Did you marry your university boyfriend?

[harbingerofdoom]

I have just been looking at the Oxbridge thread and noticed that a lot of relationships survived. Is this peculiar to these universities?
I'm thinking that on graduating they all stayed in the SE or London.

Yes. I married mine and stayed in the NE. I divorced him 10 years later, though.

Didn't study at Durham, though. I now live near Durham with my second husband.

Leeds. Finished with him at the end of the 2nd year, he now lives on the other side of the world, married w/ 2 kids & we haven't seen or spoken to each other in 10 years. Do Twitter stalk him just to see what he's up to, but his life seems very very dull.

Both Oxford, complete overlap, but didn't meet there. Met 4years after graduation at a mutual (Oxford) friend's wedding. As I mentioned on other thread, son now at my old college.

I did. Shouldn't have done and we've split up now but have two lovely DC :)

Yes - met at the end of first year - been together 19 years, married 10, 4dcs

moved about 20 miles down the road so you could say we stayed in the area

My mum and dad met at university and have just had their 40th wedding anniversary. My sister met her DH at university as well.

I met dh in my final year and his MSc year (he did first degree at another uni). Not Oxbridge. Still happily (most of the time anyway) married 17 years and 4dc later. We left the city we were tudents in and have moved around quite a lot for his job.

My parents also met at uni (not Oxbridge) and stayed together until Dad died earlier ths year. They would have been married 47 years this week if he'd lived. They stayed within 20miles of where they studied.

Yes but a northern uni

well, i guess yes. we met when we were at uni in second year, but both at different universities and met through work while we studied. but yes, we got married, have two children, been together for 13 years, still loving each other!

not oxbridge.

Yes. Birmingham. Recently celebrated 16 years married and he's still my best friend :)

christ, just realised I went to uni nearly twenty years ago. OUch that hurts. Thanks, harbinger you've succeeded in making me feel ridiculously old

DH and I were at different educational establishments in the same city . In our first year we met thro a university club tho neither of us were uni under grads. 21 years later we approach our 16th wedding anniversary.

We stated dating just before I started uni (he didnt go to uni) and are now married with a dd (10yrs down the line)

We were both at the same Cambridge college and got together in our final year, so yes.

Met my dh at uni when I was going out with his mate!
Not Oxbridge. Yorkshire redbrick.

Yes, Oxbridge (different colleges). Been together more than half our lives now.

I met my husband (at a Redbrick) in the first week of university. That was 19 years ago. We had a rocky start but we've been married 10 years (11 this year) and have 2 wonderful sons.

I knew when I met him, or at least in the first term, that we were soulmates. We were on very similar courses, and lived in the same hall of residence. I found him so interesting to talk to and I still do. He is fascinated by the way things work, from machinery to human relationships and I can ask him about almost anything. I'm the 'social' one and hold up that end. We complement eachother so well. I feel very lucky to have met him so early on.

I was at uni but DH wasn't. 10yrs and 3 DC later we're still together. I think that age where most go to uni is when you mature and generally are ready for a relationship by the end of it. That's certainly how it was for me and my circle of friends.

No. But we're still together 32 years later. Does that count?

Yes! Met my DH at Leeds Uni in the first week (same house in halls of residence). Got off with him a few times over the first year then dabbled a bit with a lot of few other men for the next couple of years then ended up together before we graduated.

Lived together for about 10 years then married 11 years ago. 2 DCs and lots of good memories together.

Yes Durham, different colleges and courses.Started going out in second year , now been together 28 years Yikes!

Yes. First term, same course almost 19 yrs ago. Married 10 yrs. Leicester Uni.