• dudinax@programming.dev
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    9 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.

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      9 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.

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        9 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,