<p>marriage is for chumps</p>
<p>From your username, I gather that youāre a freshman this year. Iād suggest not worrying about marriage right now and just focus on having fun in relationships. These days, thereās absolutely nothing wrong with not getting married until youāre 30+ years old.</p>
<p>I met my wife my Sophomore year in college. She went to a school about 20 miles away. We got engaged my Senior year and married the Fall after graduation.</p>
<p>Weāve been married 22+ years.</p>
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<p>Close, Bates =)</p>
<p>Iām an engaged undergrad, Iām currently a junior and my fiance is a senior and he will be graduating this spring with his degree. At my college, a lot of people seem to get married to someone the summer after graduation, even if one of the two doesnāt go to college here. Currently, weāll be getting married after I graduate in May 2010ā¦depending on if he has a job and I have any potential job offers.</p>
<p>Yeah, some do but most of them donāt last, lol. At least, one of them in the relationship will hold unrealistic expectations of the other. Either sheās expected to wait for him (because sheās needy on the low) or heās waiting so heās financially stable (which really means heās not ready to let go of his Saturday nights with the guys).</p>
<p>It just turns into an eternal engagement with a wedding date that will never be set. Itās not worth it. Just live and if it happens, itāll happen. Donāt force it.</p>
<p>To be honest, most of the people who have dysfunctional relationships in college and end up getting engaged/married are stupid. Having the title of āmarriedā doesnāt mean itāll last or that heāll stop being a manwhor3 and sheāll stop being a $lut.</p>
<p>I wish people would get real. The divorce rate is too high to play around and get married just because youāve been together for 2-3 years.</p>
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<p>I donāt have the statistic, but supposedly the divorce rate for couples who met in college is substantially lower than for the population at large.</p>
<p>The hookup scene here is just too huge, unfortunately. I donāt think Iām going to wind up marrying anyone I meet here anytime soon.</p>
<p>It happens quite a bit. 8 of my friends got married. 4 went to med school together, 2 went on to PhD programs in different fields, and 2 (married non-friends of mine) are doing long distance relationships until they finish their masters programs.</p>
<p>Two friends of mine are on that track already. I donāt see it happening too much hereā¦ But, there are some people who are in relationships that serious.</p>