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

[Benny91]

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

Also is there expectations in life to do these things?

Engaged 24, bought house 25, married 25, first child 27, second child 32!

Bought flat age 27, engaged 29, married 30, first kid 31, house 33.

Bought house 30
Engaged 32
Married 33
First kid 35
Second kid 38

Engaged at 17, married at 21. First child at 24, second at 28. Never been able to buy a house.

@Benny91 do you mean first home or first house specifically?

Engaged - never
Married - never
Kids - never
bought first house - 23 (in 1996)

Engaged- never really happened, decided to get married and just did it within about 8 weeks

married - 27 years old

first house- 30 years old (London)

first kid- 34 years old.

kid -19
house 20
engaged 20
married - haven’t

@Benny91 on one of your other threads you mentioned that you find driving easy, but you didn’t ask about it here. Although I might be “successful” in some milestones of life I’ve always found driving difficult and didn’t pass my test until this year (I’m 30) and even then had to do it in an automatic!

Met at 23.
Engaged at 34
Married at 35
Child at 36

Never bought a house. We've lived in 5 countries, buying is a giant faff.

Engaged 27, married 28, house 29, child 30.

Engaged at 27, married three months later, bought flat with DH at 28, had kids at 28, 29 and 38. Married 27 years. Not bothered what anyone else does.

@Benny91 you and your girlfriend will do things when they are right for you. You’ve mentioned in other threads that you have some learning difficulties and it sounds like you are struggling at the moment with a feeling of inadequacy? Do you have any support in real life with support network and socialising? It’s not healthy to be comparing yourself to other people. On this thread you will see lots of different ages and experiences, with no context and no relevance to you and your girlfriend.

try to enjoy each day and maybe your parents could offer you some support with your worries?

Bought first house together at 23
Engaged at 24
Married at 25
Years of fertility treatment
First child at 30
Second child at 34

Bought first house at 24. Engaged at 35. Married at 26. First baby born when I was 32

First house 28, engaged 35, married 36, first child 38

Met age 34
first house 35
engaged not yet
TTC first child so hopefully 36

wish we’d met when we were younger but he is my person and my whole world and I’m glad I waited for him

I meant that I'm not bothered about "order" or "rules", not that I'm not interested in what anybody else on this thread did, I'm actually reading with interest! Just realised what I put could be misconstrued. 😳

Met at 16, married and bought first house 24. First child 26. It would be interesting to also question when people divorced

Not married and happy with that, but partner of 12 years. Child at 39, house at 46.

House at 25, engaged at 26, married at 27. Baby at 29. In hindsight it was to young! I do feel there was a family expectation but I think I would do things very differently if I went back. Definitely more travelling. However I loved children and looked forward to being a mum which is a job I love! Now divorced at 40’s with teens, retraining, renting, a new dp. I feel my second life is beginning.

Bought my own flat at 28, met DH shortly after that, got engaged at 29, married at 30, first DC 33 - he's now 32 and we've married 35 years.

Engaged at 30, married at 30, dc1 was born when I was 32, dc2 at 37, and bought our first house at 41. All perfectly timed for me. I properly enjoyed my 20s with no responsibilities. And very glad we waited to buy our house or we never would have moved where we did. It’s a beautiful house and I will literally never move. This is truly my home for life.

First met 13. First date 16. Engaged 18. Married 19. First child 27. Second 29. First house at 27 because we lived overseas before that. Chemistry degree at 46 😂. Retired at 64. I would do it all again… as long as I could do it with the same man.

First married at 24, no kids, divorced at 29. Remarried at 36, parents at 43. We've now been married 36 years.

Property, I bought a one bed flat in London when I was 29, and sold it when I was 45. We bought the house we live in now in 1997, and are considering where we live/settle in our twilight years at the moment.