My dad was 21; my mom 19. Of course, that was 1949
I know it was not young in 1949. Heck I married at 16.
But except for her parents and me, everyone else in their lives are saying no.
Young people today are not as mature, do not have common sense, are not as educated as the greatest generation was at that age, and young people today are selfish & self absorbed. If they are looking for that other person to make them happy, they will be doomed to failure. I was against my son’s marriage at 21, she was 19. They did it anyway and are now both married to different people. She wanted kids, he did not. First marriage for young people these days are practice marriages.