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

157 replies

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:
twomumsonebump · 01/08/2022 23:20

Met DW when I was 24, married when I was 26 and had our first baby this year at 29!

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 01/08/2022 23:21

Met him when I was 16
Married when I was 22
Baby when I was 30 (took 3 yrs to get pregnant, so not quite to plan)
9 months mat leave then back to FT work
Aggressively pursued promotion and quadrupled salary over the last 7 yrs.
Now 38, together 22 yrs, married 16 yrs with an 8 yr old.

PinkButtercups · 01/08/2022 23:22

I got engaged at 25.
Had my DS at 26.
Pregnant with twins now at 29 but will be 30 when they're born.

Getting married is not on my priority list atm.

Notasyoungasiwas · 01/08/2022 23:25

Met at 16, engaged at 19, married at 20, babies at 20, 24, 26 and 31 (and a nanny at 50)

RaginaPhalange · 29/11/2022 17:43

Met at me 16 him 18.
Moved in together when I was 17.
1st child when I was 21
2nd child when I was 26
Married when I was 26.

imnotthatkindofmum · 05/12/2022 18:19

Met at 24 (actually met at around 8 ha ha but got together at 24) married by 26, first baby 29, second baby 31, 3rd baby 36

I'm DHs second wife. He has his first baby and got married at 22. He's the same age as me. We were the first of our friendship group to have kids, even at 29.

Riv · 05/12/2022 18:28

Met when I was 30.
Married a year later I was 31.
First child when I was 33.
Second child when I was 35.
still together and in our late 60’s

RuthW · 05/12/2022 18:29

Met at 16
Engaged at 18
Married at 21
Child at 27
Divorced at 37
I'm now 54

Ittybittytittycomittee · 05/12/2022 19:17

Met my partner at 35. First kid just before I turned 38. Married at 39. Second kid at 41. My life plan as a teen was to be married with kids by the age of 21. So glad that never happened.

fussychica · 05/12/2022 20:09

Met at 16, married at 22, baby at 36. Married for 43 years. I think he's a keeper😁😉

MamaBear1022 · 05/12/2022 20:14

Met - 20 & 32
Moved in - 22-34
Engaged - 24 -36
Starting trying for a baby - 27- 38/39
Baby (IVF) - 29-41
Marriage (next year) -30-42

Thursa · 05/12/2022 20:19

Met when I was 19
married when I was 21
First child when I was 36
Second child when I was 38

DH is 3 years older than me.

Inasec24 · 05/12/2022 20:22

Met at 22 &24
Engaged at 29 & 31
Married at 30 & 32
First child at 33 & 35
Second child at 35 & 37

dysongirl · 07/12/2022 17:58

met at 15
engaged at 19
married at 24
first child at 25

h78 · 07/12/2022 18:01

Married at 20, dh 24
Had kids at 23, 26 and 31

MickeyMouseShithouse · 07/12/2022 18:15

Met at 17 and 26 (been together since 18 and 27)
Brought our first house at 21 (him 29)
First baby born when I was 22 (him 31)
Engaged at 22 also.
Second baby born when I was 25.
Due to get married next September at 27, he’ll be 36.

Mentalpiece · 07/12/2022 18:24

Met and married when we were both 17.
Had our first child at 23.

Creatingusernamesismygame · 07/12/2022 18:27

Met at 21, married at 25. First baby at 29, second at 30 and a whoops baby at 40!!

Creatingusernamesismygame · 07/12/2022 18:28

Forgot to add: house at 25

mamaduckbone · 07/12/2022 18:31

Met at 23, married at 27, bought first house at 29, first baby at 30. Dh is 2 years older.

SleepingStandingUp · 07/12/2022 18:33

Getting engaged takes a few hours. If you wanted to marry her @GenuineMan90 you'd have found the time.

Met at 29, engaged 6 months later, married 12 months after that so 30. DS at 33 and twins at 37.

pilates · 07/12/2022 18:35

Met at 24
engaged 28
married 30
first child 32
second 34

IncompleteSenten · 07/12/2022 18:42

I was 24 and he was 33 when we met. We married 3 months later. still 24 and 33.

I was 25 (him 34) when we had our first child and me 26 (him 36) when we had our second.

I had to use a 'how old was I on this date' to work that out because I couldn't remember. 🤣

IncompleteSenten · 07/12/2022 18:44

You must lead a very busy life if you haven't had the chance to say "I'd like us to get married. What do you feel?"

AnaglyptaBandersnatch · 07/12/2022 18:47

Met when out celebrating my 35th birthday. Married eleven months later. Babies at 36, 38 and 40. You've plenty time!