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- From: Catherine.Collingwood@launchpad.unc.edu (Catherine Collingwood)
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- Subject: thanks to all who gave advice
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 05:22:52 GMT
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- Thanks to all of you who gave me advice via email and posting about my
- friends. They're pretty bull-headed but several of their friends and
- I are going to try and pull something together (I posted because I was
- the only one on the net across Christmas and we're trying to keep this
- somewhat quiet.) Thanks for the luck!
-
- I'm probably going to advise that they wait. For one thing, one reason
- for such a sudden marriage was to give the girl in-state tuition. I
- checked statutes for another assignment and discovered that the state of
- NC won't let her do that until she's been married a year.
-
- About getting married young, though: I have to disagree about setting
- a definite age limit. I stated before that I am engaged; those who know
- me as Lady Firebird know that it's to Master Thespian. I'm just shy of
- 18 and he's 19. We're planning on getting married sometime shortly after
- I turn 20 while he is 21.
-
- This wasn't an arbitrary choice. We're waiting for me to get out of
- college (I'm in a two-year program). I'll be 19 when I do that. Six
- months later, my fiance graduates. During that six months I'm going to
- work and put back some money. That way we should have something to start
- on. We know better than to get married in college.
- My point is that it isn't age but maturity that makes a marriage. I think
- that since Tracy and I are making plans for finances and such, however
- ambiguous at this point, we'll be okay. I'm already on birth control and
- plan to stay that way. A lot of my friends don't face the future like this
- and a lot do. I think that age has nothing to do with it so much as the
- ability and/or willingness to be responsible. Some people are ready at 15 or
- 16 and some aren't until they're in their 30s. While the latter is more
- common the former is not unknown.
-
- Again, thanks for all your advice, and I'll keep you posted!
-
- Lady Firebird
-
- Catherine Collingwood, aka Lady Firebird
- colli_c@xanth.cs.odu.edu or Catherine.Collingwood@lambada.oit.unc.edu
- Paralegal-to-Be, Pitt Community College, Greenville NC
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