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Originally posted by robustpuppy
As my eight-grade teacher used to say, "Average is below normal." Take heart.

This was one of many excellent pieces of advice he gave to the class, usually while opening his shirt to sratch his underarms. He also said "Let friends come to you, don't go to them" and "Being singled out by me to read your journal as the best in the class is a high honor that will fill you with the glow of pride for the rest of your days, despite the burning embarrassment that you feel right now."

Yeah, and this isn't a bell curve, either. There's a huge chunk of people who get married right when they're first able to. And one of those low on citations blog posts says that

Sociologists have found that couples who marry at younger ages are significantly more likely to divorce. The younger they are, the worse it is.

Now, who is a "younger" bride? Definitely someone under the age of 20. That, there seems to be no debate on. Teenage marriage, is on a trend-level, and sure there's always exceptions, not a great idea.

After that, there's some debate, and it's changing along the way. Because of increasing numbers going to school, etc., a young bride in the 1980s was probably 20. Now, a bride might be considered "young" at 22 or even years later.