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What age did you all get Married and have kids etc?

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GenuineMan90 · 01/08/2022 13:19

I'm a 32 year old man and me and my partner (32) are feeling a bit behind in life, in that we haven't had the chance to get even engaged yet and/or have children yet.

So I was wondering, what age did you get to have these thing's in life?

OP posts:
Muppethotel · 01/08/2022 13:26

met him at 28.
engeged at 31
married at 32
had our first baby at 34 (on my 34th, birthday, so a very young 34!!)

this is very much a “you do you” type thing. my husband is 4 years older than me. A lot of our friends were settled down, and I was Definitely definitely ready. I would have loved everything to happen 1-2 years earlier. On the other hand my brother and his gf are both 33 and not remotely thinking about marriage.

Blughbablugh · 01/08/2022 13:29

Met when I was 18. Married at 25. First baby at 34. Second at 38. Just didn't feel we needed to rush and enjoyed doing things like travelling a bit and got our house before babies arrived.

FourTeaFallOut · 01/08/2022 13:32

Met 21, Married 23, Kids 28, 30, 34. Been married 20 years now.

AColdDuncanGoodhew · 01/08/2022 13:34

Twins born three weeks before my 30th birthday, married when I was 32 (he was a month off 32)

Fuzzy303 · 01/08/2022 13:37

Married last week aged 49, together 13 years

Lochroy · 01/08/2022 13:39

Met: 32. Married: 37. DC1: 39. DC2: 41.

You've got ages!!

MolliciousIntent · 01/08/2022 13:40

Met 20+25, married 26+31, bought house that year too, first baby 27+32, second and last baby 29+34.

cookiecreammmpie · 01/08/2022 13:45

Had babies at 20, 26, 28 and 29. Married at 32.

GiltEdges · 01/08/2022 13:46

Met: Age 20 (me) and 21 (DH)
Got married: Age 30 & 31
Had DS: Age 31/32

LT2 · 01/08/2022 13:51

Married at 26. Decided to start a family at 30.

Haggisfish3 · 01/08/2022 13:53

Married 30 after seven years together. Dc at 33 and 35.

RufusthefIoraImissingreindeer · 01/08/2022 13:53

Met at 17

Engaged at 17 and 18

Married at 21

First child at 29

WakeMeUpBeforeYouGo · 01/08/2022 13:53

Met at 19. Married at 23. Children at 29 and 34.

Itsvalentino · 01/08/2022 13:54

Met at (me) 20 & (H) 28
1st baby at 21
2nd at 24
Married at 27
Separated at 28

Cloud16 · 01/08/2022 13:56

Met at 18&19
Engaged at 24&26
Married at 25&27
No babies yet.

willieversleep · 01/08/2022 13:59

Met at 16/17
Engaged at 24/25
Married at 26/27
First baby at 28/30
Second baby at 30/31

IsabelaYourBoyfriendsHere · 01/08/2022 14:00

Met him at 14

Married him at 21

First baby at 21

Second baby at 23

Third baby at 25

ohidoliketobe · 01/08/2022 14:04

Met 20
Bought house 23
Married 25
Kids 27, 29 and 34.
DH is 2 years older than me.

But it doesn't matter. Do things at your own pace. Never rush into marriage or having kids, or do them because you feel like you 'should'.

Shouldhavebutdidnt · 01/08/2022 14:10

Met at 23 / 25
Married at 27 / 29
DC at 42 / 44

Fertility issues - everyone presumed we didn’t want kids or got together late 30s 😂

whiteroseredrose · 01/08/2022 14:12

Met at 30 (me) and 27 (DH). Married when I was 33, had DS when I was 34 and DD when I was 37.

A580Hojas · 01/08/2022 14:13

Married at 31 (dh was 29) had babies at 38 and 40.

FreezyFreezy · 01/08/2022 14:13

If you wanted it, you'd find a way of doing it. An engagement and wedding don't have to be big, lavish affairs that take loads of planning and cost huge amounts.

Anyway, dh & I met at 28/29, had dc at 31/32 and 32/33 and then married at 33/34.

ShinyPikachu · 01/08/2022 14:13

Met ex at 21
DC1 at 22
Engaged at 23
DC2 at 26
Split up at 31

Met DH at 32
Engaged at 34
Married at 36
No DC together due to fertility issues

Everyone's timeline is different, I don't really recommend mine since ex was financially and emotionally abusive but I'm in a good place now and very happy with DH who is a wonderful stepdad to both DC and we've now come to terms with not being able to have DC together. My 30s were definitely my best decade so far though and you have enough time to plan things out without rushing anything.

jennymac31 · 01/08/2022 14:16

Met at 22 but didn't get together until we were 24. Got married at 30, had 1st DC at 33 and 2nd DC at 37. No regrets.

NatMoz · 01/08/2022 14:18

Met at 24 (almost 25)
Married at 29
Baby at 32

I'm the youngest of my friends to marry/baby