How old were you when you got married?

[sajetto]

I hopefully have not taken this quote out of context, but I cannot agree with it.

When DW and I got married our ages were similar 19 and 20 but we married because we were in love and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and did not want to wait years to marry, no we did not have much money and yes it was a struggle to begin with but if anything that helped develop our relationship working together as a team.
I for one was not always wanting to go out and party I wanted to do things together and if that meant sitting together in doors in the evening, then I was more then happy to do so.

I'm in total agreement with you. My parents were 16 and 18. They have been married 37 years and they are now both VERY successful people. They were neither full of hormones or stupid. Just because someone is young doesn't mean they're irresponsible. My folks were as poor as church mice when they got started, but their struggles together have made them a stronger couple. It also has nothing to do with the era they grew up in. Even in the 60s it was very unsual for people to marry that young. My parents were the only married people in their high school, but they didn't have any kids until their 20s

We are getting married in January. Ages 22 and 26. In comparison to my mom's age when she got married, I'm old

 

[liamsaunt]

I was 25 and DH was 28. However, we were together and knew we wanted to be married for four years before our actual wedding. We both had to finish our degrees (and in his case post-grad, etc), and our colleges were in different states. We got married the week after my DH finished his final degree. So, although we are celebrating our 9th wedding anniverary this June, in our minds, it's actually our 13th!

 

[DVC Sadie]

I was 31 and my dh was 24. Yep, I robbed the cradle. All kidding aside our age difference never bothered us but all hell broke lose on my dh's side. We are celebrating 20 years in October.

 

[nliedel]

30 and 25, with Gene being 25 and me being 30.

 

[Steffi]

I was 19 (nearly 20) and DH had just turned 20. We'll be celebrating our 15th anniversary in June. He's still my best friend and makes every day better.

 

[zenshome]

Me 28, DW 21 and it will be 10yrs in August.

 

[T1130]

I was 25 Dh was 28. We will be married 8 years in August.

 

[froglady]

I was 25, DH was 30, we'll be married 30 years in November.

 

[Dizzy for Dsny]

20 yrs old - Married best friend/highschool sweetheart - Divorced after 5 yrs.

Married second time at age 32 and celebrating 7 yrs. Marriage is DEFINATELY better the second time around! We feel like we've known each other forever!

 

[dismom9761]

I was 19 yrs old and he was 25 yrs old.We have been married eleven years.

 

[F1Julie]

I was 21, he was 22. It lasted 2.5 years. I was young, stupid, and naive. That marriage was the biggest mistake I ever made.

 

[Mickey76]

I'm getting married next July, 2007. I'll be 30 and my fiancee will be 26. I look back on my life and there is no way I could have been married and in my 20's. There was a lot that I wanted to do and I needed to grow up. I did a lot and I'm still working on the whole being mature and responsible thing. Seems to be working out though. lol.

 

[FionaLovesShrek]

I hopefully have not taken this quote out of context, but I cannot agree with it.

When DW and I got married our ages were similar 19 and 20 but we married because we were in love and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and did not want to wait years to marry, no we did not have much money and yes it was a struggle to begin with but if anything that helped develop our relationship working together as a team.
I for one was not always wanting to go out and party I wanted to do things together and if that meant sitting together in doors in the evening, then I was more then happy to do so.

You DID notice I wrote "Sometimes who you become as adults separates you so much there is no way to make it work."
Most will admit the love they had as teenagers that caused them to get married, grew into a love that joined them as One, but did not start that way. What you feel as a teen is overpowering...but if my DD tells me she wants to get married at 16, I will say no...you will have to wait until you are of legal age. Take 2 more years to mature and then see if you still want to get married. 18 vs 16....BIG difference.

 

[hlane]

I was 18 and he was 21. July will be our 10 year anniversary!

 

[jbdreamer]

I was 22, DH was 21. We have been married for almost 3 years.

 

[FionaLovesShrek]

20 yrs old - Married best friend/highschool sweetheart - Divorced after 5 yrs.

Married second time at age 32 and celebrating 7 yrs. Marriage is DEFINATELY better the second time around! We feel like we've known each other forever!

Marriage IS better the second time around. We also feel like we've known each other forever. I saw a Diser with a siggy once that said, "I spent my whole life looking for you, and when I found you I realized you were in my heart all along". That is how it is with my DH and myself.

 

[vetrik]

I was 23, DH turned 25 less than 2 weeks after the wedding.


It will be 2 years next month.

 

[JVL1018]

I was 3 weeks into being 21 and DH was 24. It will be 14 years ago in September.

Very close to my story..I was 3 weeks past my 21st birthday and my husband was 25. It will be 14 years this October.

We didn't have kids for 7 years though, I was mature enough to know that *I* was too immature for kids until my late twenties. LOL

 

[horseshowmom]

I was 24, and DH was 27.

 

[TLHB70]

I was 23. DH was 22. (I am 9 months older than he is.)
We will soon celebrate 13 years!!