Since the days of the USSR, a stereotype has developed in our country that a girl just needs to have time to get married before a certain age. Moreover, he often limited himself to 18-20 years. Recently, views on marriage have changed somewhat, but girls are still worried about the "passing" years and because of this, sometimes they commit rash acts.
Age of marriage in Russia and in modern Russia
In Russia, girls were married very early. In the 13th century, the "Pilot Book" was created - a set of church rules that also regulated family relations. It established the marriageable age for girls - 13 years, and for boys - 15 years. However, there have been many cases of earlier marriages. The church tried to fight this phenomenon. Released in the middle of the 16th century "Stoglav" allowed priests to marry girls who were at least 12 years old, and young men from the age of 15.
The reasons for such early marriages were often purely practical. For example, it was not easy for the bride's parents to feed the numerous children, and they tried to quickly "attach" at least one of them. And in the family of the groom, on the contrary, there were not enough workers, and his parents gladly welcomed the "worker" into the house. Of course, there could be no question of any mutual love here, and the marriage relationship in a young family sometimes began only a few years after the wedding.
Now the age for marriage is set by Russian legislation at least 18 years old. However, in the presence of special circumstances, a marriage license can be obtained as early as 14-15 years old. The laws of individual constituent entities of the Russian Federation specify that "special circumstances" are late pregnancy, pregnancy (at least 22 weeks), the termination of which is impossible for medical reasons or because of the desire of both parties to keep it. Permission to marry persons under the age of 16 is usually issued by a decree of the administration of the region, territory or republic.
Factors affecting marriage
However, such early marriages, today, are still quite rare. According to statistics, most girls try to get married at the age of 18-25. To some extent, this depends on physiology, since full puberty occurs during this period. Other deciding factors can be a desire for motherhood, fear of loneliness, or social stereotypes.
However, it is best if mutual love is the main factor. After all, you cannot want to get married in the abstract, at least a girl needs a loving and reliable man. But it will hardly be possible to meet him "on request." In no case should you get married when there is no confidence in the chosen one. Although stubborn statistics still claim that after 30 years the opportunity to get married is no more than 7%, the solution to the problem in each case remains individual. It happens that a girl meets her fate at the age of 16-17, and it also happens that women find family happiness at 30, 40 and even 50 years old.
