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What age did you all get engaged, married, have kids and buy your first house etc?!

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Benny91 · 20/09/2025 15:29

Just wondering really, what age you did all these things?

Also is there expectations in life to do these things?

OP posts:
housemaus · 20/09/2025 18:30

Met now husband at 26. Bought a house together at 32. Married at 33. Not having children.

(DH was 30, 36, 37 for those things respectively - first time for both of us doing any of it.)

Thehorticuluralhussie · 20/09/2025 18:30

Late 60s here so different expectations.

Married 21
Divorced 23 (I know, I know, clearly did NOT think that through at all)
Bought first house 23
Traded up twice on my own
Married 30
Only child 33
Retired 55

Inneedofabrainthatworks · 20/09/2025 18:32

Met at 20
Engaged at 24
Married at 25
First flat 26
First child 35
still happy 😊

GiftWrappedSuburbanDreams · 20/09/2025 18:35

Engaged at 24, married the same year. Bought a house at 28. Baby at 33.

Rayqueen · 20/09/2025 18:35

Engaged 17 married 1 month later first child 18 own house from age 20 and several kids on and 3 house moves still happily married and am now 40

Delphigirl · 20/09/2025 18:37

27, 27, 27, 28

Delphigirl · 20/09/2025 18:38

In fact I bought my first house at 19 when I was at university, but that was my first house with my husband.

Crispyapple · 20/09/2025 18:39

Engaged at 25, married at 27. Brought a house first at 24. First baby at 30 a few months ago.

HoobleDooble · 20/09/2025 18:39

Engaged and bought first house at 24, split up at 31. Bought house on my own at 33, engaged (to someone different) at 34 married while still 34 and had child at 35 (it was a busy 18 months).

LovesToWalk · 20/09/2025 18:39

Me:
Rented first house alone - 18
Engaged - 20
Bought First House - 20
Married - 21
First child - 26

DH:
Bought first house - 19
Engaged - 22
Married - 23
First child - 28

Cantseetreesforthewood · 20/09/2025 18:42

Bought a house 22 (on my own)
Engaged 26
Married 27
First pregnancy 27
First baby 29

Tweakie123 · 20/09/2025 18:43

Bought at 20 (on my own) engaged at 29. Married at 30. First kid 33

Investerimposter · 20/09/2025 18:43

First property 25
Engaged 28
Married 30
First & second child 32

HealthAnxietyReallySucks · 20/09/2025 18:46

Engaged at 19, first home bought at 23, married at 25, first child at 28. Been married 20 years next month. Life has been good to us.

jennyt82 · 20/09/2025 18:48

Bought first house 26
Engaged 27
First child 27
Married 31

ReignOfError · 20/09/2025 18:48

Never been engaged, married at 22, kids 23 & 24, bought first house at 25.

EzioAuditore · 20/09/2025 18:49

Engaged 28
Married 32
House 33
Child 35

Tunacheesequesadilla · 20/09/2025 18:50

Engaged at 19, married at 19, baby at 22. No idea if/when we'll even be able to buy a house. I'm still 22 and it's very difficult to get onto the property ladder these days.

MooseAndSquirrelLoveFlannel · 20/09/2025 18:52

Engaged 25
Bought house 25
Married 26
Kids 28, 30 & 31

FlorenceAgainstTheMachine · 20/09/2025 18:53

Never been engaged or married. Won’t get on the property ladder unless a miracle happens. Had kids when I was 38. So, one out of four ain’t bad?

Mmr224 · 20/09/2025 18:53

Engaged 36, Married and house 38, First child 43 IVF due to missing tubes.

Dungeonsanddraggingafternoons · 20/09/2025 18:55

18,20,29,not yet!

Joeylove88 · 20/09/2025 18:56

Not engaged or married. Bought my own house at 29 and had my first baby at 34 now having second at 37. Never been worried about getting married but id be happy being a wife now.

Throwitback · 20/09/2025 18:59

Engaged 27
Bought house 27
Married 29
Baby 30

TheSkyLooksBeautifulTonight · 20/09/2025 19:03

We didn't exactly get engaged, we just decided during the course of a conversation to get married, then we did -

Conversation about marriage age 28
Married age 29
First Baby age 30
Bought first flat on my own age 23
Bought first house together aged 27

We rent the house we live in now though - children are grown up and teenagers but we sold the first house and moved abroad, and have ironically lived in the rented house four times as long as the one we owned (should have bought in retrospect but couldn't afford to initially due to totally different housing market here, and we weren't planning to stay...)

The best laid plans and all...