You've done too much
Much too young
Now you're married with a kid
When you could be having fun with me
Much too young
Now you're married with a kid
When you could be having fun with me
— The Specials, "Too Much Too Young"
Sometimes Delia wondered if the real reason for her husband's behavior was due to the simple fact that they became parents at such an early age. High school sweethearts, married shortly after graduation, baby soon to follow…too much responsibility in too short of time.
Well, think of marriage now; younger than you,
Here in Verona, ladies of esteem,
Are made already mothers: by my count,
I was your mother much upon these years
That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief:
The valiant Paris seeks you for his love.
Here in Verona, ladies of esteem,
Are made already mothers: by my count,
I was your mother much upon these years
That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief:
The valiant Paris seeks you for his love.
— Lady Capulet, speaking to Juliet about Paris, Romeo and Juliet
But saying o'er what I have said before:
My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,
Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.
My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,
Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.
— Lord Capulet, speaking to Paris about Juliet, Romeo and Juliet
