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**Paul Bunyan** · 08-07-2012, 05:33 PM

Yes Venkatji, I agree with the facts you presented about marriage age gradually increasing. This phenomenon is true throughout the whole world, not just in one community. With more education people marry late and have fewer children. That is just a fact of life, and I don't see what is particularly wrong with it.

There are however a couple of things problematic with late marriage and late children.

Loss of fertility with age coupled with radiation from computer screens. It is no accident that fertility is low among IT couples.
Difficulty in bringing up children who arrive late. If a child is born when the parent is 40, they may retire by the time the child finishes college. It is certainly harder to play cricket with one's son at 40 than at 25.
Missing grandparents. Unfortunately another fact of life is that children who are born late may not interact or even see their grandparents.

These considerations are far removed from the minds of youngsters who are chasing the happy life at 25. Perhaps they can be brought up if the parents can have a free and frank discussion with their grown-up children. That is something not very common in Indian households.

08-07-2012, 05:33 PM	#32
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 58 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	Yes Venkatji, I agree with the facts you presented about marriage age gradually increasing. This phenomenon is true throughout the whole world, not just in one community. With more education people marry late and have fewer children. That is just a fact of life, and I don't see what is particularly wrong with it. There are however a couple of things problematic with late marriage and late children. Loss of fertility with age coupled with radiation from computer screens. It is no accident that fertility is low among IT couples. Difficulty in bringing up children who arrive late. If a child is born when the parent is 40, they may retire by the time the child finishes college. It is certainly harder to play cricket with one's son at 40 than at 25. Missing grandparents. Unfortunately another fact of life is that children who are born late may not interact or even see their grandparents. These considerations are far removed from the minds of youngsters who are chasing the happy life at 25. Perhaps they can be brought up if the parents can have a free and frank discussion with their grown-up children. That is something not very common in Indian households.
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