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Marrying young went well for me, part 2 • Otherwise

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I went to a women’s college, which was great in many ways but not for dating men. By my final year I was feeling kind of regretful about this aspect of it, and spent more time visiting nearby colleges for dance classes and such. (“It’s good to spread the glory around,” as my granny said about getting off-campus.) I met Jeff at a contra dance at his college. He was organizing the dance and was too busy to actually interact, but I became Facebook friends with him and his roommate. I was 21 and he was 20. I signed up for more folk dance events, many of which were in other towns. Jeff organized trips to these events, and would drive a 15-passenger van collecting students from a couple of colleges. Van rides were a great time to talk in a group and get to know each other. Jeff had a girlfriend, so we weren’t going to date at that point. Later, he broke up with his girlfriend. (Jeff notes: “Prompted by her having the view that you should only date for figuring out if you wanted to get marrie

Previously: Marrying young went well for me, part 1 In case it’s interesting: how Jeff and I got together. …… I went to a women’s college, which was great in many ways but not for dating men. By my final year I was feeling kind of regretful about this aspect of it, and spent more time visiting nearby colleges for dance classes and such. (“It’s good to spread the glory around,” as my granny said about getting off-campus.) I met Jeff at a contra dance at his college. He was organizing the dance and was too busy to actually interact, but I became Facebook friends with him and hi

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