In recent years, there have been numerous people getting married and having children in their thirties rather than in young age. As such, there are merits and demerits in this alteration, although I opine thats it merits outweigh the demerits. In my view, getting marriage and building family are serious matters that need financially stable and individual growth. Late marriages and parenthood offer more time to build good foundation before starting a family. In this essay, I will examine all the relevant opinions based on factual premises.