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Who did teen you think adult you would marry?

73 replies

ThisWittyCyanBalonz · 26/09/2026 18:52

Someone famous

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Simonjt · 26/09/2026 19:43

No one, it literally wasn’t legal. So the plan was to move to the Netherlands and marry a nice Dutch man, I even started language lessons!

OVienna · 26/09/2026 19:45

Too ashamed to admit mine.

MickyFinnegan · 26/09/2026 19:57

Julian Casablancas or Albert Hammond Jr., ideally hoping to be ensnared in some dramatic and erotic love triangle with both of them

Q2C4 · 26/09/2026 20:13

A hot shot lawyer.

Denim4ever · 26/09/2026 20:28

I don't think I ever really thought about marriage when I was a teen. All I wanted to do was learn do that I could be independent. I didn't date anyone until I was 19. After about a year, I knew he wasn't 'the one' but as in the 'the one for me' not husband.

CeramicRoses · 26/09/2026 20:33

Boris Becker. Really dodged a bullet there! 😂

chattyness · 26/09/2026 21:03

A boy called Sam, I was desperately in love with him and was a really lovely lad, handsome, kind , gentle . He was temporarily living at the children's home due to family problems but he had his head screwed on & he wanted to join the police force. He got expelled for fighting with another boy on the school playing field which was so out of character. He had to move schools and out of the area and I never saw him again I was heartbroken. I often think about him and wonder if he did ok, I hope so.

Minasama · 26/09/2026 21:04

I never gave it a moment’s thought.

saveforthat · 26/09/2026 21:07

Epoisses · 26/09/2026 18:53

David Cassidy

Me too. I bought an American magazine with an article about him and convinced myself that we had loads in common.

ElizaToolittle · 26/09/2026 21:09

Jason Donovan!!

Cobrakainerd · 26/09/2026 21:12

Not a celebrity, but thought I'd marry a kind, handsome, professional, well off man...I got 'kind' right...the rest ..umm..no...🙈

Gardenflowering · 26/09/2026 21:12

John Sykes or Adrian Vandenberg.
It was either of them or no one. Ever.

dontforgetme · 26/09/2026 21:13

Ewan McGregor - Moulin Rouge specifically

DancingInTheMoonlights · 26/09/2026 21:14

I was one million percent sure that I would never get married or have children. Held that belief until I was 37, thankfully that changed.

DancingInTheMoonlights · 26/09/2026 21:14

spencerishot · 26/09/2026 19:06

It honestly never even crossed my mind as a teenager. Marriage was for “old” people.

Definitely

OctoberMists · 26/09/2026 21:15

Didn't think anyone would want me - my family is not great for my confidence.

Left home at 18 for rocky start at uni in first few weeks to uni changed halls then met now DH - we dated for years before marriage and not sure when either of us were sure it was long term with marriage as part of that.

DancingInTheMoonlights · 26/09/2026 21:15

NooNakedJacuzziness · 26/09/2026 19:15

George Michael - deluded in sooo many ways

😂

Ribenaberry12 · 26/09/2026 21:17

Tony Slattery.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 26/09/2026 21:18

I was hoping for David Essex.

LittleGreenDuck · 26/09/2026 21:18

Jason Donovan. I had this whole narrative that I was going to win a competition to go on a date with him and he’d fall in love with me. He’s ten years older than me and I was about 11 at the time.

MsSmartShoes · 26/09/2026 21:19

being a teen and not knowing very much about the reality of grown men, I imagined someone vaguely like an Eternity Calvin Kline model, who was very preppy, rich and successful and madly in love with me.
Sadly, I didn’t find such a man and settled too quickly and now I repent at leisure!

bryceQ · 26/09/2026 21:20

I don’t think I imagined anyone specifically as a teen though I did read a shit ton of romance novels. I met DH at 18, it was pretty much love at first sight. Been together 17 years and he is perfect. The most handsome man I have ever met and the best heart.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 26/09/2026 21:21

Or David McCallum. Did I have a thing for Davids?

Echobelly · 26/09/2026 21:25

I didn't think about it much at all. I didn't have any teen crushes and at the time I thought it was because I was too smart and mature but actually it's because i didn't really develop any kind of sexual attraction until I was about 19.

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 26/09/2026 21:27

NooNakedJacuzziness · 26/09/2026 19:15

George Michael - deluded in sooo many ways

God babe….. me too…. I’d have even shared him with you…lol x