How old were you....

[TeacakeTilly]

...when you got together with your DH/DP?

And if you were quite young do you ever wish you'd met them later?

I was 19. Wish I'd been older!

17 when I met the exH and what a massive mistake he turned out to be. :) At the same time of my life when I thought Cinzano Bianco was a sophisticated drink I thought I could spot a life-partner.

I was 24 (I think, possibly 25) I'm glad we got together being a little bit older. I can fully appreciate how wonderful he is (esp as I had some previous terrible men in my life, not great but helped me not take DH for granted) Had a serious, long term relationship before DH with a nice guy which I think was good practice (totally my fault we broke up, I was horrendous after traumatic relationship before, I learnt how to compromise etc and what was/wasn't important things to argue about)

I was 20 and we married almost 4 years after (I'm late 20's now, husband in his 30's). I'm glad I met him when I did- I was at univeristy but felt it was a good time.

My one concern, I suppose was that some people change as they get older and want different things but luckily, so far this hasn't been an issue (and we have children now). Also, actually I'm not in the situation I thought I would be (regarding where we live, career etc)

I have friends who say this has happened to them though- will be interested in other's experiences

22/23 when I met lovely DH, a lot under my belt though in terms of relationships and knew enough not to marry or want to marry tosspot abusive ex.

I think I was 24ish when we met and 26 when we started going out.

I changed so much between 18 and 25, I was a totally different person by then and think I would have grown out of the boyfriends I had at that age.
God that seems like such a long time ago now!

Was with tosspot from when I was 18-21 so obviously reasonably savvy there to reject his proposal.

20; we didn't marry for another 5 years or have children for another 9. Not because we were unsure, just how it turned out.

Now I look at 20 year olds and wonder how I could have made such an important decision so young! But I think a lot of it is just a gut feeling, isn't it, tempered hopefully by a realistic and honest approach. Haven't regretted it yet, anyway, 13/14 years down the line, for whatever reason, be it luck or otherwise. Just seemed to go together then, and we still do

Sorry, should add we'd decided we knew we were going to be together actually at 20. It always seemed inevitable, although I subsequently discovered my parents didn't think that, precisely because we were so young!

I was 21, just, when we met, he was 24. We knew we'd be together longterm very quickly, and yes, when I realised he was The One I did have a pang of "I wish I'd met you later." I'd been in a series of long or short term relationships since I was 14 and was just starting to relish singlehood.

Hey ho, 30 years on, we're still together.

I was 28 wish i had met him earlier

I was 19 when I met the exH, and that was also a massive mistake that lasted way longer than it should have.

I met dh when I was 36, been together 3 1/2 years.
We both wish we had met when we were younger.

I was 23. I wish I had met him earlier.

18 and we married when I was 21. We've been married six years now and are happy but I do look at my 21 year old sister and think its so young to be making such a commitment.

Ummm, tricky!

I kind of wish I had had another few years being single but then at the same time i am so glad we got together when we did because we are/always have been very happy :)

DH and I were both 31 when we met.

We did say we wish we'd met earlier but maybe it wouldn't have worked out if we did.

Went all the way through senior school with my 1st XH, though we were 14/15 when we got together as a couple, spent 13 years with him, got married, had a child at 24, seperated from him at 26, divorced at 27. Met 2nd XH when i was 26 (he was 35), had a child at 30, got married at 32, had another child at 33, left him at 39.......wish I had never met either of them TBH!!!

I was about 17... we went out for about a year then got back together again when I was 25(ish). Now we are married!

I never really forgot about him when we split up and he always says the same.

I think I always wanted him back!

I was 21 when I met my fiance, he was 32, we dated long distance for 3 years ( he's dutch), and lived together for 2 years, before breaking up when I was 26, I was too young to settle down. If we had married then, ( as our families had hoped), I am sure we'd have been divorced by now. Seen this happen to one of my best friends who met her STBexH at the same time, after 6 years of marriage, she asked for a seperaion which she now regrets.

I got back together with my fiance last year, so at the age of 34, I'd dated a couple of people in the interim and they didn't come close - and living alone for 7 years was good for me, a chance to grow up and realise that real lfe isn't like a chick flick (I was FAR too influenced by those!). Fiance always says we should never have split up, but I think we are stronger as a couple now - neither of us could really bond with anyone else as we still had feelings for eaqch other, so now we know we are in it for the long haul! Do i wish I'dd met him later? To be honest, even though the split was awful, I think things happen in life for you to learn from them, we have lovely memories of being quite young together (sharing my single bed in uni halls etc), but the time being single definately has made me a stronger person.

I can't wait to become his wife next year . i'll be 36 then, and always pictured myself marrying older, was rather shocked when friends started marrying at 25! i was still a kid then!

22ish, as far as I remember. Married at 27. It was perfect age to meet for me.
Had a few medium length relationships beforehand. We became friends then almost year later, it became more........

Met age 24, married age 25, DD at 26, DS at 27.

Was a busy few years IIRC.

I was 30 and DH was 19! So a totally different perspective. That was 10 years ago. He proposed after a few days. It was all a bit mad but we both just 'knew'. The age difference didn't make the slightest bit of difference and still doesn't - he's my soulmate and life together just gets more wonderful as the years go by.
We got married when he was 21 and he's always said he's so happy that he met me when he did, and that he's glad that he didn't have to waste years looking for The One :)

My little brother is engaged, had been for a while, he is 21, so is his gf. They have been together 6 years, it makes me worry, he has funny ideas about relationships and has never lived without being dependent on my parents. I think that this engagement could be the death knell for what otherwise could have been a long lasting and happy relationship because there is no need for them to get married (I don't see it as a romantic thing to do but a legal contract), neither of them is particularly mature or experienced and I think there is an element of wanting to do it to prove to people how serious they are. I am concerned but watching and not interfering. Don't think it will make him happy because of his lack of experience/immaturity and being young makes this more likely but it isn't true for all people.

Imet my second husband when I was separated from my first husband, when I was 22. We married as soon as my divorce came through
We have been married 35 years

Dh and I met when we were both 36. Married 14 months later. Adopted dd age 5

6 months later.
Been together 12 years on Sunday .