Spinoff--Age when you met/dated your spouse

[Lisaren]

Met at 18 (fixed up by his former girlfriend) and started dating, engaged 10 months later, married six months after that. I was 19 almost 20 when we married. Kids born when I was 30 and 33. Been married 25 years.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

26 when we met, she was 22. Met in a bar. Both there with friends; her friend and my friend knew each other (they married each other too). First date the following night - I had bet her a steak dinner she couldn't tell me the name of the song that was playing. She got another friend to help her. So now "our song" is Hair Of The Dog by Nasareth

We married on the 1 year anniversary of that first date. I was 33 when our oldest daughter was born and just about to turn 38 when our 2nd daughter was born.

Been married 18 years.

 

[tazdev3225]

DH and I crossed paths many times before we actually met. Some of the stories were pretty funny when we realized it. We officially met when he was 19 and I was 21 but didn't start dating til the following year. We were engaged within 6 months but my dad made us wait almost 3 years to get married.

We were married at 23 and 25, had our first child 11 months later at 24 and 26.

We will be married 32 years in 2 weeks so I think my dad had the right idea making us wait to get to know each other.

 

[skatalite]

She was 15 and I was 17 when we met.

Began dating at 15 and 17.

Engaged at 22 and 24.

Married at 25 and 27.

 

[mombrontrent]

Met: I was 16, he was 21
Dated: me 17, him 22 (moved in together in our first apartment that same year)
DS born when I was 19, he was 24
Married: me 21, him 26
DD's born when I was 21 (two days before my 22nd b-day) and 26, him 27 and 31

We have been together for 16 years now despite our lives together so young

 

[BadgerGirl84]

We met when I was 25. We met on an online dating site and met in person after talking on the phone and emailing for a few weeks.
Got engaged when I was 26.
Married when I was 27.
There is a chance baby will arrive before my birthday and I'll be 28...but probably after my birthday.

 

[lovelygirl1975]

We met when I was 23 and he was 28. We met online, he asked me to call him. I refused so he called me instead. I was the first girl he ever called first.

We married 2 years later I was 25 and he was 31. Just celebrated 7 years on 6/17. No kids yet...we'll see what happens with that.

We got married in June, his birthday is in July, and my birthday is in August. So we tend to eat a lot of cake during the summer.

 

[wishesuponastar]

Met when I was 3, started dating when I was 14, got engaged when I was 18, married when I was 19. DD#1 born when I was 20, DD#2 born when I was 26. Counting our dating years, we've been together for 53 years.

We kind of "used" each other when we first started dating; he knew I'd go out with him on short notice and dating a senior when I was a sophomore sent my "street cred" right through the roof. That having been said, I knew at 14 that I was going to marry him. He never had a chance.

Queen Colleen

That is so sweet that you met at age 3!! Were your families friends with each other? he never had a chance

 

[CupcakeKelly]

We met online (in a chat room, that even sounds dated!) when I was 20 and he was 22

Got married at 25, DD at 28

All these numbers are really messing with my claim to be 27!

 

[winterman]

We first met at 19. The end of freshman year.
We started dating at 19, halfway through sophomore year and were pretty much exclusive from then on.
We married at 23, 1 1/2 years after college.
First child was born 6 years later (at 29). Second child 3 1/2 years later.
DH died at 62, 2 months after our 39th anniversary.

 

[antmaril]

My husband was 13 and I was 14 when we met. We started going "steady" when he was 14 and I was 15. We were married at 21 and 22. We were married 34 years when he died of cancer five years ago. He was the only boyfriend I ever had and I miss him every day

 

[palmtreegirl]

Met- 21
Engaged-23
Married-24

 

[cybrkitn]

DH and I started dating in high school when I was 16 and he was 17. As far as meeting goes, well, that's a story in itself, lol.

A year before we started dating my math class had to use a different class room. On the desk where I sat was written, "I love <with my name here>" with no name as to who wrote it. So I wrote back, "Who are you?". The next time I was in the room was after school for extra help in math. I sat back at that same desk and saw the reply, "Me." I didn't think about it much after that.

Ok, fast forward a year later. DH and I have started hanging out (not sure if I would call it dating yet). We were walking the hallway and we passed by that classroom. I don't know how we got on the conversation about that room, but we did. During that conversation, we both found out that we were writing back and forth to each other! We were both completely surprised. I asked him why he didn't write his name. He told me that he didn't want to be teased about it, so he didn't. I told him that was the same reason why I didn't put my name to it. See, back then, I was teased and bullied from 1st grade through 12th (Dh was so different than anyone else and never teased me). So I was afraid of writing my name.

