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[tomo0603]

I don't think there is the best age to get married.

But my best age is 27~30 years old. I thought 22~25 years old is the best age when I was high school student. But I think it is too young, now. I want to get married after I work enough, and gain experience in society. If you get married, you must take full responsibility. So, you need a sense of responsibility and experience of society. I don�t think you gain them as soon as you graduate from university.

Now, Japan is becoming �bankonka�, there are many women who married after 30 years old. I think it is a good tendency. Perhaps, many women wants to work for a long time before gets married.

[Claire321]

I cannot definitely agree with you. I think there is no definite age for getting married. That depends on people and their feelings, how strong they are.

[Leslie741]

The age does not matter. And it is the truth that it varies from the country to country. So, I believe that only people may decide when to get married rather than the society or parents.

[Guchi]

Hi, I’m a Japanese girl, so I’ll write this from Japanese women’s point of view.
I think that there is no limit to get married. However, I feel 23 or 20 years old women is too young to get married.
Because most Japanese men think work in company is men’s work, but house-work is women’s work.
Also most Japanese women follow that.
So, women have no time to go out to meet friends, or their own shopping. Actually, I don’t want to married too early, and my friends said same way, too. Because of these reason. Also, many girls want to go to University and they want to finish our school educations, and have a job to take part in society.
My English teacher in my High School who is Ukrainian said to us that if you want to get married, you should wait two or three years.
Because you need some times to talk with friends about marriage, or think about it and life. I think it is right thing.
Marriage is very important in each lives, so you need many times to think about each other’s life.
That’s all, thanks for good timing to think about this topic!