Reply To: Boys are not ready for marriage at 18

I actually posed two questions when I started this as tangent of another thread.

why are most boys not ready for marriage at 18?

and

Ought we to try to change things so that most are?

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I heard a story , I dont remember who it was about( I think it was a rebbe but not sure ) who was an advocate of earlier marriage. When a boy said he was some age older than 18 he said, “nu, ben shmoneh esrei lchuppa.” The boy answered, “ich shtai a langer shmoneh esrei”.

he rejoind with, “mit a langer shmoneh esrei, falihrt min kedusha!”.

How is that for instant ingenious riposte!