Can you tell me stories of being single at 27 and married with children by 37?

[StickOnTheKettleLove]

Feeling so lonely and so, so single tonight.

Met someone a few months before I turned 30. Was married with two kids a few months before I turned 35.

I met my husband at 27, we now have 4 children! We had our first one when I was 30. I don’t think I would have been ready for any of it any earlier.

I felt like this at 27, met my now husband at 29 and we now have a nearly 1 year old. It does happen I promise. Best of luck.

Widowed at 27, and by the time I was 35 married with 3 children. Things can change very quickly!

I know statistically that there must be lots of single people my age, but I feel everyone in my circle is coupled up. It's so depressing.

Single at 28, married at 32, first baby at 34, twins at 37. A friend of mine was single at 35, and now at almost 42 is married with two children.

Plenty of time! I know the feelings of loneliness can be awful though.

27?? You’re nowt but a whipper snapper love.

Also, some ‘marrieds’ can be lonelier than ‘singles’.

If that’s what you want though you’ve oodles of time to meet ‘the one’.

Ooh me! Met DH at 28, pregnant after we had been together a year, 2 houses and 2 more children later, here I am at 38!

At 27 I'd just split up with a prize numpty who broke my heart. I was desolate. Didn't date for ages, concentrated on myself and my career and travelling At 33 and happily single, I unexpectedly fell in love with someone I'd known for six years through work - I hadn't seen him for a few months, we bumped into each other in the pub after work and that was that. At 37 we had our first DC. Now I'm late 40s and we're still very happily together. So pay attention to those around you - Mr Right might already be on the scene!

Also bear in mind that in my experience, those who met their DH later in life have stayed together. All my friends who were married by 25 are off having affairs now and in unhappy marriages because they didn’t take their time looking for what they really wanted. It was just a race to get married.

Wept on my 30th birthday because I was so lonely and desperate for a partner and kids. Got engaged 6 months later because a) we were in love and b) I was up the duff

27 is so young, loads of time ahead.

I got out of a long term relationship a week before my 31st birthday, and met my (much better suited) DP a year and a half later.

At 27 I wasted years on an idiot. To be honest I think it’s better to be single and looking.

Very single at 27. Met DH when I’d just turned 33, married when I was 34, 1st baby at 36, now have 3. I remember feeling like you do now when I was your age. Kissed a number of frogs. Glad I waited to meet DH though.

Eternally single at 27. Went on a date. Engaged 6 months later, married another 6 months after that, now have two kids, I'm 33.

Met DH when I was 32. At 33 I had DD and we married at 34.

Mr Right might already be on the scene!

The scene is devoid of any human life tbh. Tinder is utterly soul destroying. I hate clubs and organised fun. Never met anyone IRL.

Met DH at 32 married at 34 and two children

I'm 39
Still single
No kids
This has depressed me even more
You still have a chance

I was in a drought at 27 & thought I'd never meet anyone. Met DH (friend of friend) at 29, married at 31 and three DC followed. Now in my forties and still very happily married.

I split up with the person I thought I would marry at 26. My mother was horrified. I was broken hearted, but I did spend my time becoming financially independent, bought my own flat and travelled a lot-on my own, with organised groups, with friends, wherever I wanted to go, I went without having to negotiate. I met DH at 30 at work, we married at 33, had DS1 at 35 and DS2 at nearly 38. My flat got me on the property ladder, laid the foundations for my financial independence and when I'm spending my time on yet another child friendly holiday, I remember wild nights in Las Vegas, sleeping on a boat on the Nile, backpacking in Vietnam. All on my own

Me! I met DH at a mutual work friends leaving do when I was 29. Married at 31, had my first DC at 34 and second at 37.

It all happened very quickly once I met DH- I really wasn’t looking to meet anyone at that point!

I know statistically that there must be lots of single people my age, but I feel everyone in my circle is coupled up. It's so depressing.

I've been there, my relationship was the first serious one to split up out of my friend group. So I felt like everyone was coupled up around me. Since then another couple has split and another is on the rocks. Things aren't always as perfect as they seem in other people's lives.

I also agree with a PP that the couples who get together a little bit older seem more likely to stay together.

Same relationship from 18-25 Inc a mortgage, had an epiphany and moved out with just half the cash we had saved up, had a second youth til 28, now 35 having lived with partner for 6 years (not married through mutual agreement, neither of us remotely want it) with DC1 due any day.

I met ex H six months after my thirtieth birthday. By the time I was 35 I had two children, a boy and a girl. We are not together anymore but I have my fantastic children and have absolutely no regrets. You're only 27, almost four years younger than I was. You'll be fine!