Is 28 too young for a man to get engaged

[Cremeegg456]

After 2.5 years in a relationship, in full time employment etc?

It's an engagement, not a legally binding contract. Do it when you want.

My dh and I got married at 24, it didn't feel to young to us! Waited till 30's for a baby though as we wanted to enjoy some time just the two of us and have a home etc set up first.

Anyone can get married at any age from 16. There is no universal "right time".

‘Getting engaged’ doesn’t mean much, until the wedding date is close.

At 28, dh had been in a relationship with me for 11yrs, married for 5, we had a 3yr old and were ttc our second.

Are you talking about an actual person or a theoretical person?

What a strange question.

Dh was 28 when we got engaged and 29 when we got married 16 years ago.

Seems youngish to me...most people were early 30's ..as career building/travelling/partying/professional qualifications..through their 20's but then not many had long engagements so just got married or didn't and stayed in LTR without marrying..
A couple have subsequently had civil partnerships later..

No it isn’t too young. I haven’t voted though as no idea which you are calling reasonable.

It is quite young today, the average age for a man to get married in 2020 was 38. It doesn’t say whether that’s first marriages but in 2014 average age a man first gets married was around 32.

My dad was 28 and my mum 24 when they married; been together for 54 very happy years and still going strong. So no.

My dh was 26 when we got engaged and 27 when we married. Still together 25 years later, still happy.

No! DH was married by then.

Is he saying he's too young? Sounds like excuses OP

Dh was 26 when he proposed to me. We eventually got married when he was 34. I think my cousin was 29 when he proposed & 31 when he got married. Other cousin has just proposed at 34. Very strange question though.

At 28 my Dad had been married for 8 years and had 5 kids

What an odd thread. There is hardly any difference between 28 and 30 OP. Why are you asking?

Late twenties early thirties were fairly standard when I got married (80s London). Most couples lived together and had bought a home before hand. My daughter and her partner were both 29 and had been together for 5 years.

I was married a few days short of my 28th birthday, as was my mother. DH was 28, a year older than me. DS2 is 27 now and living with his GF, I'd like to think there will be an announcement soon. If you have met the right person I think late twenties is a good time to get your life organised and ready for family life in your 30's.

It’s fine. My male relative got engaged at 19 and married a year later. His brother got engaged at 21 and married at 22.

There is no 'right' time just when the individual feels the time is right for them

Myself and my husband got engaged when we were 21 and married at 22 (We also had a our first child by then as well!)
I think mid 20s onwards would be considered a better age to get engaged/married/have children.

When I got engaged a few years ago my boyfriend was 24. I was 20.

Not at all

Eh

My DB's BIL (sister's brother) was 28 or 29 when he got engaged.

When my DM got engaged years ago (1950s?) her fiance was 19 or 20.

We were in our early 20s when we got engaged but we already had a child by then. Early 30s now and still very happy.