In addition to what happened to us then, DH also told me the conversation he had with his mom when we were little and on the bus together. IIRC, it was when I was in kindergarten and he was in 1st grade. When he got home one day he told his mom that there was "this cute little blonde hair girl on the bus and I'm going to marry her some day!" Of course his mom (as all moms do with this age) thought it a cute little crush.

It turns out that the little blonde hair girl was me and he did marry me. We dated for 12 years and were engaged for 6 of those years before we were finally able to get married. We've been married for 14 years in September and have been together since high school for 27 years in a few weeks We knew we were made for each other.

When we were wed, I was 28 and he was 29.

 

[MIGrandma]

DH and I were both 17 when we met in March 1975 and when we became engaged two months later, in May. I turned 18 in early August, he turned 18 in mid-September and we were married September 27, 1975. Will celebrate our 38th anniversary this year.

My parents didn't know each other very long before they got married either. They met in May 1955, just a couple of weeks before my Mom's 18th birthday on the 23rd. Dad was 6 years older than her. They were married October 1st, that same year and were married 56 years (I think) before he passed away.

 

[cybrkitn]

DD's born when I was 21 (two days before my 22nd b-day) and 26, him 27 and 31

Looks like we have something in common! DS11 was born two days before my birthday as well. He just turned 11 last Saturday and I just turned <cough> 42 <cough> this past Monday.

 

[momjeeps]

I was 26 when we met, he was 30. When we married I was 27 and he hadnt had his birthday yet so he was still 30.

 

[Minnesota!]

I was just a hair over 15 when I met my now husband. We met in June, I was dating his BFF. We talked all.the.time on the phone - way more than me and the guy I was dating. His BFF broke up with me, and now-DH asked me out that evening. I said yes at midnight (so that my break up day and my starting dating the BFF day were at least a day apart...lol!) and we have been together since.

We got engaged when he was 21 and I was a month shy of 21.

Married the following year when we were both 22.

Now 35 and stronger marriage then ever.

First kid born at 26, second/last born at 29

 

[soccerdad72]

Met at 19 when we were sophomores in college.

Got engaged at 24, married at 25. Been married 16 years in October.

 

[bjscheel]

DD's born when I was 21 (two days before my 22nd b-day)

Looks like we have something in common! DS11 was born two days before my birthday as well.

DD14 was born 2 days before my 22nd birthday too! (DD11 was born 3 days before DH's birthday- we apparently like to be efficient and double up on birthday celebrations.)

Met and dated DH when I was 17 and he was 23. Married when I was 19. First kid at 21 and second kid at 24.

It worked for me but when I think of DD14 dating a 23 year old in 3 years that just doesn't seem right! I got home late from that first date too and Mom hadn't met him yet so she was rightly concerned! No cell phones then either. Several weeks later Mom thought to herself if this was anyone I should be with, that he would come to our church's family Bible School week- she figured a young guy that age wouldn't. He walked in the first night and said "Hi Mom!" Her jaw just dropped!

 

[NHdisneylover]

DH and I started dating in high school when I was 16 and he was 17. As far as meeting goes, well, that's a story in itself, lol.

A year before we started dating my math class had to use a different class room. On the desk where I sat was written, "I love <with my name here>" with no name as to who wrote it. So I wrote back, "Who are you?". The next time I was in the room was after school for extra help in math. I sat back at that same desk and saw the reply, "Me." I didn't think about it much after that.

Ok, fast forward a year later. DH and I have started hanging out (not sure if I would call it dating yet). We were walking the hallway and we passed by that classroom. I don't know how we got on the conversation about that room, but we did. During that conversation, we both found out that we were writing back and forth to each other! We were both completely surprised. I asked him why he didn't write his name. He told me that he didn't want to be teased about it, so he didn't. I told him that was the same reason why I didn't put my name to it. See, back then, I was teased and bullied from 1st grade through 12th (Dh was so different than anyone else and never teased me). So I was afraid of writing my name.

In addition to what happened to us then, DH also told me the conversation he had with his mom when we were little and on the bus together. IIRC, it was when I was in kindergarten and he was in 1st grade. When he got home one day he told his mom that there was "this cute little blonde hair girl on the bus and I'm going to marry her some day!" Of course his mom (as all moms do with this age) thought it a cute little crush.

It turns out that the little blonde hair girl was me and he did marry me. We dated for 12 years and were engaged for 6 of those years before we were finally able to get married. We've been married for 14 years in September and have been together since high school for 27 years in a few weeks We knew we were made for each other.

When we were wed, I was 28 and he was 29.

I love the story about the desk in math class