How old were you when you met/became serious with your spouse?

[Anonymous]

Met at 18, started dating at 25, married at 27. Still married at 38.

[Anonymous]

I met him when I was 17 and moved to college. I think I was 19.5 when we started dating? I didn't consider it serious until after I'd changed colleges, and he moved across the country to live with me. "Oh, I guess this is REALLY serious. I never lived with a boy before."

[Anonymous]

Met/got serious at 21 (he was 23.) Married at 24/27.

[Anonymous]

Met at 29. He was 33.

Got married at 31 and 35 but practically 32 and 36 because our wedding was only a month before both of our birthdays.

[Anonymous]

Met at 28, married at 30, first child at 34. DH is eleven years older than I. Married 26 years .... and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

[Anonymous]

I was 40, he was 36. We're 9 years and two kids in now.

[Anonymous]

Met at 26/30, married at 28/32. Been married three years, no kids yet.

[Anonymous]

Met at 18, became a teen parent, married at 22. Still married almost 12 years later. Through working crap jobs while going through college and to grad school, we're still together 15 years later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I met him when I was 17 and moved to college. I think I was 19.5 when we started dating? I didn't consider it serious until after I'd changed colleges, and he moved across the country to live with me. "Oh, I guess this is REALLY serious. I never lived with a boy before."

I'm not trying to be snarky but if you started dating at 19 1/2 and he moved across country to be near you in college, why would your thinking be that you never lived with a boy before? You were a teenager.

[Anonymous]

Met at 26, married at 28 and divorced at 48.

[Anonymous]

I was 23 he was 27. I can't believe we have been 20 years together, it does not feel like it. 3 kids and still very happy.

[Anonymous]

I was 22. He was 30. Now I am 52. Spent my entire adult life with the old guy. Have one child. I feel incredibly lucky: Adore him still! DS tells us to “Cut that out!” Ha!

[Anonymous]

I was 21. She was 22. Sr year of college.

[Anonymous]

Met at 20, married at 22. Have been through, the birth of 4 kids, living in 3 countries and 4 states, businesses booms business busts and cancer treatments. Will be our 27th anniversary this April.

[Anonymous]

Met at 19 (he was 23). Got serious almost immediately. Married at 23. Celebrating 20 years of marriage.

I don't think age is a predictor of anything. Rather, I think there are two kinds of people: those who crave monogamy and those who crave freedom. Know who you are, and conduct your life accordingly.