A lot of my husband’s friends (he is French) told him he was ‘way too young’ to get married. He was 26.
His dad was I think 21
Typical-Berry4909 on
Worse thing is that male loneliness is also increasing.
schoolforapples on
As a Spaniard I will say that nowadays marriage is not that common. But that doesn’t mean that people aren’t together as a “married” couple. My own parents aren’t married and they’ve been together for more than 30 years.
Also it’s very expensive, so people that can afford it are more likely to be older.
aexoly on
Yeah. Like women. People are marrying later than they used to on average.
Quick_Rain_4125 on
If you’re not religious there’s no point to marriage. Just move in together or something.
Pink_Slyvie on
I think it would be this way in the US, if our healthcare wasn’t tied to our marriage and jobs.
ddaydrm on
And now show the graph of generational wealth by age.
shoofinsmertz on
A lot of Nordic countries have a tradition of just not legally marrying until later due to expenses which also screws these stats. It’s also around 30 when they get settled.
Argentinotriste on
People are more immature now. Eternal adolescents.
Emily-in-data on
all these lines climbing almost in parallel kinda tells the whole story – it’s not “people don’t wanna marry,” it’s “people can’t afford to be adults before 30+.” housing, wages, job stability – pick any
alssst on
Politicians keep create insane laws and regulations that only makes the taxes raise and for consequence the costs of life.
Also, there are so many laws to protect children and woman that makes marriage be the worst contract a men can sign.
Then the people stops to marry and the children per woman drops and you have the audacity to feel surprise.
You all are funny.
KowardlyMan on
If you invite as many people as your parents would expect to, you’ll be burning 30k in one evening. Assuming a salary of 2k per month (10€ per hour), it’s spending 7.5 months of two people working full time. Just for a few hours. It’s just not as cheap as it used to be.
It’s money that can go towards housing, investment or maybe a kid.
StickFigureFan on
I would love to see data on how long they’ve been with their partner when they got married as I suspect that has also gotten larger
Real_2020 on
iT’s BeCaUsE of ThE TrAnS
vendeep on
Data is not beautiful. Data is deceiving. Newer generations are just cohabitating and not marrying. This the raise.
nouskeys on
This is the women, make no mistake. Probably do to social media and the need for more or better. Men trend towards marriage at younger ages as a whole.
Edit: I’ll keep this up, because I absolutely know I’m right. Women set the trend.
glmory on
I am sure makes me in the minority on Reddit, but I think this is a trend that makes people’s lives worse. I can maybe see an upside delaying marriage as late as the values shown in 1990, but being single sucks. Delaying marriage to 35+ is not an effective strategy for a better life.
We should be trying to break down the barriers to people getting married in their 20s. Things like reducing housing costs and getting jobs for more young men.
hiricinee on
Correlates with increases in autism rates
odkfn on
A decline in religion probably plays a part. My parents generation would have been mortified to have a kid out of wedlock, that isn’t really a thing anymore.
Weshtonio on
I’m going to marry at 90 just to screw with statistics.
grumelude on
Better not to rush things
Sylverdude on
I would like to see this plotted against women ages.
stent00 on
Cause the juice ain’t worth the squeeze and men know it
Rakebleed on
Is marriage declining in general?
GentleGamerz on
I’m 25 rn and couldnt imagine getting married now. IMO sweet spot would be between 30 and 35.
Due_Masterpiece_3601 on
I think women got into marriages because they relied on men to support households. Now that women have their own money, they can leave whenever they want. If that’s the case however, I would not be marrying someone and getting into a legal contract, jeopardizing my assets under the assumption someone will leave me forever. That sounds like wishful thinking.
moreesq on
It seems plausible that the age of first having a child would show similar upward lines. Yes, you can have a child before being married, but I suspect that continues to be less common than children during marriage.
SensitiveDesign3275 on
I think there are two big factors here. Declining testosterone levels causing men to have less sexual desire and also making them less sexually desirable. The second is sex outside of marriage, meaning that people can satisfy this desire outside of it.
![[OC] Average male age at first marriage keeps rising across Europe](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2uuyk5ekuf1g1-1536x869.png "[OC] Average male age at first marriage keeps rising across Europe")
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A lot of my husband’s friends (he is French) told him he was ‘way too young’ to get married. He was 26.
His dad was I think 21
Worse thing is that male loneliness is also increasing.
As a Spaniard I will say that nowadays marriage is not that common. But that doesn’t mean that people aren’t together as a “married” couple. My own parents aren’t married and they’ve been together for more than 30 years.
Also it’s very expensive, so people that can afford it are more likely to be older.
Yeah. Like women. People are marrying later than they used to on average.
If you’re not religious there’s no point to marriage. Just move in together or something.
I think it would be this way in the US, if our healthcare wasn’t tied to our marriage and jobs.
And now show the graph of generational wealth by age.
A lot of Nordic countries have a tradition of just not legally marrying until later due to expenses which also screws these stats. It’s also around 30 when they get settled.
People are more immature now. Eternal adolescents.
all these lines climbing almost in parallel kinda tells the whole story – it’s not “people don’t wanna marry,” it’s “people can’t afford to be adults before 30+.” housing, wages, job stability – pick any
Politicians keep create insane laws and regulations that only makes the taxes raise and for consequence the costs of life.
Also, there are so many laws to protect children and woman that makes marriage be the worst contract a men can sign.
Then the people stops to marry and the children per woman drops and you have the audacity to feel surprise.
You all are funny.
If you invite as many people as your parents would expect to, you’ll be burning 30k in one evening. Assuming a salary of 2k per month (10€ per hour), it’s spending 7.5 months of two people working full time. Just for a few hours. It’s just not as cheap as it used to be.
It’s money that can go towards housing, investment or maybe a kid.
I would love to see data on how long they’ve been with their partner when they got married as I suspect that has also gotten larger
iT’s BeCaUsE of ThE TrAnS
Data is not beautiful. Data is deceiving. Newer generations are just cohabitating and not marrying. This the raise.
This is the women, make no mistake. Probably do to social media and the need for more or better. Men trend towards marriage at younger ages as a whole.
Edit: I’ll keep this up, because I absolutely know I’m right. Women set the trend.
I am sure makes me in the minority on Reddit, but I think this is a trend that makes people’s lives worse. I can maybe see an upside delaying marriage as late as the values shown in 1990, but being single sucks. Delaying marriage to 35+ is not an effective strategy for a better life.
We should be trying to break down the barriers to people getting married in their 20s. Things like reducing housing costs and getting jobs for more young men.
Correlates with increases in autism rates
A decline in religion probably plays a part. My parents generation would have been mortified to have a kid out of wedlock, that isn’t really a thing anymore.
I’m going to marry at 90 just to screw with statistics.
Better not to rush things
I would like to see this plotted against women ages.
Cause the juice ain’t worth the squeeze and men know it
Is marriage declining in general?
I’m 25 rn and couldnt imagine getting married now. IMO sweet spot would be between 30 and 35.
I think women got into marriages because they relied on men to support households. Now that women have their own money, they can leave whenever they want. If that’s the case however, I would not be marrying someone and getting into a legal contract, jeopardizing my assets under the assumption someone will leave me forever. That sounds like wishful thinking.
It seems plausible that the age of first having a child would show similar upward lines. Yes, you can have a child before being married, but I suspect that continues to be less common than children during marriage.
I think there are two big factors here. Declining testosterone levels causing men to have less sexual desire and also making them less sexually desirable. The second is sex outside of marriage, meaning that people can satisfy this desire outside of it.