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How old were you when you met / got together with the person you married or plan to marry?

I’m interested to see how young or how old people were when they first met the ‘right one’

Has anyone waited until they’re 35-40 or even older? Has anyone married as a teenager & never had any regrets?

I’m just curious……
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MrsMama21 - that's a really inspirational story and I admire your strength and how you went through the rough times & have created a happy little family. Well done.

wayforwardhow - Thank you. I'm really sorry you lost your wife at such a young age, but really admire your positive outlook.


    




truelylo
i was 16 when we met as friends/aquenatences and just 17 when we started going out. we got married last year when i was 23.

He was 18 when we met and started going out, and 25 when we got married.


wayforwardhow
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We met when we were 15. Married when we were 21. Married for almost 30 years until August 05 when she sadly lost her battle against cancer 3 weeks before her 50th birthday. Absolutley no regrets I would do it all again, we had an incredible relationship built on trust, love & mutual respect.


JillPinky
I was 15 and my boyfriend was also 15. He's now my husband and we have been married for many many years and have one daughter who is 32. I have never ever had any regrets, and I told him he hasn't had any either.


MrsMama21
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My husband and I got together when I was 17 and he was 18. We were highschool sweeties. We got engaged, and then found out that I was pregnant and the baby was due right after our 2 year dating anniversay, which was when we planned on getting married. We decided to go ahead with it anyway, despite our families protests. It was honestly hell, and we had no support from any of the people who were supposed to love us, but we wanted our baby, and wanted to be a family, so we did it. On feburary 16, we celebrated our 2 year marriage anniversary, and 4 years together total. I swear to God, it gets better every day. We went thru a lot together and it made us so strong, and bonded us. Our daughter is almost 2 years old, and shes the best thing that has ever happened to us. People ask if we wish we would have had more fun before "settling down". We say, we are having more fun now than we ever did. We are closer to eachother, closer to our families and friends, and are able to do more of the things we enjoy. We find our lives to be incredibly fulfilling and enjoy every minute. The drinking, partying, gambling, etc., has always bored us. Like the song says, I dont want to waste my life getting wasted. Hubby has a job he loves, I stay at home with our daughter and run a home business. People comment that she is the smartest, most loving, and happiest 2 year old they have ever seen. No regrets, and we have so much to look forward to! I couldnt ask for more, and consider myself truly blessed to already be leading a truly fulfilling life at only age 21.


luz2loz
I was 16 when we met, he was 25, we bought our first house when I was 19 and got married when I was 23, had our first child when I was 24 and second at 25.

We seperated two years ago and divorce was finalised last year when I was 34 - I spent half of my life with him.

I think as I got older, I began to think for myself more and formed my own opinions and he didn't like that - he wanted to be in control and ultimately we grew apart because he didn't appreciate that although I was a wife and mother (and worked full time) that I was also an individual with my own thoughts.

But I know plenty of people whose relationships have survived.


lola
We were 15 when we met, and we have four children, we married when we were 30 and are now 40 years old. We both have no regrets about being together and love each other very much.


sarah xxx
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I was 20 and he was 21 we got married when i was 26 and have never looked back, we have two lovely children and are really happy.


Txgirl
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My husband and I met when I was 17 and he was 19. We met at a pizza place where I worked and well let's just say he loves pizza. We only dated for 6 mos and got married three days after my birthday. We've had our ups and downs in our almost 25 years of marriage,but we still have sparks and we can't keep our hands of each other. We have two kids 23 -soon to be 24 and a 17 - soon to be 18. Our oldest just got married beginning of last year and just had their honeymoon baby this past year. So yes, we are grandparents as well. AND, our son is graduating this year.

Do I regret it? Absolutely not!! I don't recommend kids getting married that young at all, but we made it work because we loved each other and took our vows seriously.

