How long did you date before you got married and had children?
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Anonymous
similar situation. Been married 18 years, together 28. |
Anonymous
| Married less than two years after meeting. First kid about a year after marrying. Mid 30s marriage for both of us so we didn't want to wait. Coming up on 16 years of marriage. |
Anonymous
| Married 6-7 years after meeting. Had first child 7-8 years after that. |
Anonymous
| We dated 4+ years, engaged a little over a year, married 4+ years before our first child. |
Anonymous
| Dated just over 4 years before marriage; first child born three years after marriage. |
Anonymous
| Dated 7 years. Married 2. Maybe kids next year (so together 9/10 years before kids). |
Anonymous
| Dated 8 years. Married at 34, baby 1 at 36, baby 2 at 41. |
Anonymous
| DH and I met online (back in the early days of internet dating) and got married 7 months later. We were both 25 at the time. He was active duty AF so we chose to wait to have kids until he was a civilian again. Our son was born 7 years after we got married. Our daughter came along 6 years after that. Tomorrow we are celebrating our 17th anniversary! |
Anonymous
| Dated 2 yrs before marriage then kids the year after that |
Anonymous
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Engaged 1.5 years after first date. Married 1 year after engaged. Got pregnant immediately.
So, first child came 3 years and three months after first date. |
Anonymous
| Dated 1 year, engaged 1 year, baby Arriving 1.8 years after, a couple of months shy of four years after our first meeting. |
Anonymous
| Dated 10.5 months before getting engaged and got married 13 months after. First child was adopted and she arrived home 4.5 years after we got married (I was 33, DH was 35). We had our second child a year later when I was 34 and DH 36. Married in 2004. |
Anonymous
| Dated for 4.5 years before getting engaged, were engaged for a year before getting married, and were married 3.5 years before DS was born. But we started dating when we were 19. |
Anonymous
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Met when we were 19
Friends for 3 years Dated 4 years (engaged ~1.5 years of that) Married 4 years before baby First baby born age 30. |