legal parameters (probably plus a few years on the male side), I don't think that birthdays are a strong determiner. The average age of first marriage keeps going up, but the divorce rate isn't dropping nearly as fast, from what I can tell. Twenty-two for both hubby and me has worked out fine, and I can think of several couples who married young who are doing well decades down the road -- but they all had other necessary ingredients. It's the other ingredients that make the larger difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19803826.post-16845786075438391802008-12-16T12:19:00.000-08:002008-12-16T12:19:00.000-08:00You mean that's where I've gone wrong all along? ...You mean that's where I've gone wrong all along? I simply cannot give blood Bike!!!!!!imfreenow.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027918519497057203noreply@blogger.com