How old were you when you got married?

[Pollito916]

We were married when I was 18, and DH was 22. We were never really officially engaged, and dated about a year before we were married.

We just celebrated our 5 year anniversary last year with a vow renewal at WDW!

 

[Pollito916]

I don't want to get bashed or anything but I would like to state my opinion here. While I respect your relationship. Many of my friends are gay and I love them to death, I do not think it's necessary to get married. I am a christian and I think it's very sinful way of life but I still respect it. I am not one to stop love but when it comes to marriage, it is between a man and a woman. If even states in the Bible that it's between a man and woman and all other relationships will go straight to Hell.

I just went back and read this, and I'm sorry, but I respect your right to believe what you want, but I don't think this is the right place to express this type of feeling. Telling someone you respect them, but believe they will go to Hades is a very harsh comment (and a little hypocritical), and I believe it is very inappropriate for this forum. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Mysteria]

I got married just shy of turning 37 in July of this year.

umaangel00 sometimes opinions are best kept to yourself. This thread was not the place for that.

Myst

 

[I Love Tigger]

Met when I was 15, dated for 3 years, engaged for 4 years and married when I was 21

 

[BriarfoxinWA]

We met when I was 17 - he was 19. We dated for 6 months, engaged for ... 3 years...then got married when I was 21 and he was 22. We celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary in August.

 

[6_Time_Momma]

We dated for two months before our engagement. Had an 8 month engagement. So, we knew each other 10 months before we were married. I was 19 when we married. We've been married for 16 years now.

 

[Shugardrawers]

I don't want to get bashed or anything but I would like to state my opinion here. While I respect your relationship. Many of my friends are gay and I love them to death, I do not think it's necessary to get married. I am a christian and I think it's very sinful way of life but I still respect it. I am not one to stop love but when it comes to marriage, it is between a man and a woman. If even states in the Bible that it's between a man and woman and all other relationships will go straight to Hell.

While you certainly have a right to your opinion the OP wasn't seeking it. It is up to each of us to determine what we will believe and how we will live. It is not up to us to condemn or preach to those who don't share our views. Try a little kindness.

 

[Freyja]

I got married when I was 18, we had been engaged for 2 1/2 years and had been datong for 5 months prior to getting engaged.

 

[goodeats]

I was 25, DH was 26. We had been dating for 6+ years when we got engaged. We were engaged for about 14 months before we were married.

 

[gradtchr]

How old were you when you got married? 28
How long was your engagement? 8 months
How long did you date? 2.5 years before we were engaged. Jan 17th will be 4 years together.

 

[Freyja]

I've spoken to her father on the phone (ie. he calls and ask to speak to his daughter, I call there to relay a message to the step mother, never any chit chat). The parents actually moved from California to Florida in September, so I doubt I will see them any time soon.

I have no problem waiting, the only thing that really bothers me is the fact that our government officials are trying to make marriage something between and man and a woman and overturn any laws the states have passed.

California is a nicer state than others in the fact that I am on SO's medical insurance with her job and we aren't married, civil unioned or anything of the sorts.

I truelly hope the day will come soon when your government will respect gay and lesbian rights, just as much as anybody elses. In my opinion, marriage is an institution between two people who love each other, are commited to each other and want to spend their lives together.

In these times of broken homes, I think we should embrace those couples who wish to be in a stable relationship and help them to do so. Saying that they could just live together, without getting married, is for me no different than telling a hetro sexual couple that they shouldn´t get married (considering the odds, expenses, etc).

I am glad to live in a country where homosexuals are allowed to get married, although they are not allowed to get marriet in church YET!!! However, there is a law beeing discussed at the moment, giving homosexuals the same rights as others in all regards, marriage, adoption, IVF, etc.

Hope the "land of the free" will be just as free soon.

 

[bride03]

I truelly hope the day will come soon when your government will respect gay and lesbian rights, just as much as anybody elses. In my opinion, marriage is an institution between two people who love each other, are commited to each other and want to spend their lives together.

In these times of broken homes, I think we should embrace those couples who wish to be in a stable relationship and help them to do so. Saying that they could just live together, without getting married, is for me no different than telling a hetro sexual couple that they shouldn´t get married (considering the odds, expenses, etc).

I am glad to live in a country where homosexuals are allowed to get married, although they are not allowed to get marriet in church YET!!! However, there is a law beeing discussed at the moment, giving homosexuals the same rights as others in all regards, marriage, adoption, IVF, etc.

Hope the "land of the free" will be just as free soon.

Well said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[malibuconlee]

We met the day after I turned 18. Got engaged a month before I turned 20. Moved in together after DH graduated from college about 10 days before I turned 21. Got married a year and a half later when I was 22.

 

[Freyja]

I think it´s awesome that so many here got married at a very early age and have now been together for 20+ years. Congratulations everyone!!!

 

[tone.def]

I don't want to get bashed or anything but I would like to state my opinion here. While I respect your relationship. Many of my friends are gay and I love them to death, I do not think it's necessary to get married. I am a christian and I think it's very sinful way of life but I still respect it. I am not one to stop love but when it comes to marriage, it is between a man and a woman. If even states in the Bible that it's between a man and woman and all other relationships will go straight to Hell.

Not very nice or appropriate in this thread.

 

[tone.def]

I am 22 years old, and for the past couple of weeks marriage has been a major discussion of ours. We've been dating for 3 years but in a way it's kind of silly for us to get "married" because it's not legal in a lot of states, the IRS doesn't recognize it... No one would come to our wedding, well a couple of friends but that's it

Not married... but I wanted to add that you could come take a vacation to Toronto and it would be perfectly legal here and in this province and in 7 or 8 other provinces and 1 territority and soon the whole country!

 

[Micca]

I was 19, DW was 20 (by 9 days!). We started dating around Halloween, engaged in January, married in May. Now married 31 years.

 

[Rootskate]

I got married this past May when I was 31. (Just turned 32 in October.)

We dated for almost 2 years before we got married, and our engagement was a year and 4 months.

 

[swankybeth]

I was 23 when we got engaged, we were married 3 months later and had been dating for 5 1/2 years.

 

[bride03]

I don't want to get bashed or anything but I would like to state my opinion here. While I respect your relationship. Many of my friends are gay and I love them to death, I do not think it's necessary to get married. I am a christian and I think it's very sinful way of life but I still respect it. I am not one to stop love but when it comes to marriage, it is between a man and a woman. If even states in the Bible that it's between a man and woman and all other relationships will go straight to Hell.

How close-minded can you be? Why would you even say this on these boards?? Obviously you don't respect any homosexual's relationship if you can write your last sentence there. Getting married is NOT only about the emotional aspect but for RIGHTS as well. Hospital visitation, their children's rights, their legal rights, etc. Coming from a gay family I'm offended by this and It reminds me of how many people don't look at the whole issue when it is something that they don't care about because it doesn't effect them.

This is why we have seperation of church and state. We live in a nation that doesn't live by the bible (in politics) you have to keep that in mind. It's seperate. What you believe is different for what human rights should be.