I got married aged 22 in 2018. AMA!

[Betchetybetch]

I think people sometimes find this a little bit surprising, so AMA!

I was married at 16 @Newwayofthinking why?

Had you ever lived together alone before?

Yes, we lived together from when I was 18. We lived in a flat together during uni instead of halls.

Married age 17. Just celebrated 40 years.
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I got married at 20 in 2016 after getting engaged at 18... Its not a contest! If being the youngest to get married is important to you I think you may have potentially got married for the wrong reasons

Because I had been raped at 15 and had a baby on the way... I didn't marry my rapist though, it was more to escape

Isn’t that a fairly standard age to get married?
I got married at 23. As did my Mum. We’ve been married 10 years this year, my Mum and Dad were married for 35 before she died.

I got married at 20 in 2016 after getting engaged at 18... Its not a contest! If being the youngest to get married is important to you I think you may have potentially got married for the wrong reasons

Calm down. Where have said it’s a contest? It’s not important to me. There are far more mundane threads on this board. It’s literally just a thread on the internet that I started because I’m bored and procrastinating.

Isn’t that a fairly standard age to get married? I got married at 23. As did my Mum. We’ve been married 10 years this year, my Mum and Dad were married for 35 before she died.

The average age for a woman is 35.5

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@Betchetybetch do you think you would have children soon?

I married at 22, but I suspect that I would have a child at the same time as many of my peers who married later (early 30s).

I don't think being married early is expensive or difficult; tbh most of the people i know with the blow out weddings had their parents/family paying whether they were 22 or 32 so it didn't matter what age they got married in a way. What is expensive is having a child and paying all the associated costs. I think the assumption is that you are more likely to have a baby young if you marry young but that isn't the case for me at all. I would love a baby now but financially I need 2-3 more years.

I thought average age for a woman was 32?

do you think you would have children soon

I can’t unfortunately. Before I knew that though I thought that we would have children quite quickly after getting married. That was the plan anyway.

I got married at 22, DH was 44. We were married for 17 years until his death last year. Compatibility is so important, it doesn't matter what age you are when you marry as long as you marry the right person. Good luck OP!

I was 20, it was stupid. Sorry to piss on your chips @Betchetybetch We were too young and I now have a husband who’s loads better. But hey, tell us how it’s done, I’m agog 😃

I got married at 22 in 2006, just celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary.

We got together when I was 16 so been together 20 years this year.

I thought average age for a woman was 32?

According to ONS it’s 35.5. This is just based off a quick google though!

@Betchetybetch Sorry to hear that.

Probably not the longest married here as I have only been married for 5 years. But i love being married.

I got married at 22, DH was 44. We were married for 17 years until his death last year. Compatibility is so important, it doesn't matter what age you are when you marry as long as you marry the right person. Good luck OP!

Thank you, sorry for your loss

I was 20, it was stupid. Sorry to piss on your chips @Betchetybetch We were too young and I now have a husband who’s loads better. But hey, tell us how it’s done, I’m agog 😃

What a shame for you

I would guess the reason most people don't get married that young anymore is that they outgrow the boyfriend of their youth - a lot of my friends broke up with long-term boyfriends in our mid-20s. If you've been together since 17 and are still happy after you've been through uni and lived together a few years, why not get married. I am very glad I broke up with my uni boyfriend, I'm a totally different person now!

Started dating my dh when I was 21, I got married at 22 whilst I was heavily pregnant, second dc came along the next year, still together 10 years later, married for nine years this year 😊

I would guess the reason most people don't get married that young anymore is that they outgrow the boyfriend of their youth - a lot of my friends broke up with long-term boyfriends in our mid-20s. If you've been together since 17 and are still happy after you've been through uni and lived together a few years, why not get married. I am very glad I broke up with my uni boyfriend, I'm a totally different person now!

I think that is so true. I totally outgrew my boyfriend before I met my now DH. I wanted to go to uni, he didn’t. That sort of thing. My DH is older than me, which I think probably helps. He’s more on my wavelength.

God I’m so middle aged. I remember being 24 and feeling so old. I’ve been married three times since then. I feel like the OPs grandma.

Good luck to you OP. I think 22 was fairly normal age for marriage 20 or 30 years ago so it seems a baffling exception to us elders.

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