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How old were you when you met your DH/DP?

199 replies

MissMollywasDolly · 06/10/2018 21:50

I'm at that horrible age where most of my peer group are getting married or engaged... fed up of being asked about online dating Hmm

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A580Hojas · 06/10/2018 21:52

I met him when I was about 23 but didn't start going out with him until I was 28. Married at 31.

Bobbiepin · 06/10/2018 21:54

I was 19 he was 24. Married at 26/30, first baby the year after.

PippaRabbit · 06/10/2018 21:55

17, he's 19 we had our first DC when I was 18. Now married 33 years.

Livedandlearned2 · 06/10/2018 21:56

I was 30, he was 42

Orangesox · 06/10/2018 21:56

I was 16 when we first met, him 18. Officially “together” at 17 and 19 respectively. Married at 28 and 30 so definitely took our time to be sure Grin

Ironically we met on the internet though - it’s not all bad!

sonlypuppyfat · 06/10/2018 21:57

I was 18 we've been together 33 years

ShatnersBassoon · 06/10/2018 21:57
MadMaryBoddington · 06/10/2018 21:58

29

DuploRelatedInjury · 06/10/2018 21:58
  1. Friends first, got together at 20 and married at 22.
AWhistlingWoman · 06/10/2018 21:58

18 but like orange we took our time and didn’t get married until we were 29!

DramaAlpaca · 06/10/2018 21:58

I was 24, he was 26 & we got married two years later. Looking back it seems ridiculously young to settle down, especially as I have a 24 year old who's nowhere near that stage, but we are still together 30 years later.

SharkSave · 06/10/2018 21:58

20 and a couple of days

thaegumathteth · 06/10/2018 21:59

I was 19 but most of my friends were late 20s early 30s

TheGirlWhoLived · 06/10/2018 21:59

Met at 19.... about 9.5 months before dd1 was born. We got married a year ago and dd1 is now 8, dc3 is hopefully on the way and dd2 is 4 Grin

peanut2017 · 06/10/2018 21:59

Don't worry OP I was 34 and DH 33 before we met. Never thought it would happen with the majority of my friends married by 28. Couple now are divorced.

Now have two kids

Harrypotterfan1604 · 06/10/2018 21:59

I was 18 he was 20, now 28/30 not married but expecting out first baby :)

Ta1kinpeace · 06/10/2018 22:00

At Uni, both still in out teens ..... 34 years later
BUT
my sister met lots of guys and then was smitten aged 28
my brother met his wife at 20
my other brother at 28
my other sister is still single
my other sister at 25
there is no hard and fast
when you meet the right one you will know - do not let family rush you
(or in my case, try desperately for many years to put you off)

C0untDucku1a · 06/10/2018 22:00
  1. I wouldnt look at him twice if i met him now. Shock but when i was 18 he had a car and played guitar. He also was privately educated at an all boys school and i assumed he would have good prospects. Sadly he needs a ricket up gis arse tomachieve ANYTHING! Even getting his bloody passport this summer before our holiday was a last minute drive to liverpool! And that was a necessary as his Irish passport STILL hasn't arrived. I told him months and months before our holiday there was a backlog on irish passports.
MissMollywasDolly · 06/10/2018 22:00

Grin I'm not opposed to internet dating, I just feel like people expect you to provide them with all these hilair stories about their weirdos!

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CluedoAddict · 06/10/2018 22:01

18 now been together 22 years.

FoodGloriousFud · 06/10/2018 22:01

27 and 29, almost 5 years together and getting married next year.

C0untDucku1a · 06/10/2018 22:01

rocket up his arse that should have said

travailtotravel · 06/10/2018 22:01

I met DH when I was 33.

Kintan · 06/10/2018 22:02

We were both 31 and married a year later. How old are you OP?

patientzero · 06/10/2018 22:02
  1. Married at 33.