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How long have you been with your partner?

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Yetanotherusername87 · 22/11/2020 15:46

Just that really.. how long have you been with your husband/partner and how long have you been together? Just wondering!

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Original poster
Yetanotherusername87 · 22/11/2020 15:47

That’s the same question repeated! I was meant to say and how OLD were you when you got together!

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MirandaWest · 22/11/2020 15:48

We’ve been together 8.5 years and were 39 and 36 when we got together

BertieBob · 22/11/2020 15:48

I was 16, he was 17.
We've been together for 20 years.

AGeeseGoose · 22/11/2020 15:48

11 years. We met when he was 23 and I was 24 - we’ve been married for 7.

Ohalrightthen · 22/11/2020 15:49

8 years. I was 20, he was 25.

PatchworkElmer · 22/11/2020 15:50

Nearly 10 years. Have known each other for 12.

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 22/11/2020 15:50

Almost 21 years, we were 22.

KittenCalledBob · 22/11/2020 15:50

Got together on my 23rd birthday (he was 22). That was 23 years ago.

PatchworkElmer · 22/11/2020 15:50

Oh- and I was 24. He was 26.

fallfallfall · 22/11/2020 15:51

Met at 16, married at 23. Celebrating our 40th this year.

Seafog · 22/11/2020 15:51

Together 26 years, married for 23

SchoolNightWine · 22/11/2020 15:51

31 years - I was 18 and he was 17 when we got together.

DustyMaiden · 22/11/2020 15:51

Since 15 years old now 43
Years

SchoolNightWine · 22/11/2020 15:51

What about you op?

CoronaIsWatching · 22/11/2020 15:52

DP Two and a half years, 30 now 32. I don't want to get married.

Ragwort · 22/11/2020 15:52

32 years, got married at 30 ... dated for a year before that.

Why do you ask? Doesn't necessarily mean blissfully happy years!

AlexisIsMySpiritAnimal · 22/11/2020 15:54

At least 5 years too long.

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Yetanotherusername87 · 22/11/2020 15:55

I just generally wondered. I realise a lot of my friends who got together at sixth form (ages 17-18) are still together and married with kids now. I’m just wondering if that’s the norm!
I’m currently single aged 32 after being with my son’s father for 8 years.

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HollyandIvyandallthingsYule · 22/11/2020 15:57

We’ve been together 12 years, married 9 months and have known each other for about 14 years. I’m 44, he’s 42.❤️

ThistlesandHarebells · 22/11/2020 16:01

50 years married and together 4 years before that. Met when we were 19.
We still like each other too.

Inextremis · 22/11/2020 16:01

I was 36, he was 32, we've been together for 25 years, married for 18 of them. It's all good!

mrsplum2015 · 22/11/2020 16:03

Six months age 43 (me) and 44 (him)
And feeling totally happy and relieved to be out of a 20 year long relationship whether or not this relationship lasts

Littlemissnutcracker · 22/11/2020 16:04

Met in our 20s started dating at 30. Married at 32. Married 10years.

DowntonCrabby · 22/11/2020 16:06

Got together at 18/20, we’ve been together 18 years and married for 10.

cptartapp · 22/11/2020 16:07

Met aged 20. Engaged aged 29 and married aged 30 for twenty years next year. I'm almost 49.