How old were you when you first got married?

[GillieRose]

We we married when I was 22 and Gillian was born 4 years later when I was 26

 

[Mimi Q]

I was 24 years old when DH and I got married. My first DD was born the day before I turned 28 years old. I think they were good ages for me.

 

[rascalmom]

I was 24 when I got married, dh was 27. Had dd17 when I was 26 & dd13 when I was 30. DH & I started dating when I was 18, so we were together for quite awhile before we got married.

I lived on my own for 2 years after college before marriage - dh never lived on his own (dorm, frat house, parents' house) before we got married. I think everyone should do that for awhile. I have no regrets, but I would recommend to a young person that they have independence for 3 or 4 years before marriage.

I am glad I had my kids at the age that I did. Wish I had been able to have one more. Oh well, the four of us fit nicely in a DVC one-bedroom!

 

[kapica3]

Married at 24 - DD 1 mo shy of 30.

 

[damom2daboyz]

I was 21 and DH was 24. First DS at age 23 followed by DS #2 at age 25. My DH and I were married the first time 8 years, divorced for 7 years, and remarried for 4 years. Would I change getting married so young? No. Having children so young? No. Regretting the mistakes in the first marriage go around, yes, but since have worked on the big issues and are very happily married now.

 

[jonestavern]

one month before my 36th birthday! It was a gorgeous wedding!
DS was born 3+ yrs later. in a large metropolitan women's hospital, I was the oldest maternity patient by 5 yrs!
Many of my friends' 1st mariages were at over 30 yrs old. Nope, no big, flashy or particularly important careers.

In my family we were brought up not to have marriage as a goal in our lives.
DSis & I thought differently!

I just couldn't find anyone suitable 'til DH

Jean

 

[Tasha+Scott]

I was 18 when we got married (3 months shy of my 19th b-day) and dh was 20. I was 24 and dh was 26 when our first (and only as of now) was born.

Our first year was a bit rough and I do think that had a lot to do with how young we were. However, we did know we wanted to make it work and that we loved eachother unconditionally so we worked hard to save our marriage and we did. Now our relationship has been wonderful for the past 5 years out of the 6 we have been married. I would not change a thing b/c I chalk the 1st year up to a learning experience and I have never been happier in my life!

 

[QT Pooh]

I was married a few months shy of my 21st birthday. We waited until I finished school, we both found 'career' jobs and bought a house before we even thought about kids. My DS was born when I was 25 and DD at 26.

If I had to do it all over again, I would wait to get married. There's too much changing and maturing that happens in your early 20s (and we wound up divorcing when I was 28). I like the age I had the kids at though.

 

[Tiffann4k]

And if you have kids, how old were you when you had your first?

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?

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

19 when I got married ( well a week shy of my 20th birthday) DH was 21. I had my daughter when I was 19 ( yes before I was married...my DH is not her bio father, but is her real father...make sense...lol)

Anyhow had my first daughter at 19 , second daughter at 20, third daughter at 21 and my son at 22. If I had to do it over again I would keep it pretty much the same except for make my last two children more space between their age, it was rough...they are 10 months apart.


I like to look at it as age is just a number, there are some very mature 18 & 19 year olds and some very immature 25 year olds ......we just happen to of been very mature at our age so who cares if we were married and had kids young, age is just a number

 

[lovetheparks]

I was married at 20. 11 years later, no kids

I wish I'd have gone to college before getting married because I could not afford it after we were married and because we were married w/no kids, I was not eligible for financial aid (sans student loans).

 

[Mommy2three]

I am 23 and my hubby and i got married in july when i was 23, and we had our first baby girl together in october of 05, plus he has full custody of his other daughter and son from his first marriage.

 

[LK03]

I was 21, 10 days shy of my 22nd birthday, DH was 22, one month shy of his 23rd birthday. We dated for 5 years before we married. In our current ARMY community we're kind of old compared to other young couples since we do not have any children, nor do we plan on trying for kids till we're 30. It's a good thing too because we sure are frivolous spenders and spontaneous people and not patient enough for children right now. Since we're only in our first year of marriage I don't know that I would change anything, I may change the way we bought things instead of jumping right for the credit card.

 

[Galahad]

Both of us were 24. Had first son at 25. 26 years later one son left in the house. It's been a good life.

 

[DreaminDisney]

30 when I got married. 31 & 34 when kids were born.
I dated my husband in high school, broke up and got back together 10 years later and been together ever since. June is our 10 year anniversary and we're taking kids and celebrating at Disney!!

 

[LisaNJ25]

18 when I got married (hubby was 23) and out son was already 8 months old. I waited until I was 25 for #2, 30 for #3 and 31 for #4

 

[DebºoºS]

I was 26 DH 27. DS#1 was born exactly 10 years later. At 36 I was ready but by 41 when we wanted to have another this old body wasn't so we adopted DS#2 when I was 41 and DH 42.
It's been wonderful! Glad we waited.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

And if you have kids, how old were you when you had your first?

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?

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

Which time???

Seriously, I got married to my first husband when I was 17. Two weeks after I graduated from high school. I turned 18 about six weeks later. I had my first daughter when I was 19. And she was planned!

Would I get married again at 17? Lord, no. I'd still have my first daughter at 19 though. It was an incredible time in my life. All of my friends were out partying and I was home experiencing love like I'd never experienced it before. I had my second daughter at 25 and both experiences were no different. My age was never a factor.

By the way, my first marriage lasted almost 19 years. Pretty good for two kids still wet behind the ears!

I married my current DH when I was 36. I only knew him three months when we married. (His parents only knew each other two months and have been together 30 years.) It's been an experience getting to really know someone while you're already married, but I really lucked out and married an incredible man. We're fixing to celebrate our third anniversary.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

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!!

Okay, you win! I figured I'd beat everyone in the age department! I was 17, but waited a whopping 10 months to get pregnant.

Isn't it cool being young, while having older children??? My DD is 20 and has turned out to be such an incredible woman. We do things together and people think we're sisters.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

By the way, my mother-in-law was 13 when she got married. Nope, she wasn't expecting either.

My ex-MIL was too! I don't think it was such a strange thing back then, where she grew up.

 

[Chim Chiminy]

I was 18, DH was 19. Had DS six months later when I was 19 and DH was 20.
Had DD when I was 25.

Yes, sometimes I wish we would have waited to get married and have DS (we had been living together for 8 months before we married).
But, then I guess we wouldn't have had him............would have been a different kid altogether! And the majority of the time he is pretty great.

The good thing about marrying and having kids young is that they will be grown and out of the house by our mid 40's, we can enjoy retirement with no kids! (DH is military).