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I advise you to get offline and start living in the real world. Any responsible parent isn't going to marry their child off at 18 or any similar age. Not even royal families do this to their children because they're aware that 18 is far too young and immature of an age to get married. If everyone was married off at 18 or anywhere in that age group, Your idea of the "west" would fall even more. The younger you get married, the more likely you are to get divorced. Marriage at 18-23 years old was common back in the day because there was nothing else to do, there was less "comfort", and education was for the rich. Times have changed, now everyone has an opportunity to get educated. (sadly, some take it for granted, like our subject, Lucy Craig.) The only people who get married at 18 today are those in the lower socioeconomic bracket, those who get married out of desperation, or kids (now adults) who are either kicked out of their parents' house, or don't want to live with their parents anymore. Marriage isn't about being lovey-dovey. It's about responsibility. The lovey-dovey stuff comes second, and it won't last without responsibility. 18 years old is far too young to deal with the responsibility of a marriage. If you're a housewife and you don't get educated, expect to have a miserable marriage. How are you going to help your husband when he needs work done? How are you going to know how to take care of the kids or educate them? How are you going to deal with all of the pressure that comes with being a mother, who is the core of the household? As we all know, if there's a weak core, the whole thing falls apart.