Getting married. What changes?

What happens when you get married? I've been told to put off marrying SO because we are young (19/20) ? I asked what the reason for not getting married? We've been a couple for 6 years.

D&D What happens when you get married.

You can get divorced.

Taxes. Thats about it

We were married at 22/24 and nothing changed for us, just our names changing! We were together 5 years before getting married, lived together for 3.5.

I got married when I was 20 and DH was 22. We got pregnant right after with our son. We had been living together before we got married, sharing all the bills and all that so all that changed was my name and how we filed taxes and things.

I don't think anything "changes" really if you are already living in the way you would after marriage.

I think the difference is that people grow and change with time, especially if they're young. If you a wait until you are older, then people can see if they still work together as the age and mature.

It isn't that people change after marriage so much as you may wish you were not married as you grow up and mature.

I was 21 and dh was 18 when we got married... We are still very happy together a year and a half later   although I will say he was a lot more romantic while we were dating... And he jokes about how he has me now so he doesn't have to work as hard   but I love my life and wouldn't change it for anything.

A lot of things changed for us though, because I was still living with my parents and dh had been away at bootcamp and tech school the summer before we got married. We had to grow up quick and learn to live on our own. I won't say it isn't challenging, but it is worth it  

Nothing really changed except my last name... :-/

well we got married at 21 and had been together for 7 years (4 of that was college) I think you grow alot in the college years compared to high school but for us nothing much really changed. I mean we matured obviously as we both finished school and got jobs and then later started talking about family. He still did the same annoying things such as letting the toothpaste get all clumped up at the opening b/c he doesn't put the cap back on or would leave all the dresser drawers open after getting something out..lol We will be married 7 years this August so over 14 years together and everything is going good so far.

Let's see...I lost my insurance, and my assistance, my husband's insurance policy costs more now, but his insurance policy went down, my credit score went down because his credit is craptastic, finances got easier in some ways and harder in others...
It was a lot of changes, and I would totally suggest waiting until you are both financially stable, even with kids involved.

Nothing changed besides taxes...

I kept my maiden name, so not even that,

we have rings now... that's about it haha

My husband was 19, I was 21 when we got married. Only diffreence t oo bn us is we do fight more often. Our first year was rough. But we are on track now.btw we were togeher 4yrs 2days when we got married.

What changed:
-he could be on my health insurance
-he would be the beneficiary of my life insurance policy through work
-he was flattered that I took his name.

If you wait, but live together, and you split up someday, you can't expect the law to divide up your property and such. But I would never urge 19/20 year olds to get married. I will be 29 this August and cannot, cannot imagine being with the person/people I dated then. There is a lot of growing up that happens in your early twenties. (Not saying it can't work, just generally speaking I think its wise to wait.)

I got married at 18 (he was 20) and it was the absolute best decision.

There are a lot of benefits to being legally married, so if you are committed already I see no issue. The major changes have to do with:

legal rights in regards to the other person (life insurance, medical care)
health insurance
credit
taxes
legal commitment to the relationship
and if you're in school- you generally are eligible for more financial aid, as you are classified as independent

Follow your heart  

Nothing as far as your relationship goes...at least for me!

Quoting pilot Jess:" What changed: -he could be on my health insurance -he would be the beneficiary of my life insurance policy ... [snip!] ... growing up that happens in your early twenties. (Not saying it can't work, just generally speaking I think its wise to wait.)"

I think us losing our daughter made it a little different them a normal young couple.