Edward and Florence, both 22 years old, educated yet innocent, have been married for just eight hours after a courtship bound by unspoken protocols.

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In a landmark study, the Brookings Institution found that young adults who finish high school, get a full-time job and wait until age 21 to get married and have children have just a 2% chance of falling into poverty and a 74% chance of ending up in the middle class.

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The pair, who have been married since 2005, aren't just being cute when they call their burgeoning outfit a mom-and-pop shop: "In a lot of ways it's a very conservative, reliable, safe way to start a business, " Alesch says.

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While it rewards couples for getting married when just one has a job, it punishes couples for getting married when they both have high-paying jobs.

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So you went on to get married and have children and a normal life, just as if nothing ever happened.

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Let's review: Knowing where I have and haven't lived and whom I've married, I got just one answer right and flunked the test.

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