If you met your Dh in your teens

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Are you still together? How is life now?
I met Dh at 17, looking back we were just babies, 45 now…interested to see if anyone is in a similar situation.
Did your relationship last?

Yep, I was 17 he was 18 now married for 6 years and have one child (5) and still in love now 31/32.
We’ve traveled together and separately and we moved in together when we were 23/24 so still feel we had time apart to be independent (long distance) in different cities for uni etc. I think ultimately we’ve grown up with each other and although we’re different to when we met we’ve always grown closer and our values and what we want in life has always aligned.

I was 19 and now I'm 33. We have had some ups and downs. But I still love him and I think he still loves me.

Very happy, never had any major arguments or difficult marriage/relationship issues. We have been together through bereavements, financial hardship, infertility (3 yrs before we finally got our BFP and our beautiful DD), career difficulties and changes and weathered it all.

No regrets about not dating loads of other people, we've experienced growing up together and developing into the people we are now.

Yes. DH and I met as teens.

Been together 32 years, married for 22

Life is pretty good.

Our kids are now 18 and 22 so are off to uni and travelling and stuff so we’ve got a bit of freedom back.

Never had anything that I would really consider an actual relationship outwith my DH (3x boyfriends from 11-14yo doesn't feel like it really counts) and I'll admit that over the years I have wondered what college or my early twenties might have looked like if we hadn't been together. But regret it? Not one bit. He's completely my person and I'm just so glad that we found each other young so we can have so many more years together.

Met at 16, married at 23, unfortunately it didn't last for me and we divorced when I was 28.

I realise, with hindsight, that whilst my ex-husband did many things that were a factor in our demise, I had also changed massively, I grew, he didn't. I wanted more from life, he didn't.

To be fair to him, he was the same person when we met (he was older than me) but he had stayed the same and I didn't.

So for me, my young age was definitely a reason behind my eventual divorce.

It's lovely to hear of so many of you who are still happily together 🥰 x

I was 19 and he was 27. I'm now 65 and he is 73.
46 years!
We waited 17 years to have children
I had had a few boyfriends before him so don't feel I missed out.

Met DH when I was 16 and we dated for a few months but it was all pretty innocent but later on we dated more seriously when I was 19. Been together 38 years and married for 25. No regrets and it is a healthy relationship. I do feel it changes over time and we are not the people we were nearly four decades ago. Hopefully people change together throughout their marriage.

Met at 18, married at 22, now 50. Still happy!

Met at college at 16, married at 28 now both 50 so a long time together. Four teenagers. Not curious at all. Both work full-time, we do a lot together & still get on very well. When the children were younger went through from stressful times but pulled through

Met at 14. Dating at 18. Almost 20 years and still going strong.

I actually think it seems easier as we grew up together.

Met at 15 and I'm now 26 and he's 29.

Two children with another on the way and engaged. Still feels like the first time 🤍

Met dh when I was 19 and had just started Uni. He was 22 and just graduated.

Still together now (42&45). Kids in their teens.

Had ups and downs and health wise especially downs lately but I still love him.

Met at 18 and 19 in first year at uni. Married at 27/28. Now 52/53. 34 years!
We have had ups and downs but we are happily married.

I met DH at 15, he was 18 ( just)

We are now 53 & 55.

Met as teens, still together in our 40s, always happy, no doubts. Until the last year.

We have slightly different ideas about how to age I think. I don't find it mandatory 😆 and he doesn't see the need not to basically put his slippers on and ride the slippery slope to retirement.

It's caused some bumps, but I don't think it's necessarily marriage-ending.

Come to think of it, I know quite a few people who married their university boyfriends - they are all still together.

We got together when we were nearly 17 (we're only a week apart in age), got married just before we turned 23. Had DD just before 25, DS at 29.

Both had one or two teenage relationships before meeting, never felt I've missed out. Very happy 17yrs later!

Met at 16 but we didn't get together until we were 22 (we were friends though). Still together at 45 and very happy.

Met when I was 16, I'm now 45. Still happily married and have 2 dds.

That is a horrible thing to say!
If @Motomum23 and her husband are happy and in love, then that's what they are, a couple in love regardless of ages.
To try to make out that her husband is some kind of paedophilic groomer is disgusting!
You should be ashamed of yourself.

Met at 16, then good friends on the same course at uni, started going out at 21, married at 26. Nearly 24 years married, the strangest thing was realising when our children were the age we were when we met.

It's not all roses, no, but we keep working on it.

Met at 17. I went off to Uni, he didn't. Now 64 and still together.

Yes, 16. 37 now and still incredibly happy individually and together.