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!

36. I was previously engaged between the ages of 23 and 30. I changed an incredible amount during this time, and we watched nearly all of our friends who got married at that time (at the same age) split up. I'm still v good friends with my ex, he's more like family now. My DH now is fantastic and we are a much better match. Neither of us have this whole 'I wish I'd done blah blah' etc, as we've been there and done it! I had a full six years of 'freedom' and i can honestly say I wouldn't want it any other way!

(one of my friends, also 38, was a virgin when she met her DH to be and so 18 yrs later has only slept with him..she is now wavering big time wondering whether the grass is greener etc - it's not - but she doesn't know that!)

I was 28 when I met DH and 33 when we married. It was a good age to meet him I think, I'd kissed a lot of frogs but also spent several years living alone and that was important to me. I know a lot of women don't like being on their own but I'm glad I had that freedom for a few years as I really value my own space and enjoyed playing the field.

I'd had a couple of serious bfs before, met them at 15 and 22 and my standards were much much lower back then - I realised they wouldn't make me happy in the long term and am really glad I didn't settle.

I was 25. DH is 7.5 years older than me but had gone back to university as a mature student so I think we were about the right age to meet each other, as by then we'd both had roughly the same life experience.

I was 22 and DH 28, we were married 5 years later and have been together 20 years.

We have changed a lot in those 20 years though.

Both me and DH were 16, married at 18 in 1985 , had DD at 25 in 1990.
I'm glad we've been together for the whole of our adult lives and don't feel we've missed out at all for not having other relationships.

24. He was 33. It was the right age to settle down. For me, I mean

I'd done all the wild stuff and had grown up by then.

I was 25 he was 26. Was a good time in my life to meet someone luckily. We were together about 7 ish years before we married though. :)

I was 16, he was a bit older. Got married last year and have DC1 on the way. I don't regret metting him young. I was a bit of a tearaway in my early teenage years so I was quite glad I met him when I did, otherwise goodness knows what I'd be like now! He's the only person I've ever slept with.

I was 30, DH was 41. I enjoyed my 20s and was single and living abroad, so glad I had those years to myself. Sort of wish DH was younger though - he was 46 when DD born.

We were 17 when we met and been together 20 years!! Glad we met when we did.

I was 19 when I met XH (he was 28), married at 22, divorced at 30. It was much too young,imo.

I met DH when I was 35, he was just 30. Married two years later. I did most of my soul-searching and becoming who I am (iyswim) between the ages of 30 and 35, so met him at just the right time.

I was 32, he was 25. Good thing we didn't meet 10 years earlier .

beingfluffy

17 and 18. Had a brief thing, then split. Got together at 32 and 33 with a lot of water under the bridge on both sides and deeply in love since. It's been perfect for me, I'd never have coped with commitment until at least my late 20s. But then I was quite immature for ages to be honest :)

I was 29 when we met, he was 33 & divorced with 2 children. Married after 4 years. Perfect ages but life would be simpler if he hadn't come with so much 'life experience'!

I was 17, we have 2 dcs and I'm pregnant with no3. If anything I wish I'd met him earlier, my ex was evil.

I was 20. I wish I had been a little older, love him very much, love being married to him but would have liked to have had time single as an adult.

18 when we met, got together at 19, got married at 24, DD born when we were 28. I look at 18 year olds I teach and think they are such children in many ways-have to remind myself that I was that young when I fell for DH and it all worked out fine!

this is quite boring for people to hear by now but:

13 - decided I'd marry him
16 - became best pals
17 - dated
19 - engaged
20 - married

He's all right, the daft get

17, married him at 19 had children at 22, 23 and 29

that's me outed

I don't regret being younger at all, i think it's quite special to meet someone you love and want to spend the rest of your life with when you are young.

and yes daily mail reader, we both worked FT and had a home and car

19 when I first met him, but 21 when we actually got together - can't believe he's put up with me for a decade now .

28. Got married at 31.

I was 19, he was 24. We've been together 18 years. Didn't have dd1 til I was 29, so we had plenty of time on our own before kids. I think we met at the right time.

19, married at 21. Young, but he was everything I wanted and everything I didn't even realise I needed. Still is :D

22 when we met. 23 when we got together.