Had plans for our 25 anniversary, but due to family emergencies this year, we have to wait, however, we hoping to at least get away for the weekend. :)


jacks my boy
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I was 16 my husband had just turned 17, we are now married and have a baby on the way, and have never been happier, we kind of grew up together I spose.


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When me and my wife met and got together first time round i was 15, my wife 14. We broke up a few months later and went our seperate ways until a couple of years later when we got back in contact over the phone.
When i was 19 and my wife 18 we got back together.
We got married 11 months later when i was 20 and my wife 19.
Our daughter was born 14 months later.
We will be celebrating four years of marriage this July.
We have no regrets and both know we have met our soul mates early and feel very lucky and privileged.


noopsteruk
was 21 when we met, friends first, got together at 23, together 4 years then got married, been married now for nearly 2 years. Blissfully happy, so glad I waited as a lot of friends married young and are now divorced!!


EMMA©
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I was 22...hubby was 24...we got married when I was 24... 7 years (and 3 kids) later, still going strong!


Joy
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Met at 30, married at 35 and coming up to our 8th wedding anniversary


Princesspoison
I met my partner when I was 17 and he was 20. Although we are not yet married, I hope we will be soon (as we have been together 7 years now and have one child and one on the way!)


Fallen Angel Twinks
i met my soon to be divorced partner when i was 14 , he was 17. i got engaged when i was sixteen, and i married him at 20, had my first born at 21. we had 16 years together, but i realised i had missed out on a lot and we grew apart, we wanted different things out of life, finacial worries, working all hours and taking each other for granted just left me feeling alone, i know that sound stupid when you have a busy household but it is the only way to describe it.
we are separated, and it is difficult with the children to think of but i have been more happier i this short time than i was for a long time with him.
i put it down to stupidly getting involved too quick ,too young.
i am in love again and it's wonderful, as for marriage well i will have to see what happens. good luck .


Hula girl
My husband and I have been together for 27 years. He was 22 and I was a 17 year-old high school senior. We're now 44 and 49.

We waited 12 years into our relationship to get married. It took that long for my husband to grow up! He thanks me everyday for 'sticking it out' while he went through an extended adolescent phase.

People who meet us are surprised at how long we've been together. It seems a rare thing to find a couple in our age group who are still together. Among our group of friends, there's one other couple who has been together 2 years longer than us and they're our ages. They're high school sweethearts.

Our relationship has/had it's share of up/downs and takes a lot of work even now (i.e. compromising, tolerance of annoying habits etc). Regrets? My hubby wishes he didn't waste the first 12 years of our relationship being a dufus. Otherwise we'd be celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary instead of our 12th. I told him not to worry, it was a phase of his life he had to figure out on his own. It just took 12 years!

We still have the 'hots' for each other!


furryfluffbunny
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I was 15 and he was 19 when we got together. We knew we were the right ones for eachother and we were both first loves. We have been together for nearly 7yrs now (married for almost 3) and we have a 2yr old boy and twins on the way.
No regrets


bubblybassoonist
I was 17 (he was 28) and we married when I finished Uni at 22. It failed 3 years later. I look back and see now that I was too young to make the decision to marry because at the time I really thought he was the one. I'm not promiscuous so I hadn't 'shopped around' and I now wish I had.

My Mum however was 15 when she met my Dad and they had 36 years of marriage until my Dad passed away unexpectedly this year at 59. She would never even consider another man!

Everyone is different and needs to discover their own path.


jim b
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I was 17 and my wife was 16 when we first got together. That was back in 1986 and we have now been married for 13 of the past 21 years! Believe me when I say that life is no bed of roses but we made it good and have 2 beautiful girls. The eldest is nearly 16 and going to college this Sept and the youngest 13 and doing well in school. I like to think that we brought them up to respect their elders and I think having a loving mum and dad helped a lot. I'm not saying that kids from a broken home can't turn out well. I was from one myself and I think that deep down although my mum is the greatest, bringing up a child in a relationship built on love and trust with both parents is the better start in life. So to sum up, although we got together young, my wife has no regrets and i certainly don't. She is my solemate!


