What age did you get engaged, married and have kids?

[Benny91]

As I feel life is too short and I’m just throwing my life away. Me and my girlfriend are 33 and have just bought a house and are yet to get engaged, married and have kids. But because the cost of everything else we’ve just saved up for a house and have thought about the said stuff to a later time. But as said we both feel it’s a ticking time bomb to have marriage and kids, because for a woman after 35 it’s gets harder to have children. We’ve been together since 26, but all of this cost of living has made our lives a bit further behind than we’d like to be.

Anyone else in a similar situation?

Didn't get engaged, 18 when I had DD, married at 19 divorced at 28 bought first house at 25 with inheritance second marriage age 42

Engaged at 24, married at 25 (very small wedding, so spent very little), first child at 30, second at 32, third at 34.

delted

Bought First Home - 34
Engaged - 34
DC 1 - 36
DC 2 - 39
Married - TBC (I'm 41 now)

Engaged 20
married 25
children 33 &35

First child 28, second 38, engaged aged 28 but I'm almost 40 now and with one thing and another we never did get married.

First House - 26
Engaged - 26 (a few months after completion date)
Married - 30
First DC - 33
Second DC - 37

Engaged 19, married - 21. Kids 19 & 24.
Now 37 but I did know him for a long time before we got together, he was my friends brother.

Kid at 24, 11 months into the relationship (Oops!)

I'm 42 now, we've still not got around to the engaged and married bit yet.

23 (engaged), 24 (married, bought house), 25 (eldest child), 35 (youngest child, number 4). Dh was working when we got married (he graduated aged 22), I graduated just after we got married (long degree course).

It all seems incredibly young compared to what is typical now (we're in our 50s).

Met partner at 24.
Engaged 26
House together 26
Married 27.
DC 40!

Planning when to have DC doesn't always work out the way you expect. Xx

I got engaged and married at 22 and he a child at 35.

Is it important to you to be married before children? I was engaged at 26 and had my first child the following year, I’m 30 now and still not married, we will one day but don’t feel the need to rush it we don’t mind building our family first

Engaged at 30, married and bought house at 31. Baby 1 at 32, baby 2 at 35. I don’t remember much of my 30s!

Bought first house 26
Met DH 32
Engaged 35
Married 36
Had DD 39 (conceived 1st month of trying)

I did things the “wrong” way round.

Age 24- had first child
Age 25- bought house
Age 29- had second child
Age 30- got engaged (yet to get married but only been engaged a few months!)

Met at 30, engaged 32, married 33, ds 35, dd 36

Are you me?? 😂 Snap (except I only had 2!)

This was way back in the mid 80s, and very normal for that time. In fact, I was the last one in my friendship circle to get married. Most of my friends were married by 22 or 23…I was a bridesmaid 5 times in the two years before I finally got hitched! 😂

Engaged 15
married on Facebook 15
first child 16
Moved out 16 (rented)
brought house 23 (mortgage)
2nd child 24

never been actually married

Engaged at 21
Kids at 25, 27, 30 and 34
Married at 35

Didn't get married as wanted to have babies first (then changed my mind about marriage)
Bought house 34
First baby 34
Second baby 36

Bought house 28
Met 28
Engaged 30
Married 32
First baby 32
Second baby 35

At the time people thought I was old to have my first baby, and when I look back I think I was young for buying a house.

Engaged 30, DS 30, DD 35, married TBC.

ifa big expensive wedding is important to you I recommend doing it before kids. Once you have kids paying out a fortune on a wedding just feels different.

Started dating 19, moved in together (renting) 22, bought house 25, engaged 26, married 27, baby#1 29, baby#2 31.

That said, DH had inheritance for deposit for our first house, our parents paid everything for our wedding and I had full pay whilst on mat leave. So we haven’t had to save for anything.

Your ex remained your carer once he remarried?!

I am sorry to hear of all your troubles @GiorgioArmageddi