Children, sex, marriage

[Nosejobent]

I hope I am able to articulate my question!
some people post it’s acceptable/normal for children to have boyfriends/girlfriends when they hit teenage years and have sexual relationships later in their teens.
Does that mean early marriage is encouraged too?
and vice versa? I e That those that post that children should be children as long as possible think that marriage later is a better idea?
There is no agenda to this question and most definitely, no judgement: just curious.

It doesn't require any emotional maturity to have sex does it. It might be that some people later regret having sex early/casually, but that doesn't mean it's not easy to actually do it in the first place. Provided you take precautions it's also unlikely to have much long term impact on your life.

Marriage on the other hand, is supposed to be something you do once (assuming you take vows promising loyalty or similar) and therefore it's very important to choose the right person and to approach it in the right way. I wouldn't have been capable of this at 25, let alone 16! If you get it wrong, it's very pricey emotionally, socially, and financially.

Basically, sex and marriage are two incomparable things.

Of course you have an ‘agenda’ if you’re asking whether people who are ok with their teenagers having sex are encouraging early marriage! Why link sex and marriage at all, in fact?

Are you saying that someone should only have sex if they are married? Because it sounds like you are.