What are some advantages of dating before marriage?

love in the stratosphere: What are the advantages of dating before marriage?
You know how some cultures believe in only dating to see if you’re going to marry someone. But other people think it’s ok to date like when your 16, and you’re not serious about marriage?

What are the advantages of dating a couple of people before finally settling down with a special someone and marrying them?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Kayt
To learn more about your likes and dislikes of what you find in a partner I guess.

I wouldn’t know though, I started dating at 15 and 10 years later I’m married to him 🙂

Answer by LizB
Well I should hope no 16 year old is serious about marriage! It’s fine to experience relationships that age and to date, but marriage isn’t something a person should consider until their 20s, and preferably mid-20s (the chance of divorce statistically drops sharply when people marry after age 25).

The advantages of dating different people seem pretty obvious to me. First, you learn from experience how to behave in a relationship, both as a partner and as someone who has expectations of their partner. Second, you learn what types of people work for you, and what types don’t. Third, you’re able to figure out if a person’s values, goals, traits, and habits are compatible with yours. And lastly, dating is just fun! Yes, it can be stressful, and yes, heartbreak sucks, but if you approach dating with the right attitude it can be a very enriching experience in which you learn and try new things, and learn a lot about yourself, too.

Maybe this is just me being too American, but I honestly can’t imagine marrying someone I barely knew. In cultures where arranged marriage is common, divorce is very much frowned upon and women are often lacking in equal rights… so if the partner your parents pick for you is awful, what can you possibly do? You’re stuck. We may have a high divorce rate in America, but at least here no one is forced by social pressure or by law to stay in a marriage that is unhappy, unloving, unhealthy, unsafe, or abusive.

Answer by sunmecca
Dating is a natural thing teens do.. it’s the the practice rounds of being a couple and learning about yourself, how you fight, what you get jealous over… how you cope with disagreements and arguments and cheating, breaking up.. it’s all the initial practice rounds before the guy who comes around and who is actually worth it as a life partner; When you get passed teenage hood, you can make better and more informed knowledgeable future decisions.

Answer by Jared Kennedy
The advantage is that it opens your mind allowing you to experience different people and ultimately have respect for your final choice. Its kind of hard to appreciate somebody if you have no one or nothing to compare them to. How do you know a bad person if you never experienced a good person, and how do you know a good person if you never experienced a bad person. The disadvantage is that your mind can open too much and can be quite difficult to make a choice.

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