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How old did you meet your husband?

152 replies

marie78280 · 29/05/2025 14:44

Currently 28 and single again after a failed relationship.
slowly losing hope.
when did you find your hudband how old were you back then?

OP posts:
newrubylane · 29/05/2025 16:00

I had a relationship end aged 28 and met my now husband about 4 months later when I had just turned 29. Ten years and a bit later, we have 6 year old twins and a lovely house. I know lots of couples a similar age and timeline. You've got plenty of time.

FlangeSprocket · 29/05/2025 16:01

Met at 24. Married at 28. First child at 30; second at 34. Married for 24 years.

Rolopolo2 · 29/05/2025 16:02

Met when we was 11, went to school together, had a one night stand at 20, got pregnant, decided to give it a go,15 years another child, a house and a ring 💍 later, we are very happy, and I’m very very lucky. He’s great!

tinyspiny · 29/05/2025 16:04

19 , married at 22 still very happy at almost 60 .

teenmaw · 29/05/2025 16:05

Christ you’re a mere baby, go out there and build your best life for you, Mr right will come along when the time is right and hell be desperate to be part of what you’ve created for yourself 😊

Ilovegoldies · 29/05/2025 16:06

I was 50. Married at 51. He's amazing and I honestly wish I'd stayed single until I met him. All my previous relationships were an absolute waste of time.

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 29/05/2025 16:14

58 and still waiting.

Actually, that’s not strictly true. I’m not waiting for anything. If I meet someone I like the look of I’ll give it a go. Otherwise I’m happy as I am.

At 28, you’re very young! Plenty of opportunities and time to meet a husband if that’s what you want.

JassyRadlett · 29/05/2025 16:14

Met at 29 when I'd practically given up.

Married at 32, two kids before 38. 15th anniversary this year.

I honestly think it was better that we met a bit later and had sorted through a lot more of our personal shit.

SuperGinger · 29/05/2025 16:18

Met at 31, married at 33, baby at 34.

MaryGreenhill · 29/05/2025 16:21

18 married at 21
He was 23 married at 26
Been married 43 years so we are old 😁
Don't give up hope OP , as my Mum says 'there's someone for everyone ' Good luck 🙏 🤞

LogiPogi · 29/05/2025 16:28

DH#1 at 20 (at uni) - married at 24, separated at 29, divorced at 30, no kids
DH#2 at 29 (internet, separated from DH but still married, I had relocated too) - married at 30, first DC at 31, been married for 22 years now.

goudacheese · 29/05/2025 16:28

Seems like the majority of people were your age or older so no need to worry. My daughter kissed plenty of frogs but met the right one at 29.

JulesJules · 29/05/2025 16:29

We met in Waterstones. Think I was 31, he was 24. We got married about a year later. We have been married for 30 years

JadeSeahorse · 29/05/2025 16:30

I was 21, he was 26.

Married 22 months after meeting and still very much together 46 years later.😁

AzureShark · 29/05/2025 16:31

In 2004, aged 17. He was 21.

notacooldad · 29/05/2025 16:32

25 and I'm now 60
He was 28.

CautiousLurker01 · 29/05/2025 16:35

At work. First job out of uni (and his too). Friends first. We were 23. Been together 33 years, married for 24 years later this year. Not been a bed of roses, esp with SEN kids, but we are still each other’s best friend. I think that’s been key really.

CrepuscularCritter · 29/05/2025 16:40

Both 36. Right person, right time.

Catsandcannedbeans · 29/05/2025 16:41

19, just out of a horrible relationship. Woman I worked with at the bar called me and said there was an absolute sort covering a shift from another pub, so look nice. She had said this before, and the “sort” in question was not a sort at all. I didn’t listen and then when she pointed him out when I got in he was in fact a sort. I ran to the bathroom and put make up on and stuffed my bra with loo roll (cringe). We are 26 now.

KIlliePieMyOhMy · 29/05/2025 16:45

Which one?

Cynic17 · 29/05/2025 16:51

I think I was probably 19, maybe 18, but we were not a couple until I was 21.
I was married at 24.
But that was the Olden Days (1980s), when lots of people met their spouse at university - I'm not sure whether it is so common now? And I would be shocked if a young person now got married at 24 - what's the rush? My friends' kids are waiting until at least 30, more commonly their mid 30s.

61here · 29/05/2025 16:52

Met at 16, engaged at 18 and married at 20. Been together 40+ years!

DramaAlpaca · 29/05/2025 16:53

I was 23, he was 26. We are now 60 and 63. I don't know where the time went.

80smonster · 29/05/2025 16:54

Met aged 24, got together years later though, exclusive at 29, married 34.

Sassybooklover · 29/05/2025 17:02

I met my husband when I was 31, became engaged when I was 32 and married him at 33!!! If someone had said to me when I was 30, I'd be married within 3 years I'd have laughed at them! I went on to have our son at 35 (3 weeks short of my 36th birthday). You have plenty of time ahead of you to meet the right person. I was 28, when I split with my awful ex, and the best decision I made, other than leaving him, was to stay single for a year or so. It gave me time to heal emotionally, and I spent time doing what I wanted, without having to consider a partner.