What age did you meet the love of your life?

[Herewegoagain22]

I’m 33, had three long term relationships, but never been married or had kids. I would love nothing more than to settle down and find my ‘person’. I’m just out of a relationship where I got very hurt, and I’m taking a lot of time to focus on me and be on my own. But at 33, everyone around me is settling down, buying houses (I already own my own), getting engaged, marrying, announcing pregnancies. I just don’t think it will ever happen for me. I would be lying if I said seeing all this whilst I feel so shit isn’t making me envious, because it is.

What age did you all meet your ‘person’ and settle down? I know I’m only 33 but with everything I’ve gone through in my life I feel about 50.

23 and married at 26.

Met at age 24, engaged at 28, married at 29 and kids at 29, 31 & 34.

31 but he wasn’t available. Something did happen which I ended and then met the real love of my life aged 37. We married when I was 42 nearly 43, he’s a few years older.
I am sad we didn’t meet earlier and not in time to have children (the years after we met were difficult for him and we both felt that ship had sailed anyway) but amazed I met someone at all given my history to that point.
Like probably most people, I’ve got friends who’ve been with the love of their life since their early 20s and others who haven’t yet met theirs and maybe never will (I’m sure some of them will though).
I guess the worst thing is being with someone who isn’t the love of your life and feeling stuck with them.
Whatever people say, I still think it’s mostly down to luck in many ways. Me and my husband grew up hundreds of miles apart and lived in different cities until till about a year before we met, but had been circling each other for years - our paths could have crossed years earlier several times, our timing was just a bit “off”. But I’m grateful for what we have now. And that I had the freedom to live my best life before that, and he did too though he’d had more partners than me.

Met at 17, had dc1 at 19, got married at 20 and had dc2 at 21. We weren't looking for it, but when we met we knew.
Still going strong, now in our 40s
We are not the norm, and I always remind my now adult dc to not rush into things just because I did.
The odds were against us, I was always aware of that.
I also think if it hadn't worked out, I'd have carried in and found happiness again, at some point.

You have loads of time to meet someone who brings you joy and contentment, which is what matters.

@MrsPsmalls

'The love of your life' What absolute bollocks. There is no love of anyone's life. Do you think its written in the stars?? The 'one' is nonsense. Come on people, why do we try to sell each other this romantic claptrap. You meet someone. You get on with them. They like you back or they don't. You make a good choice or you don't. Life goes on. We are not special. Our partners are not special. Our lovelives are not special.

The love of your life is the one you meet and realise that you want it to be forever because you love them so much (or something like that)

Not written in the stars. Not "the one". Just someone that you meet that you fall in love with and who becomes the love of your life, because they are the one you have loved most in your life!!

Jeez!

Some people will have had many loves but will still say that one of them was the love of their life. It's a completely different concept to the one.

Both 19. One night stand that never left. 21 years together and still going strong. No breaks and only a handful of arguments. Pure luck!

30. Unfortunately I have been married to somebody else for 15 years. Im 34. I guess this is why I hang around here

24! We've only been together 4 years and married 3 so there's plenty time yet

He is a good egg though. He can stay for now.

18, and I know that makes me incredibly lucky.

I'm married but he's not "the love of my life". He loves me a lot more than I love him. I settled. It won't last forever. I don't believe in finding the "one". We've been together for over 20 years. I don't plan to stay another 20, put it that way.

14 . Still together 48 yrs later. Married 42 years. Best thing that has ever happened to me. Soul mates

38

32. Married at 34. Baby at 36.

17
Married with 3 children and a dog and still very happy. Been together 14 years now & been married for 7.

36 and I'm marrying him in 97 days!

Technically 12 and 13.
We met at those ages and although I found him attractive he annoyed me and used to block him on a lot (msn, phone etc). .
We used to speak in between when I decided to unblock him. I just came out of a relationship at 18 and we bumped into each other in town and been together ever since. We're 27 and 28 now and have a 21 month old DS and engaged.

If you'd asked me at 15 he would be the person I'd be with. I would have probably laughed in your face. Funny how things work out .

34

26. Moved in, engaged and pregnant within 3 months. Before that I always kept guys at arms length and quite casual but my god I loved him from our very first phone call.

31, wasn't looking & was quite happy divorced with two DC being single. Met at work and have now been together 23 yrs. I am still madly in love with him .

35. Now married with 2 DC nearly 15 years later all still going well.

45

23, although I didn't realise he was the love of my life then! It took us another couple of years to get together properly.

17 still together, married for many years, two DS’ and very happy.

@pedalbin

That's a lovely story *@BlueLobelia* I think that kind of love is rare, lucky you

Thanks. :) Although yesterday he was being a major grump and I was a bit