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.

Coming to the end of a very long and incompatible relationship when I was 28. By the time I was 30 I'd met someone else and at 33 we had bought a house together and I had our first child. A year later I had our second child. I'm now 37 and my life is a lifetime away from what it was.

You've got this @StickOnTheKettleLove I know it's shit now but it's going to be fine. X

Met my husband at 28 totally unexpectedly .
Bought a house at 30.
Married at 31.
Baby no.1 at 34
Baby no. 2 at 36

Very happy and my life is drastically different to whenI was 27, single and wondering if I would ever meet someone who would want to spend the rest of their life with me.

Was in a house share with 3 other single girls working lots and drinking cheap wine mid week at 27 then met my lovely DH.

By 37 I was married with 1 DS and another on the way.

I hope you feel happier soon

Met dh a couple of months before I turned 27, married at almost 30, having our first baby in the next couple of weeks at 34. Please don’t worry!

I met my husband at 28 (I met him 3 months after swearing off all men and dating sites for a while - I was going to focus on career and travel). I'm now 37, married to him and waiting for our first baby to arrive in a few months. I thought I would never find someone - but i did. One day you'll meet someone who makes you see why it never worked out with anyone else xx

Op I'm 28 and feeling the exact same! I'm worried ill be alone forever

I've a Muslim friend whose mam set her up and I felt jealous! Never thought I'd seriously consider an arranged marriage

I was dumped at 28 and devastated. By 36 I was married and had DC at 38. It’s not out of the ordinary for big life events to not happen till your 30s.

Yes! Met my now husband at 33, now 38 with a 2 year old and an 8 month old!

Broke up with my partner of 7 years aged 31 (to be honest, should have ended it 3 years before - we wanted different things). Took a sabbatical from work shortly after and travelled for 4 months. Met my now DH just after my 32nd birthday. It was a long distance relationship, and i eventually moved to his country a year later. Visas complicated things, so we had to wait a while before we could get going on creating a family etc. First baby arrived at 36, 2nd baby at 38 and we got married when i was 40.

Wasted most of my 20s on a dickhead, met my husband through work at 28. Got married 2 years later and had 2 kids by 35.

I recognise the feelings you're describing- I remember feeling the same (ironically while in a relationship with the aforementioned dickhead, as I knew it wasn't going to last). I know it's easy to say, but don't despair - you're still young, honestly 😀

Single at 27. Met my partner at 29, bought a home together at 30, bought a dog together at 30, had a baby at 33!

Sorry to hijack, I can't start a new thread for some reason.
Does anyone have any positive stories for someone in the same situation as OP but nearly 40?

Single at 27 engaged 28 babies 29, 31, and 33. I was engaged within 3 months of dating dh ( had a longish engagement and baby 1 was a happy accident!)

Spent most of my 20s single, met my DH at age 32, married at 35 and now expecting our first at 37.

Me! Met DH when I was 27, married at 30 and now have 3 kids together at 38.

I was desperately lonely. All I did was go to work, gym and see family with the odd dinner with friends thrown in. I had pretty much given up. I tried match, had a few dire dates and threw the towel in.

A chance meeting with DH and there you go!

I was single for all of my 20,s bar the odd for fling,and a couple of short term relationships, I met dh at 31married him six months later pregnant six months after ,we have been together 14 years now .I know it might not seem like it but 27 is very young you have plenty of time to meet someone settle down.

I met my DH at 27 at a festival. I had just about given up after some awful experiences (ghosting, cheating etc) and then met a lovely guy. I didn't have any mindgames to contend with, utter bliss after previous experiences. We got married at 32 and had a baby at 35. We could have done the whole thing in much shorter time but we lived 200 miles from each other and I had just started a four year university course when we met so it was a long distance thing for a while. We also delayed parenthood as I was establishing a career so held off. I have friends who have met, married and had babies in a very short time, blissfully happy.

I know it's hard but don't lose all faith

I came out of my first ever relationship when I was 29, we’d been together 10 years. He was a violent, controlling bastard and I packed my stuff in the middle of the night and left, after yet another beating.

I went out with a friend for my 30th and met my now DH, we were pretty much inseparable from then on, lived together after 8 weeks, he proposed after 12 months, we were married just before I was 33, and I had DS(12) when I was 34.

After being with that shithead from being young and believing everything he told me about how ugly, fat and worthless I was, DH put me back together again.

Meet DH at 28, married at 31. Infertility, eventually had a surviving baby at 35. By 40 had 4 dc and been married 14 years.

Met husband at 26
Married at 28
First child 29
Second child 31

Invest in yourself - do what makes you happy and interested. Go on dates and give people a chance, but also no compromising and never settle!

Returned home from the city feeling horrible, grim and lonely after a catastrophic break soon after turning 27. Told my mum that I was unlikely to get married or have children...ever. Six months later bumped into someone I knew from school. Kept bumping into him and started dating. Still remained determined never to marry. Moved in together... and soon afterwards got married. Small wedding with party for friends and family afterwards. Spent almost a decade of adventure travelling and working abroad together. At 37 had our first dc and went on to have two more. Still happy together and still having adventures. Life is stranger and more filled with sudden change and opportunity than we could ever imagine.

I met my husband at 31, and by 37 we'd moved continent twice, married, had 2 kids, bought a house, sold a house, and beenon some great holidays 😀

My ex-husband unceremoniously left me one month before my 30th. I wanted children, he kept delaying any decisions to start a family. Promised me at 30 we could start a family. Dumped me a month before. I was devastated. I had no idea had no idea he wasn’t happy. I thought my world had ended. I went out to celebrate my 30th with friends and met a guy. We got chatting and he asked me out. I told him I wasn’t interested in a relationship but we stayed in touch. 6 months later we eventually got together. We had our first child at 34. We now have 4 children and will have been married 13 years in a weeks time 😍

Met at 30, engaged at 31, married at 32, pregnant at 33, a mum at 34.

Met Dh when I was 29 after being single most of my 20s. Married at 30..first DC at 33 and second at 37.