When did you meet your DH/DP for life?

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Just for a bit of fun and interested in hearing the responses ☺️ And if anyone has any advice that would be welcomed, I am 21 and in a 3 year relationship with a guy who is lovely and would do anything for me. I have recently had a gut feeling that maybe I should have some freedom and meet other people rather than settle with my first ever serious boyfriend, but maybe IABU .

21, 26 and 40. Spoiler alert - none of them were DPs for life, although they were all intended to be at the time.

I was 18 and 2wks! And that was 30 something years ago now. Absolutely no regrets, if you meet your person young you're so lucky! But you sound like you’re having doubts…the grass may seem greener if your friends are all single but having seen some of the “catches” my friends ended up with in their late 30’s mostly as their biological clocks were ticking, I’d think carefully before you throw a good thing away.

I was 21 he was 22, been together 12 years so far. 😊

35 and a half! I honestly wasn’t ready before that.

I was mid 20s before I had a serious relationship, ran into it thinking this could be it. Made a big mistake. Then again I have friends who met at 16 and have been happy ever since 30+ years later. I think as ever it depends. Are you both happy? There is no rush to change what you have. If you are not happy then move on.

Met my husband just before my 19th birthday also first serious boyfriend. I'm now 36 and we still get on so well. If you are happy I wouldn't worry about it.

16 yes thought for life.. lasted 12 years.
30 Thought for life.. lasted 7 years..
Both cheated.

45 lasted 10 years ( he died).
Now im 65 and single.. plenty of friends both female and male
Plenty of family
Loving life.

Both 23, I had a bloody good time before that, lots of travelling and working abroad.
Met my DH, and boom!
When you know, you know.
Happily married for 46 years.

I met my husband about three weeks before my 18th birthday and my husband had just turned 21. I hadn't been without a boyfriend before then since I was 14, and had got engaged when I was 16, so I'd had a reasonable amount of experience. We moved into our first flat three months after we met - it would have been sooner but it was difficult to find landlords who were willing to rent to unmarried couples back then. We're now 67 and 70 respectively and have no regrets at all.

We were 19, met 1st year at uni and now in 30s and going strong. Sometimes you just get lucky.

I was 16 in 1957. DH was 18 months older. Married in 1960 so our 24th anniversary in June. Ups and downs but so happy together.

35 for me. DH was 55. Been together 20 years.

I was 17, Dh was 23. We met at work.

Met mine when I was 16 and he was 17 and we have been together ever since married with 3 kids and both in our early 30's now. However, my relationship then and now are very different and I'd say people change as they get older for sure.

Met exdh when I was 14 - got together when I was 23....married at 27....divorced by 34.
Single for 12 yrs raising kids
Met current partner aged 46....together 3yrs so far. Am happy 😊

I was 26.

Whereas I don't think it's a bad idea to have lived a little as an adult before settling down with "the one", one of the loveliest couples I have known celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary not so long ago, and they married at 20 and 23.
I also know another couple who must have been married 40+ years who went through Primary and secondary school together and started 'going out' at 14.

So, every case is individual.

27 and he was 26. Met him in a nightclub been together 29 years now married 24 with 4 children. Still very happy 😊

I had just turned 20, and have remained a teensy bit annoyed for the past 55 years that he just missed out on buying me a present. Can’t complain, he’s who I wanted to grow old with, and we’re doing that with gusto!

I was 27 and DH 26. We are happily married nearly 22 years later.

I didn't meet my now husband until I was 31. I'd had serious relationships previous to that, but they weren't to be. The majority of people don't go on to marry their first serious boyfriend (although obviously some do!). We change a lot between 18-30, and what you may want at 20, is not necessarily going to be the same at 30. If you're happy, he treats you well, he shares your values, wants similar things, then see where the relationship goes. No, one goes into a relationship thinking it won't last. If in the future you do split, then the relationship was an experience, that will help shape your future.

22 and 44

After a few ones met my OH of 10 years at 46!
Through a hobby and a good friend had worked with him via a charity project and thought very highly of him.
I think that meeting in that way helped an awful lot.
He’s a good decade older than me and before I hear nurse with a purse he is the fittest and most active person I know, runs his own business, very young at heart.
He has grown up DC and grandchildren who I really love.
I have some health issues which are quite isolating but he’s brilliant. Makes time for me and goes at my pace when needed.
It is not always easy but it’s taught me that I can love and trust someone. Took me a long time to get there and I had been mostly single for 15 years.

I met my wife when I was 26 and she was 27. We've been together nearly 9 years.

I was 22, he was 27. We've now been together for 23 years & married for 18 years.