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At what age did you find your happy loved up ending?

203 replies

ResetandRestart · 03/07/2024 17:56

Just that really.
How old were you when you found your person and found real love?

Just interested....

OP posts:
Nigellasstickytoffeepudding · 03/07/2024 18:35

15 and 18, but we had to go our separate ways and grow up and live some life for 10 years before finding each other again at 25 and 28. 2 beautiful DC and 12 years later and we are still together and married.

UpThereForThinkingDownThereForDancing · 03/07/2024 18:35

26 and were together 7 years before we married and had kids. Been together 22 years now and still happy, we've weathered through a lot of life's ups and downs together, so I'm grateful for that.

Fluffytoebeanz · 03/07/2024 18:36
  1. Married 19 years now.
UpThereForThinkingDownThereForDancing · 03/07/2024 18:37

@Nigellasstickytoffeepudding awww, nice story.

whatthejuice · 03/07/2024 18:37
  1. 14 years and two kids later, still happy!
godmum56 · 03/07/2024 18:39

met him at 14 we started dating when I was 17

bozzabollix · 03/07/2024 18:39

20, he was 18, it’s quite strange really given our son is nearly sixteen so is fairly near the age his Dad was when we met.

keffie12 · 03/07/2024 18:42

I was 42 when I met my 2nd husband, soul mate, best friend, and the dad he didn't have to be to my/our 4 and grandpa to 5 now.

With the back story we came with, I know every day how blessed we were and are.

The ex is a waste of space, so I'm not going into it. Only of my 4 with ex have contact with him snd that is limited. She still adores her stepdad.

The others see my husband as dad

keffie12 · 03/07/2024 18:43

One of my 4, re above

StJulian2023 · 03/07/2024 18:43

25, he died of cancer at 37. Been on my own 7.5 years, don’t expect to marry again.

UpThereForThinkingDownThereForDancing · 03/07/2024 18:45

@StJulian2023 that must have been incredibly hard, and I'm sure it never really stops being hard. 💐

Pinkballoon5 · 03/07/2024 18:46

50

Hatty65 · 03/07/2024 18:46

33

Argentin27 · 03/07/2024 18:49

I was 16 when I met the man whom I later married and to whom I am still married. That was 50 years ago now 😱.
Most of the time in the past 50 years I think I have been reasonably contented. I wouldn't say that I have ever been "loved up" and I don't think I'd like to be now! I'm just jogging along, getting older, not massively enjoying life particularly but then again not not-enjoying it either! It just "is".

Purplecatshopaholic · 03/07/2024 18:51

i was married to the wrong one for 25 years. Divorced him for cheating. Met the right one at 50..

Cakeandcardio · 03/07/2024 18:54

Still my person 24 years and 2 children later. I think he is amazing

DixonD · 03/07/2024 18:54

I was 21 - him 23. He wasn’t ready for me though. It broke my heart when he ended it.

He realised what a mistake he’d make 2.5 years later though. He worried all the time that I was going to leave him.

Still together (18 years now). Not always happy, but it’s going well now.

Jazz7 · 03/07/2024 18:56

41 still together 36 years later

bakewellbride · 03/07/2024 18:57

25, was my second online date!

34 now, married with a lovely home and 2 great kids. I'm very lucky

AngelinaFibres · 03/07/2024 18:57

Met second husband at 36. Married him at 38. Celebrated our 20 wedding anniversary last Christmas. He is the loveliest man inside and out. I absolutely adore him.

winchwarrior · 03/07/2024 18:58

Just before my 23rd birthday he was 24, married when I was 28 and he was 29.

FlyingHorses · 03/07/2024 18:58

I was 23, but I feel like “happy loved up ending” is not an accurate representation of real life lol. He is 100% the love of my life, but ups and downs are part of any long term relationship, no fairytales here and I know he’d say the same!

Am805463 · 03/07/2024 18:59

18 - still together nearly 26 years later.

Mindyourownbusinessmadam · 03/07/2024 19:01

18 and 48 same person. 3 years when we were young and coming up to 5yrs now were older.

Noseybookworm · 03/07/2024 19:02

I was 17 when I met my husband, he was 20. Married at 18 & 21. We've been together 34 years now. I don't think of it as finding a loved up happy ending - rather the beginning of building a life together. We've gone through some very difficult times and I'm just glad we're still hanging in there! He is kind, responsible, funny and great company. There's no fairytale romance, just caring for each other through thick and thin ☺️

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