Typical timeline for dating/marriage in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, all the people I know who got engaged after 18 months were in their mid-20s, though I think that they were very conservative, obviously, getting married young and quickly.

Or just madly in love. Neither of us were conservative, just head over heels. He was the first of his friends to marry by about 5-6 years.

[Anonymous]

Met at 27, engaged at 29, married at 30, and baby at 33.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s very common to date for 2 years and have a 1 year engagement. Not too long but doesn’t feel rushed.

[Anonymous]

Met at 25.5, engaged 11 months later, married seven months later at 27. One and only both when I was 30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Median age of first marriage for women in DC, us 30.4 years. It’s higher than any US state, though the city’s demographics (entirely urban, lots of professionals) skew our numbers versus a state with urban and rural areas. https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/payne-median-age-first-marriage-geo-fp-19-07.html

The mean maternal age at first birth is 29.7, again the oldest mean in the country. https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/guzzo-payne-age-birth-fp-18-25.pdf

FWIW, I met my DH at 29, married at 34, had my first child at 37. But I have a graduate degree and the more education you have, the older these averages tend to be.

I don’t think the graduate degree thing holds a ton of weight in somewhere like DC. Met DH when I was 25 and married just shy of my 28th birthday. Dated 1.5 years and engaged 1.5 years. Had kids at 31, 33 and 36. We both have graduate degrees (JD and masters).

[Anonymous]

We met when I was 27 and he was 30. We dated for almost a year, broke up for a year and then dated for 7 months before we became engaged. Engaged for six months. Married at 30 and 33. Still married 26 + years later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Median age of first marriage for women in DC, us 30.4 years. It’s higher than any US state, though the city’s demographics (entirely urban, lots of professionals) skew our numbers versus a state with urban and rural areas. https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/payne-median-age-first-marriage-geo-fp-19-07.html

The mean maternal age at first birth is 29.7, again the oldest mean in the country. https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/guzzo-payne-age-birth-fp-18-25.pdf

FWIW, I met my DH at 29, married at 34, had my first child at 37. But I have a graduate degree and the more education you have, the older these averages tend to be.

I'm an above poster who got married at 25, baby at 29. I have a double graduate degree and DH has an MBA. We just knew what we wanted. Not everyone who marries young in uneducated.

+1. I feel like the graduate school degree is some sort of excuse people use when their timeline for these events didn't work out how they had hoped. DH and I both have graduate degrees. We were married at 27 and 29 and had our first baby a year later.

[Anonymous]

We have a 3 year age difference:
Met 26/29
Engaged 27/30
Married 28/31
First Kid 33/36