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writes: Hi this is just a quick question. I was talking to a male friend recently and he mentioned an average age that men feel ready to settle down. I was just wondering what is a mans average age to settle down thanks Reply to this Question
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reader, anonymous, writes (18 May 2012): 28.4924 years old.It's really hard to say what the average is, but I'd guess it's mid-latae 20s. It seems to vary a lot on where/how a man was raised. I agree that men who spend many years iin school tend to get married later. It also appears to me that men from larger cities tend to get married later, as do men from families having higher education/income.But, every man is different, so an average of millions of men doesn't really mean anything at the individual level. I didn't get married until I was in my 40s, but that was mostly because I was extremly shy around women and it was therefore very difficult to meet women. Women assumed I was scared of commitment because I'd never been married, but that was not true at all. It was very frustrating to get prejudged in that way.
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reader, So_Very_Confused  +, writes (17 May 2012):
 Depends on the man.
My first husband was 23 when we married and 25 when our first child was born...
My current partner is 38 and I'm the first woman he's ever felt strongly enough about to settle down with and marry...
my 25 year old son is getting ready... now if only we could find him a nice girl that likes him back the way he likes her...
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reader, bronzed adonis  +, writes (17 May 2012):
 It depends how old he is when he meets someone with mutual love and suitability.
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reader, anonymous, writes (17 May 2012): I think it is as men approach 30. Often this is driven by what their peers are doing rather than what they want for themselves. Many men would probably settle later if they followed their natural instincts.
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reader, Myau  +, writes (17 May 2012):
 Prob around 28yrs old.
We believe in having money and a good foundation first and want a few years to go crazy before we play house you see.
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reader, anonymous, writes (17 May 2012): yep I agree entirely that is has to do not so much with age but with what his friends are doing, which depends on his socio-economic background and profession and lifestyle.
also it has to do with how much pressure the girlfriend is putting on him.
In my line of work (white collar professional), most of my male friends didnt' get married until their 30s. Then, all of a sudden they all got married.
my best guy friend was actually against marriage (especially to his bossy clingy girlfriend), but when his friends all became married, that combined with increasing pressure from his girlfriend because of her biological clock (she too was in her 30s), he then caved out of insecurity.
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reader, Danielepew  +, writes (17 May 2012):
 No average.
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reader, YouWish +, writes (17 May 2012):
 It's less about the age and more about what his friends are doing. A guy's profession plays a big part in this, because if he's in law school or med school, it could be into the 30's based on when his career is established, and mid-20's for a guy in a blue collar or a 4-year degree who's carving his place in society, or early 20's for preachers who get out of seminary either already married or about to marry the girl they met there.
Again, though, there's a high probability that if his friends are "dropping like flies", he's going to not be far behind them unless he's adamantly against the entire idea of marriage.
So, I think it depends based on career, his friends, and where he lives.
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