Gosh I can't imagine if I had married someone I met at 16. Even if it was an ideal match, I'm sure I would always be wondering if I made the right choice. Yet that is how humans lived for centuries - married to the first person they fell for, had sex with, then kids, all before age 20.

I married a man I KNOW was my ideal true love... yet due to external circumstances our lives have been so difficult. Any weaker bond would have snapped. So finding the perfect person is no guarantee of "happily ever after." In my experience, single or unhappily married people tend to really idealize true love. While it is wonderful, it's not an automatic predictor of a good life.