How many of you are still with your first boyfriend from school or Uni? How common is it?

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Just wondering, no one of my friends pulled it off.

Met my husband aged 15 and have been together 48 years and married for 38 years. Several school friends and friends are the same.

Actually, I’ve just remembered another couple that are still together from late teens, and a guy we went to school with who started seeing a teacher as soon as he left no idea if it had been going on before, they’re still together now too.

I was 17 he was 19.
This was in 1977 married in 1979.
We are still very much in love.
2 children and 5 grandchildren.

none & to be honest I don't understand it - young people should enjoy being young. I am most certainly not the same person I was at 16

I’m still in touch with my uni boyfriend. He’s worth gazillions and now on his 3rd wife.

My brother met his girlfriend (now wife, and mum to his two children) when he was 13. They’re both 38 now.

My sister and I both married our first "proper" boyfriends (hers school, mine uni), and our other sister married a school friend later, as did another friend of mine.

My niece is now 13, and it's weird to think that she might already know her future spouse.

Not first boyfriend but met DH at uni, married 10 years, 2 kids, house, dogs etc.

I know a girl from school back in the 80s who got together with the guy she started seeing from school when they were 14.
She was a total bitch and if anyone (male or female!) even remotely said "hello" to the guy in question in the corridor she went into meltdown. She was very bright, sporty athletic, came from a well to do family, he was also quite bright and sporty etc.
Anyway x decades later totally unsurprised to stumble upon her facebook account by accident (they both became doctors, he is a surgeon) and they now have 5 children (one boy 4 girls) and I would not be surprised if he was never "allowed" to see or speak to another woman in the intervening decades between school today.....

I know 4 couples from school who are still together (now all in our 40s) and they've all had different stories.

One had a baby while still at school, they married a few years later but no other children.

The second married just after school and haven't had any children.

The third were together a while before getting married and then waited a few years before having children and have 3 little girls between 5 and 11 now.

The fourth had a child young, they were on and off for a long time because of one or the other cheating, and when they got back together they'd end up having another child and then repeat the cycle. They finally married after having their fourth child but split up again shortly afterwards and got back together a couple of months after that. I think they've been fine since then though.

My colleague who is close to 30 is married to someone she got together with when they were both 14. They seem very happy, and genuinely. But whenever she has a couple of drinks she brings it up a laments not having had sex with more than 1 person in her whole life!

Not me. But I know several people who are still together since school. Ranging in age from 30 to 60. It's quite common among people who never 'went away' from the home town. Among those who did, I can only think of one relationship which survived and thrived

I did enjoy being young, thank you. Not every young person wants to play the field. 40+ years married to a man I met in my first week of university. There's been a lot of luck involved, but we have a great partnership.

Not school but myself and sisters all met boyfriend between ages of 17-19 and we are all married and in our mid to late 30s now. Also know a couple of friends who have been with their partners since 14/15. It does happen, me and my husband grew up together but many people can grow apart

Fell in love with my husband first term of first year at uni. I was 18, him 19. That was 24 years ago. Very happily married with kids etc. a few of my friendship group are in the same boat.

They’re probably stronger relationships really. Built on foundation of friendship and shared history.

Several close friends are still married to their first/uni boyfriends/girlfriends. I think it’s slightly odd, personally, but all seem happy and their lives are very stable.
FWIW their parents were all each other’s first boyfriend/girlfriend too, and all still happily married.

It’s possible to enjoy being young and be in a relationship. If you meet the right person young, that’s just how it works out.

Not my first boyfriend but we’ve been together since uni at 19. We’re now in our 40s. We enjoyed being young, still very happy and enjoying life now.

In our group of friends, another 2 couples have been together since uni. The others got together mid-late 20s.

I am, got together at uni 21/22 and still together 12 years later with a child

Met DH when I was 19 and he was 21. Not first relationship (and we were on/off for the first year with other partners)

Now 36 and 38, married 12 years, lived in other countries together, 2 children. Plus lasted through him being at Sandhurst which is apparently a major relationship killer (the statistic at the time was 5%!)

Our best friends met at the same time. Also still married.

DH and I met in the first week of uni. We only became a couple two years later, at 20. Have been together since, mid 40s now.
It hasn't always been easy, but we worked through all the ups and downs. I look back at the kids we were when we got together and how interesting it has been to grow up together.

Not first boyfriends, but me and a close friend have been with our husbands since uni days. She had one serious boyfriend before, I had a couple sort of serious but not super long term boyfriends. Both been with our husbands for 16 years and since we were 20/21.

Husbands mate and his wife have been together since they were in secondary school, 15/16 years old. Not sure how happy they are, but they've got 2 kids and seem to be trying to work through any issues they may definitely have.

I married my first boyfriend who I started dating at 16, he was 17. Four kids later, we’re very happy and celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this year.

Would I have liked to kiss a few frogs? Maybe 😂 but when you meet the right person, you just have to go with it.

He’s amazing and would do anything for me and our kids, I couldn’t do life without him.

Found my lobster at uni in 1999.
Still happily bumping shells 🦞🦞

Yep, me
not first boyfriend, but we’ve been together since 17 and 20, still together 30 years on and very happy, we’ve had a great life!
three other couples we know are the same, very happy.