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[-] dudinax@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 1 points 7 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,

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