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How old were you when you got married?

229 replies

whatawickedgame · 07/07/2024 22:14

NC'd just in case anyone can identify me with previous posts.

I was 20 when I first got married, divorced at 23 and I'm about to get married for the second time at the age of 26. For various reasons, I don't really count my first marriage as a marriage, as we were not husband and wife in any sense of the words, it was a horrific relationship to be in (for me). So I feel like I'm getting married for the first time, even though it's not technically true. How old were you when you got married? Smile

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DramaAlpaca · 07/07/2024 22:32

I was 26, he was 28. Still married 34 years later, but looking back it seems very young.

Illgotothefootofourstairs · 07/07/2024 22:36

I was 21, he was 23. That was in 1968 and he still makes my heart sing.

TokyoSushi · 07/07/2024 22:38

30, still happily married now at 45

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CraftyGin · 07/07/2024 22:41

21 - 38 years ago.

Tulip2478 · 07/07/2024 22:41

27 me and 44 him. It was his second marriage, my first.

Alalalalalongalalalalalonglonglilong · 07/07/2024 22:42

Married at 28, DH 29. We are both 47 now, 19 yrs married next September. All our friends who were in couples that time are still together bar one.

JumpstartMondays · 07/07/2024 22:43
  1. Been together 18years now!
CuppaWhiteTea · 07/07/2024 22:43
  1. I’m not the type to rush into things 😆
Stressedgiraffe · 07/07/2024 22:43

Married at 27 he was 38 and still together. 20 years next month.

Brumchum · 07/07/2024 22:44

20 years old 1977. Still together.

oldskoolchick · 07/07/2024 22:45

20yrs. 38 now and still married

WearyAuldWumman · 07/07/2024 22:46

Married for nearly 27 yrs and then widowed.

NCfor24 · 07/07/2024 22:47

28, DH 32..
It will be 16 years this year, we were together 3 years before we married

SweetBabe · 07/07/2024 22:47

25, just 3 months ago

SweetBabe · 07/07/2024 22:48

We’ve been together coming up 6 years, lived together 4 years and bought a house together

cadburyegg · 07/07/2024 22:49
  1. I'm 36 now and got divorced earlier this year.
123letsblaze · 07/07/2024 22:50

Me 32, him 31. been married nearly 8 years. 20 and 26 both soundsyoung in this day and age. I wouldn't rush into it after already being divorced.

moggiek · 07/07/2024 22:50

18 been married 47 years.

FawnFrenchieMum · 07/07/2024 22:50

Met at 19, married at 21 still together at 40.

LadyWiddiothethird · 07/07/2024 22:50

27 husband was 30.He died at 52.

underthewestway · 07/07/2024 22:55

44 and on a personal level I would’ve been fine not to bother but we had 2 kids (3 and 1 on our wedding day) so legally sensible and he wanted to so…..

I’m romantic in some ways but have never been so about marriage. I learnt about it as a legal/property issue and having clocked that I’ve found it hard to see it as a misty-eyed ‘this is the one’ type of thing. But I don’t think that detracts from it; for me, seeing it as being something you enter into clear-headed and rationally makes it more significant and profound, not less.

pocketheart · 07/07/2024 22:55

29 - divorced at 38
Remarried at 44 still married and I'm now 53

JadeSeahorse · 07/07/2024 23:06

Me 23, DH 28.

Still having a great time 45 years later.

RainintheDesert · 07/07/2024 23:07

Divorced this year, 46.

DeLaMer · 07/07/2024 23:08

Married 42 years ago when we were 27 and 28.

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