larsgirl
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I was 17 and had been told that I had a shot at an academic scholarship... I hated science, so, of course I put it off until my senior year.. then I panicked and decided that I needed a tutor. I checked the boards at the local college.. HE WAS ADORABLE!!! He was 25, just as introverted as I was extroverted.. but he made sure I passed science... never asked me out.. never made a pass... I was heart broken
he graduated with his masters, the same year that I graduated from HS..... all summer I stalked him... I knew his schedule... I used to follow him home, then cruise his apartment complex... then I ran out of gas... right behind his car... literally. A few mins later he came out.. which is why I was there, to get a glimpse of him... he said....."you're blocking my car." he didn't remember me. I thought I was going to cry. he asked me if I had a gas can... no.. then he got one.. drove me to a nearby gas station, lecturing me about how I shouldn't be driving around at night without checking to see if I had enough gas.... then he said.. I guess we should have covered that along with biology.....
OH MY GOD.....he DID know who I was.. by then I was 18.. we went out after he put gas in my car and we got it moved. were married about 6 months later. between my scholarship and him, I went on to get my PHD, we have 4 children, 6 grandchildren, and 40 years together.

Every day he tells me that I am his gift from God. Every day I remind him that he's extremely lucky that I don't know squat about science.

It's not enough to BE in love, you have to want to STAY in love even when it's hard.. that's what makes it worthwhile. And when you look back on your life together it will look like a mountain range.. full of peaks and valleys.. you just want to see that the peaks are very close together and that the valleys didn't last very long.


Cris
I met my husband when I was 17 and he was 19. We are highschool sweethearts and we have been together for 7 years. We waited until after college to get married, so we have only been married for 1 1/2 years. I am now 24 and he is 26 and we have no regrets. We feel as though we are "soul mates" and we are loving every minute of our marriage.


debbie s
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I'm 25 and my fiancee is 34 we met 3 years ago at work and been a couple for that past 2 years we plan to marry august this year


confused
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i was fifteen when i met him, i'm now pregnant with our second child. i think that love strikes you when it wants to. i have 2 friends who say that they have never been in love i don't understand that, but i'm sure that they just haven't found the person who makes them want to spend the rest of their life with them


Tracy B
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i got with my husband when i was 16 and still at school found out i was pregnant 3 months later and all my family said that we wouldn't last but 11 years later and four kids we are still together and have been happily married for 4 and a half years


srracvuee
i was 191/2 and my wife was 17 and the army grabbed me however our marriage lasted 59 years until she passed away 8 years ago and they were marvellous years /21 great grandchildren./ if only i could live those years again with her/its so lonely now


Princess Veronica's Mom
Met my hubby at 17, started dating at 18. We got married when I was 20. We waited to have children, we have a 3 year old daughter and are contemplating adding another addition to our family sometime next year. This August we will be celebrating 10 blissful years of marriage.
~ Do I regret anything? Yes, my parents made we wait a year to plan the wedding and to have a "proper engagement", I wish we would have married sooner, I have loved every min. of life with him!


donna
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I was 17 when I met hubby he was 18. We,ve been together for 20 years now, married for 3 and are still madly in love.


sha23z
i was 14 and he was 15 we have been together for 11 years but only got married last year we also have two boys together who were both page boys at the wedding we love each other very much


081
When we met, I was 17, he was 22.

When we married, I was 18 and he was 23.

I'm now 23 and he's 28; we're still going strong and have a 4 y/o daughter. I couldn't ask for a better life!


Frosty
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Met when I was 22, he was 23. Married when I was 23 (been married 3 months), things were hard and we had a very difficult patch just before we got married as we had some crazy pressue on us for various reasons and had to compromise, sacrifice and go with our guts.

I think we're finally getting out that patch now and concentrating on enjoying ourselves and planning our future.





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