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?

We met at 18 and have been together 17 years.

I do wish I had chance to explore my sexuality before meeting my partner but I think I'm figuring that one out on my own as I get more sure about self identity. I have no regrets though.

Not quite teens. Met at 21. Still together 21 years later. 3 kids. DH was my first partner. I was not his but he was not very experienced. No never really wondered about the sex bit.
DH is American and we met in the UK and then both moved to the US for grad school and stayed there. I am not from the UK as well. So I have wondered what it would have been like had I met someone from my home country or not moved to the US.

I met my DH at 19, but we didn't get together until I was 25 and we got married two years later. We weren't really mature/settled enough to go out with each other until we got into our twenties, but I was crazy about him from the second time I met him and it was obvious to everyone - except him - that we should be together.

We lost our virginity to each other. We've known each other around half our life now, and have two DCs. I don't really regret not being with anyone else. He's the love of my life.

I was 19, he was 17 (he was turning 18 less than a month later!). Together 13 years now. Happily married and we have a toddler!

we met when we were 17. both 56 now. married nearly 30 years.
my parents met aged 15 (mum) and 20 (dad) at work -(mum left school at 14)although they didn’t start “going out” until 18 and 23. they have been married almost 60 years.

I agree with @Onthelongroad and @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g that much of it is down to luck.

I was just turned 20 I am 31 now and I adore him still
We argue and we have grown together
We have been through some very very dark times but never split even temporarily
We have three children and next week it's our 9 year anniversary xx

Met early teens, friends first then started dating in our late teens at uni.
Late 40s now and just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. Two amazing kids, happier than ever.

Met when I was 16, stayed friends and got together in early 20s. Still together 30 years later.

Met when I was 16 he was 21, started going 18 and 23, married at 23 and 28, still happily together 23 years later.

My dd is 17, it's slightly scary that she could meet her life partner now.....double standards.

Not the point of the tread but some of the age differences here are absolutely shocking!!!

'I am an almost 40 year old woman'

Would you shag a 17yo if you were single?

Girls age 15 with 18 year old men WTF

Yes we got together at 15 and are now 33 and been married 6 years with 2 kids. Very happy.

Might not necessarily mean full sexual relationship though. I was 16 and DH 18 when we first went out, but it was very chaste compared to today!

Met my ex at 17 he was 23 split December. Hated him literally. Nearly 33 now 2 kids age 13 and nearly 9

well in terms of my mum and dads age difference when they met at 15 and 20 they both worked in the same factory, in fact at that point my mum had been in full time work for over a year having left school at 14 as had most of her friends. they met in the factory social club. many of my mums friends married at 17 or 18 so courting at 15 or 16 was fairly standard. my parents do say they didn’t start proper dating until they were 18 and 23. and absolutely no sex before marriage (they married age 23 mum and 28 dad)

Met Dh when I was 12 but got together at 19. Still together 36 years later. But only married for 11 years 🙃.

Get on very well still despite lots of trials and tribulations; health reasons. Going out together tomorrow night - it's one of my favourite things to do!

Yes, I did wonder what it would have been like to have had more relationships as an adult and then meeting Dh for a while a few years ago. But our past together is a very strong bond.

Met aged 19 and been together 22 years. Still very happy. Slightly nervous when I think about it about how we would each cope when the other one of us dies though. Neither of us has ever been a single independent adult before.

Met at 19yo
Now both 57yo
Married 28 years
2 DC

Couldn't have put it better. Just awful.

17 when we got together, we are now 54 and just celebrated our 33 year wedding anniversary

kinda…its my birthday so really we celebrate that

I'm exactly the same OP, met at 17 so together (and living together) my whole adult life... 22 years later, I find myself wondering for sure. I wouldn't want my children to be so serious so young.
We're very solid as a couple as we've grown up together and done everything as a pair and I rely heavily on him. But our history and family unit is what keeps us together - we don't have masses in common.

Met when I was 15, I'm 38 now. Still going strong, though he drives me to distraction at times (I'm sure I do the same to him too).