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to think the man you love at 18 is rarely the man you'd love at 32

164 replies

ispentitwithyou1 · 29/08/2016 21:45

Just that really!

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BuonoEstente · 29/08/2016 21:46

Not in my case I'm afraid, still going strong 😃

SlimCheesy2 · 29/08/2016 21:46

In my case yes!

(And the men at 24, and 27).Lucky to meet DH at 30. :)

My Dparents though met at 16 and are still going strong.

BitchPeas · 29/08/2016 21:46

YANBU

It does happen though, but it's not always a good thing!

Novemberfran · 29/08/2016 21:47

Yes - even younger. I had s totally different negative attitude to my ex when I Was 25 to when I was 18

QuintessentialShadow · 29/08/2016 21:47

For some it works, but so young you have a lot of growing up to do. If both are 18/19 and grow up together in a loving relationship, then I cant see why not?

I met my husband at 21, and at nearly 45 we are still together and I love him very much. We have grown in different directions, but not apart, if that makes sense!

ispentitwithyou1 · 29/08/2016 21:47

How so bitchpeas?

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blueteapot · 29/08/2016 21:48

YABU I loved my DH at 18 and I love him now at 32 - we did have a long gap in the middle though!

TeaPleaseLouise · 29/08/2016 21:49

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SmallBee · 29/08/2016 21:49

I met DH at 18, I'm now 32 and we've married and had two kids. Sorry to ruin the theory!

BodsAuntieFlo · 29/08/2016 21:50

Loved my DH at 18 and still love him at 48.

SpinALittleFaster · 29/08/2016 21:50

I agree that you grow up a lot during that period but that doesn't have to mean growing apart. I fell for my DH at 19 and still feel the same now I'm in my 30s.

drsholmes · 29/08/2016 21:50

I met DH when I was 21 ( he was 19) have loved him for 15years so far, and love him just as much now I'm 36.

JustHereForThePooStories · 29/08/2016 21:51

The man I loved at 19 is now the man I love at 33.

DoubleCarrick · 29/08/2016 21:51

Nan always said you either grow up together or grow up apart. My 27 I'd outgrown my dp but didn't realise it until he cheated on me

Lazyarticle · 29/08/2016 21:51

I'm lucky too, I met my DH at 15, still happy 32 years later, we've grown up together. If you're with the right person it shouldn't matter what age you meet them Smile

Acornacorn · 29/08/2016 21:52

Met at 17/18. Now 31/32.
Still love him. Love him more, actually. But we've had ups and downs.
We've both a lot changed since our teens.

Haudyerwheesht · 29/08/2016 21:52

19 when I met dh, 35 now and so been together 16 years. Know quite a few people in similar relationships

RustyBear · 29/08/2016 21:52

In love at 18, still in love at 60...

tigerdriverII · 29/08/2016 21:53

Met my DH at 21. Just (a week) before I married EXH. That didn't last ...

33 years later it's all goodSmileBlushSmileGrin

Okkitokkiunga · 29/08/2016 21:53

My parents met at 15. They are now 69 and still very much together.

TealGiraffe · 29/08/2016 21:53

My mum and dad got together at 17, still completely in love at nearly 60. My mum has only ever been with my dad and i think that's lovely Smile

One of my mates at work got with his wife at 14 and they are still happily married with 3 kids at 35.

It does happen

Thunderblunder · 29/08/2016 21:54

I met DH at 18 he was 24. Still going strong 5 DC and nearly 22 years later.
Trust me Idid a lot of living before I met him.

ALemonyPea · 29/08/2016 21:55

Met DH when I was 15 and he was 16. Been together 20 years this year and still madly in love.

IAmNotAWitch · 29/08/2016 21:55

16 and now 39.

Neither of us are the same as we were then.

But luckily for us we have grown together rather than apart.

foxessocks · 29/08/2016 21:56

I loved my now dh at 18 and I'm 29 now we're still definitely in love so not true for us!

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