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!

Got together at 21, married at 25.

Not too young to get together, but no idea why I was in such a tearing hurry to get married and buy a house

Met XH when we were both 19 at university. Don't think it was too early to meet but not sure we should ever have got married. I think I should have gone out with more people (we did break up a couple of times and I possibly could have realised there was a reason behind this rather than just getting back together with him).

Met first husband at 20, he was 26. Married at 24. I was too young & had a lot of things to sort out & I changed a lot & he, being older, didn't. We split when I was 29.

Met new husband at 32, he's the same age as me, although never stops reminding me he's a few months younger! We married at 34, had first son at 35, expecting another one in a few months at 38.

In a way I wish we'd met earlier as I'd never envisaged having children as late as this, but maybe if we had met earlier we wouldn't have been the people we are now & it may not have worked.

I met my husband when I was 14 & he was 17. We met through scouts. Snogged a few times at various parties one summer then lost touch. Fast forward 15 years & we 'met' again through the Internet. Coincidence, we weren't looking for each other.

Got married 2 years later. Sometimes I wish we had been together longer but doubt we'd have stayed together if we'd met again when I was in my 20's.

I was 16 .. Now 23 , I wish I had met him older but had the same life as we do now If that makes sense . Just wish I had experienced more before we were together

I was 18 when I met DP and I hated him and apparently he hated me.
Fast forward 18 months aand we were together, 3 months later I was pregnant with dd1.
I do sometimes wish I met him later as we had a rocky first couple of years. Maybe we would have been a bit more mature, but in turn that has made us stronger and more secure as a couple and as a family. We are still together after 17 years and 4 kids and happier now then ever. Another couple of years and I will have spent half my life with him

Met aged 12 (do I win the award for the youngest on this thread?!)
He moved to my school and was put in my class.
We didn't particularly gel at first as I thought he was an arrogant prick
so a couple of years went by just as class mates, then when we were 14, he moved to my village so we used to walk home together and gradually became best friends.
We spent most evenings and weekends hanging out together etc. He always insisted he fancied me and wanted to be my boyfriend but I just didn't believe him! plus I was going out with his best friend

Eventually I gave in and agreed to be his girlfriend when we were 16!
We have been together ever since (both now 26) and we have been married for 2.5 years.
I always wanted to settle down quite young if I found the right person. It's only lately that I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to experience being single and going on dates etc. but I wouldn't change what I have for the world!

17. Just celebrated 25 glorious years of marriage.

I say "celebrated" ... miserable git didn't even get me a card.

(I should add that, despite not getting me a card, my DH is a lovely, kind, warm, funny, generous, considerate (usually), loving man and I am genuinely happier now than I've ever been. Though he may of course not feel the same way!)

29. Wish I'd been younger and had children younger.

Met at 16, he was 26, started dating a few months later. Together till I was nearly 19 when I went abroad to work, went to uni with abroad placements. Had very on/off relationship/friendship as he (possibly very sensibly) told me to go live my life, get to know myself and enjoy myself.

We both had random relationships in this time. We got back together for good 4 years later. Have now been together (from the beginning, if you ignore the gaps) nearly 19 years and have 3 DDs.

I was very lucky that he wasn't an idiot and I'm debating whether I should accidentally forget to mention to the DDs that I was so young when I met, at the time, such an older man.

I was 23, he was 29. Wish it had been later for me in a way, because 23 seems very young to me now. However, that means he would have been even older when we got round to having children, when I was 30.
He is/was my first serious relationship. Until him my longest relationship was 3 months. He was the first man I could spend 24 solid hours with and not want to throttle.

24 and I think it was the right age for us. Friends of mine who met younger, while in college, usually broke up apart from one or two couples. Friends who met later had more of a stressful time worrying about meeting someone before hitting 30. Mid-twenties is nice - you have enough life experience not to be naive but not so much that you're cynical.

23. Am 37 now :)

23, in the midst of divorce.

Met at 14, become best friends. Got together at 22, married 5 years later. 6th wedding anniversary' s just coming up. Wouldn't change anything.... 2 gorgeous boys my my soulmate. Perfect!

Met Ex-H at 18 (I was far too young & lacking in life experience), married at 25 as we needed some sort of conclusion after all that time together. Divorced at 29. Regret wasting my 20's on him Should have been experiencing different relationships, travelling, working abroad instead...

After a couple of years on my own, met DP at 32. It's been harder starting our family at an older age, and lost out financially from divorce due to changes in the property Market - but as the saying goes "you can't go back"...

Met at 21 and that was about right. Was just finishing uni had been with a fair few guys between 16 and 21 and knew I was ready to settle down and knew that I wanted to be with him.

If Id met him earlier it probably wouldnt have lasted.

I was 22, married at 24. This year is our 10 years anniversary. I think the timing was good, and I was ready to meet him there and then. He is a year older.

28. Started dating immediately. Got married after 4 years, and been married 5.

It was a good time in terms of both of us being at the stage where we wanted to settle down as opposed to just date, but I'm glad I had my twenties as they were (a few seriousish relationships, lots of dating, travelled, etc).

I got with my boyfriend when I was 16 (week before my 17 birthday) and he was 19. We had our daughter when I turned 18 and hes 20. Still 18. yeah in a way I wish i was older.

Wish I had experienced more before.

Met when we were both 17. Married at 23. Love him to bits and think l am very very lucky.

However l think if l could chose l would have met him at 23 when l had had the chance to live life and explore the world a bit more.

13 when I met my first fiance, 18 when I met SBXH (both I wish I had been older so I would have told them to talk a long walk off a short pier)

Met DP when I was 22, but didn't get involved until I was 25 and had made up for missing all of my teens being in very controling relationships. Wouldn't change that for teh world, it was the right time for both of us

25....wish I'd been older though