Problem: Respond to this classmate: I believe people are waiting to get married for many reasons. My main point has to be based on the divorce rates in America. How can we expect kids to want to get married so young these days if they are constantly being reminded by peers that their marriage will most likely end in a divorce. I also think culturally, most people in America identify with Christianity. The church that once encouraged people to marry young has had a shift. My teammates and I just sat through a sermon preaching about faith based relationships. The hard truth is that singleness was frowned upon for so long, but the Bible says singleness is a gift. Marriage is a gift as well, however not everyone is called to a life of marriage. With this change in the church, I think it has influenced a lot of people to wait to get married. Economically speaking, getting married young is hard! I am 22 and somehow I have peers from high school who are married and have families. I can barely afford to stay alive myself, let alone financially provide for a family and a spouse. My hometown best bud, Kathryn has been with the same boy for 5 years now. They are in a position to get married but they cannot afford it. They are both still in school and simply cannot afford to live outside their parents homes right now. This has played a huge part into why they are waiting to get married right now. Buying things like houses and property is much harder than it ever has been. It's cheaper and more. Need Assignment Help?