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You're just a kid, how would you know what you want for the rest of your life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Custoslibera to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, teenagers are often gifted with some nugget of wisdom or other about their lives, it's just that parents and random commenters online never believe it.

I knew I wanted to get married and to whom. I also knew it was a good idea. I only waited to mid-twenties because she wasn't sure. 30 years farther along, we're still married and teenaged me is proved right.

Cynical, older, slower me might have screwed it up somehow.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm happy that it worked out for you. I think you got lucky. I don't think most people are mature enough to make such a call at 20yo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Of course I was lucky. The decisions we make around starting a family can reverberate for centuries. Even if we had enough information (we don't), I don't think people are mature enough at any age to make the right call,