Susan Patton , a Princeton alumna , advised women to find a husband before they graduate . Younger generations have concluded , accurately , that their options do not contract after schooling , that they can take time to develop their own identities and make important life commitments , and that it may make sense to wait . Kathleen Gerson : " The best way for young people today is not to marry at all but to get married and have children later in life when the time has come. " She says women who marry later are less likely to divorce and attain important life goals . Gerson : The decision one makes about when and whom to marry is deeply personal .
Susan Patton , a Princeton alumna , advised women to find a husband before they graduate . Kathleen Gerson : " The best way for young people today is not to marry at all but to get married and have children later in life when the time has come. " She says women who marry later are less likely to divorce and attain important life goals . Gerson : The decision one makes about when and whom to marry is deeply personal .