What age were you married?

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I'm struggling to process a few comments made of late regarding my (lack of) marriage/proposal.

First my mom tells me "people are always coming up to me and asking why isn't your "lovely" daughter married yet?!"

Secondly of 17 working women I am solely the only one not married or even been engaged, 3 are divorced, one a widow but at least they've had a bite of the cherry.

I'm 33.
Work full time own house and car.
Ok looking and frightfully honest.

At what age did people on here meet people or get engaged/wed?

My confidence is fractured so please be gentle 😔

16 got together
21 married
35 divorced.....

I think it's probably much better to be fully grown up have many years adulting under the belt before marriage. I can imagine it's more likely to last!

Met 23. Married 28. DC1 32. DC2 33.

DH’s cousin met 38. DC1 40. DC2 42. DC3 44. Married 45.

It just happens later for some people, and if time isn’t on your side you can always marry after kids or (horror!) not at all!

Met at 19, engaged 9 months later, married when we were both 21.

7 years down the line, a 2 yo DD and baby 2 is cooking :) people told us we were crazy getting engaged after less than a year, and I think a lot of people never thought we'd actually get married.

Married at 29. Him 31. First child at 31.

My mum has always said it should be illegal to marry before you're 30!

First time 25
This time I’ll be 31

You’re not old! No point rushing for the wrong thing x

Met when I was 19, married a couple of months before I was 22. He's three years older, I'm his second wife. Married coming up on 33 years.

Met at 21 married at 23.

Met at 23, got married at 27

Met - 19
Married - 24
Divorced - 48

29

Met @ 23
Married @ 28
Kids @ 33

I would have been happy to have been younger or older when any or all 3 of those things happened. If it had been with the right person.

Thanks guys!
Broken up 6 months ago with what I thought was my soul mate.
So I think if I couldn't make it with him after 8 years together, starting again feels nigh on impossible!
So you can see why the flippant comments sting!
🥂🍭🦄

Meet my now husband just before I turned 41.

We moved in after 1 year, had a baby a year after that then got married 6 months later.

I got married at 27 after getting engaged at 26. Fourth time lucky met him at 23.

When we met I was 21 he was 22. Married at 30/31. Parents at 33/34.

Met at 18, moved in together at 22, married at 33 (checks date in wedding ring). Still married at 47 with two kids now.

Met at 27, married at 30, baby at 33.
One of my closest friends did all 3 when she was 37!
Different for everyone, and you've plenty of time if it's what you want

Met him aged 17 and married at 21. It's our 14th wedding anniversary on the 23rd of this month!

I don't think it matters. You'll get married when you get married, or perhaps you won't but so long as you are happy and are fulfilled then I fail to see why it matters to anyone!

Met at 18, married at 24. We're 34 now. All my group were married before 30. I accept that isn't the norm.

I was a bit older than a lot here. I met dh at 32, married at 37, then two DCs at 39 and 42.

I was with my ex throughout my late teens and twenties. When we split up when I was 31, the thought of starting again was horrendous. But I did it (and had a lot of fun in the process! )

First time 22 second time 40. I can't say I have ever thought ' hmmm why is this x year old person not married?' People and their choices are so varied, I thought the days of life being some conveyor belt of milestones was a thing of the past.

There is no should about marriage. It's why I hate the term 'settle down as if unmarried people are some crazy rampaging beast rather than just, you know, getting on with their lives like everyone else.

H1: met aged 18, got together aged 19, married aged 26, separated age 35.

H2: met aged 28, got together aged 40, married aged 45, widowed aged 45.

You have got so much going for you! You don’t need marriage unless it’s something that you feel that you really want!?
Peoples comments are crazy to take away from the things you have achieved! I think when you’re older it’s quicker too because you’ll meet someone and be sure because you know yourself so well. My partner and I met when I was 26. We moved in together after 6 months. Had DS when I was 29 now engaged and planning our wedding but I’ll be 32 when we get married. X

Met at 20 got engaged six weeks later. Married at 24 and DC born at 28. Still very happy 18 years later even if no one thought it would last due to our quick engagement.

Met at 23, married at 28.