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How quickly after meeting did you marry or have a child?

159 replies

Belladavis · 01/01/2025 22:48

And if it was really quickly are you still together? We were engaged, married and had a child born within the first year 😮 didn’t seem crazy at the time but definitely would in today’s world.

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FrannyScraps · 01/01/2025 23:00

I got pregnant the first time I had sex. Still together over 20 years.

Samandytimlucypeterolivia · 01/01/2025 23:00

Met in 2004, broke up in may 2006, got back together 3 months later, pregnant by April 2007. Still together now 🫠 2 dc

Loafbeginsat60 · 01/01/2025 23:00

Engaged after 9 days
Married within the year
No dc as we both already had

JC03745 · 01/01/2025 23:01

Engaged 8yrs after meeting
Married 9yrs after meeting
Then TTC for 12yrs- lost 3 and no living children
Together 23yrs now and still very happy. We now have a dog! 😊

Belladavis · 01/01/2025 23:01

Suimai · 01/01/2025 22:58

Pregnant within 6 weeks. 18 years on now and going strong and have 3 children. Never married though, neither of us have been arsed about it and despite the hysteria on mn about women ‘protecting themselves’, I’ve only ever seen it cause more issues during break ups

6 weeks was similar to us and similar amount of time together
it was a very different time I think, and yes I can see the marriage thing from both sides. Until I met my husband I wasn’t bothered whatsoever about marriage and day to day I don’t ever really think about it! We had a tiny wedding, more of a formality.

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Greycheck · 01/01/2025 23:01

Pregnant after 5 months 😬. That was 23 years ago. Still together but not got around to getting married yet

TotemPolly · 01/01/2025 23:01

Met at 17 , engaged at 18 , 5 months later .
Married 14 months months after that at 19 . First baby aged 21 .
Divorced 14 years later .

Basketballhoop · 01/01/2025 23:02

Met age 30, married after 2 years, first child 2 years later, but didn't live together until a year after marriage. Coming up 22 years married, stronger than ever.

Belladavis · 01/01/2025 23:02

JC03745 · 01/01/2025 23:01

Engaged 8yrs after meeting
Married 9yrs after meeting
Then TTC for 12yrs- lost 3 and no living children
Together 23yrs now and still very happy. We now have a dog! 😊

Im so sorry for your losses 🌺 my goodness. Xx

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DaftyLass · 01/01/2025 23:03

Met and married with two kids by year four
Still married , 26:years later

Belladavis · 01/01/2025 23:03

TotemPolly · 01/01/2025 23:01

Met at 17 , engaged at 18 , 5 months later .
Married 14 months months after that at 19 . First baby aged 21 .
Divorced 14 years later .

If it was you who wanted to divorce (or joint) may I ask When did you realise you’d possibly made a mistake and wasn’t happy? I do wonder sometimes there have been many times I’ve questioned how quickly we established a life together (mostly after an argument etc) but usually that feeling has passed

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/01/2025 23:03

Met when I was 19, never engaged, married at 25, first baby at 28. Now married for a very long time!

SPsmama · 01/01/2025 23:04

Met at 22/26 (me/him), engaged after 6.5 years, married at 7.5 years, first kid at 10 years and just had our second at 12 years.

Pyjamatimenow · 01/01/2025 23:05

We got married 13 months after meeting. We had a baby a few years later.

NorthernGirl1981 · 01/01/2025 23:06

Moved in after 4 months together, got married about 18 months after that and we had our first child straight away.

We have been together for 15 years in total and still very happy.

Moving in with him after 4 months may have seemed hasty but I had gone through enough shit men to know that this one was a keeper.

MamaBear2210T · 01/01/2025 23:06

Engaged at 3.5 years, baby at 9 years, married at 10.

NerrSnerr · 01/01/2025 23:06

Moved in together after 5 years, married after 11 and had a child after 12. We were 19 when we met. Been together 23 years now.

Belladavis · 01/01/2025 23:07

FrannyScraps · 01/01/2025 23:00

I got pregnant the first time I had sex. Still together over 20 years.

Omg!! Wow

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TammyBundleballs · 01/01/2025 23:07

Met at 28, moved in together at 30, had child at 43. Not bothered getting married yet but will have to before April 2027 due to IHT rule changes regarding pensions!

frenchfancy81 · 01/01/2025 23:08

17 years!

Twirlywurly2 · 01/01/2025 23:08

Married after 7 years together. Child 11 years

GivingUpFinally · 01/01/2025 23:09

Married after 3 years of meeting, first child after 11 years of marriage. Together so far 25 years

TheaBrandt · 01/01/2025 23:09

Met I was 27 him 25. He moved into my rental flat 3 months after first date proposed a year after first date married 9 months later. First baby 18 months later.

Magnalux · 01/01/2025 23:10

Engaged after one year, married after two, three kids very close together. So married with 3 kids within 5 years, seems crazy fast now but at the time it didn’t seem it. Together 19 yrs now still going strong, if I had my time over again I wouldn’t change a thing.

JumpstartMondays · 01/01/2025 23:11

Deliberationdivinationdesperation · 01/01/2025 22:59

Married after 11 years and 1st baby 2.5 years after we were married

Very similar. 11 years together then married, 3 more years then baby 1 after marriage.

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