How old were you when you first got married?

[EthansMom]

I was 25 when I got married. Had my kids at 28 and 30. Just had my tubes tied at 32.

I wouldn't change the timing for anything. Was able to get an education, have a professional career, have 2 years of "getting to know each other" before kids impacted our marriage, have the financial stability to stay at home with the kids, have energy for chasing the kids around, and will still be relatively young (~52) when my youngest graduated college.

 

[swankybeth]

I was 23 and DH was 26 when we got married. No kids yet. I wouldn't change the age at which we got married, I just wish we had more time to plan the wedding though.

 

[tiggerlover]

Married at 19, first child at 29.

 

[Blondy876]

I was 22 when we got married (we had dated for 5 years prior but I wanted to finish college first). Then we had our first dd when I was 24. If I had it to do over again I would have waited about 2 years for both. I should have lived on my own before I got married and never did. I went right from my parents home to an apt. with my dh. Then we got pregnant about 14 months later (on purpose). I just feel like we could have given our kids and ourselves alot more security and contentment if we hadn't rushed.

 

[experiment626mom]

I was 23 when I first got married. Would I change it?? Yeah probably. I would have had children too.

 

[Mickeyluver37]

Dh and I were both 18. He had only graduated high school the month prior, and I had just finished my 1st year of college. DD came right around 9 months later, when we were 19 and 18. I think maybe things might have been a little easier financially if we had waited a little while to have the kids, but I wouldn't change a thing. It's very hard to relay this to our kids, as we are happy, successful, and college educated now, but of course would prefer that they finish college before starting a family.

 

[hpygrll]

Married at 29 - had first boy at 31 and second at 33. Wouldn't change a thing
Jenny

 

[Goofyzgurl]

I was 18 and dh was 20. We had dd a year later at 19 and dd#2 at30. They're a bit spread out I wish I had had them closer together because I have less energy than I used to. Sometimes I think we should've done things a little differently, but I don't regret anything because everything happens for a reason. I finished college, have a career, it was just done in a different sequence. We'll celebrate our 14th anniversary in July!

 

[Alice28]

I was 22.

And if you have kids, how old were you when you had your first? I was 25; 29 with 2nd; 32 with 3rd

If you could do it over, would you do either of them sooner or later than you did, or would you keep it the same?I would've gotten married about 6 month later so I could've finished student teaching; wouldn't change the timing of the kids, even though #1 was a surprise.

Just curious how things are these days. DH's mom married when she was 18

 

[JoyG]

Wow, seems like lots of people got married in their early 20's. I also got married at 22...when I tell people that now (I'm currently 33) everyone's shocked at how young I was. We'll be celebrating our 11th anniversary in April. Twins arrived 5 years later and the third 2 years after that.

I do think I got married too young and wouldn't reccommend that to my children. I should have waited another few years. But dh and I have ironed out the rough patches and are doing fine.

 

[Servants of Evan]

Married at 24. First and only child at 35. Would I change anything? No. Our son was worth the wait.

 

[Poohnatic]

Married the first time at 24. (that I wouldn't do over)
First child at 29 (just made my personal "have kids by 30" by three months)
Yes, I'd have the kids over in a second!

Suzanne

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

Married at 28.

 

[Disney Doll]

29
I was 5 months from turning 30.
And I feel that it is a good thing to be a bit older when you marry.
Most folks I know who married young are now divorced.

 

[DKH01701]

I was 22 and DW was 20 in 1980. We had our two girls in '84 & '86.
We just celebrated 25 years..............Seems like only yesterday.

 

[Tjaleks]

My first marriage was 19, my first ds was 19. My second ds was 20. My divorce to first husband was at 21. So things didn't work out with him, but that is ok, cuz my son's are totally worth it. My second marriage was last year at 29, and no more kids. No regrets.

 

[mommy22gurlz]

I was 17 and 8 1/2 months pregnant!!!

14 years later we have a great life and two wonderful daughters 13 and 6, I am very happy with my life but I wish I had gone to college and had kids a little later in life. But on an advantage, my youngest will graduate when I'm 43 so dh and I can enjoy life as just us for a while!!

 

[TammiMcMan]

We were both 19 when we got married back in 1983. Our first child was born a few months before our 22nd birthday.

I have absolutely no regrets about our choice to marry young, but I'm sure that if we had waited a few years, we would have started off better financially. We've been blessed with 3 great kids and I'm happy to say that my DH of 22 years is still my best friend in the world.

 

[mantysk8coach]

I was married at 24, and had our daughter at 26. If all goes according to plan, we'd like to have two more, but not for a year or so.

 

[dismom9761]

I got married when I was 19 and DH was 25 yrs old.I had Ds#1 at 19,DS#2 at 21,DD#1 at 23 and DD#2 at 28.I would definitely have waited to have our first child.It would have been nice to have more time with each other before having kids.