"we're all having such a good time"

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st at td on ce
ob se rv ed th at
yo un g co ns er va ti ve
ev an ge li ca ls –
pa rt ic ul ar ly ho me
sc ho ol er s – te nd
to de la y ma rr ia ge.

Though I hadn’t noticed that

(in fact,

I was starting to think the opposite), my

first response to such an observation is –

“It’s because we’re all having such a good time at home!

Who wants to leave?”

My mother did once mention that many people who marry early are trying to get away from their families. I’m sure that isn’t always the case, but there probably are a lot of young people thinking of marriage as an escape and chance to get their life going “right”.