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You're completely forgetting that most women in the past were wifed up by 19. Once a woman starts having children she is not producing eggs, and things get pushed down the road.

St. Thérèse’s mother was married at 27, and they did not consummate the marriage until she was 28, and they went on to have 9 children, her last being in her 40s. I’m sure that is not the only example, but that was in the 1860s.



I realize women were married much earlier (and I am not advocating for purposely waiting longer without necessity), I am simply making the point that there is an inordinate  anxiety about fertility decreasing when lots of women have been able to have a considerable amount of children, despite marrying later.



Also, with the state of women’s health today, more and more women even ages 18-25 have serious problems with fertility, which is another reason my comments about health are quite relevant.

ok but this is not what we were talking about. Women should not wait around.

There are of course women who can't find spouses until 27, but should always be an exception, and never boasted about, because for most women that amount of idleness can never be good.

If women experience anxiety it is because their fathers are doing nothing to help them find spouses. But all that anxiety should be poured into prayer, they way women can be good at.

Still it is up to good men to exchange ideas and uphold whats right because how will other young men learn to avoid the mistakes of their fathers, if not by seeing other men being firm on these questions.

Yes, I agree what what you have said. I understand that you are coming from a place of principle, and I do not wish to discourage speaking about the importance of observing the laws of nature that God has established regarding marriage.

My response was coming from the perspective of practicality. I was basically trying to say that unmarried women should not despair if they are older than 25, and that unmarried men should not despair if they can only find women 25 or older.

As I said above, I am not advocating for this to be the norm, nor do I believe women should be idle, anxious, etc. It is simply a reality for many people, through no fault of theirs, that finding a spouse does not occur within the most ideal timeframe, especially today.

Is it not true that most people are unfortunately in situations that should be considered exceptional? I do not want those people to feel abandoned by God or as though he does not have a plan for them, when marriages contracted a little later than what would be desirable, can certainly still bear much fruit for time and eternity.