Dating and Marriage

The strong social expectation that people of different genders should not express interest in or affection for one another if anyone else is present has an impact on how couples interact in public. Syrians typically keep their romantic relationships and dating life very secret from their family and friends as a result. People also frequently get married young, with rural and working-class women typically being married earlier than metropolitan and/or more educated women. According to the law, boys can get married at 18 and girls at 17. Men who are 10 to 15 years older than their wives are not unusual.

Young women typically marry soon after graduating from college in families with greater income and education, while men typically marry after finishing their studies and landing a steady job. Children who don't get married stay at their parents' home and live there till they get married.

Most Syrian marriages are planned by their families and are preceded by a formal engagement, although some young people pick their spouses. Before getting married, a couple might get to know one another throughout their engagement. Occasionally, during this time, an engagement may be broken. Men are under pressure to amass cash before getting married. If a man cannot support his future wife financially, the bride's parents are unlikely to approve of the marriage.

Both Muslims and Christians rarely get married, but when it does, divorced women frequently get child support. What happens to the kids is decided by the religious court. The majority of the time, they live with the mother until they turn 14 or the mother marries again, at which point they move in with the father.