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[quote=Anonymous]It’s not at all the norm in my social circle / community / family to limit dating or marry young. Yet I was a college freshman (19) when I met my college freshman spouse (17). After college we were apart for two years - the first year we worked in separate cities 3 hours apart and the second year he started a PhD program about a two hour flight from my city, but we continued dating. Eventually I moved to the city where he was earning his PhD, bought a studio, and got my master’s degree. We tried breaking up in college but just because I thought we should. It never stuck more than a week or so. He always seemed more certain despite the younger age. Anyway, we eventually married 13 years ago when I was 29 and he was 27 and we now have two kids. We dated a long time, but didn’t dare others. One perk of waiting was I got to feel at least somewhat independent (3 years living alone). One draw back is when we started trying to have kids in our 30s we hit some fertility problems. In terms of whether it’s a good marriage or not, I think it has the same types of ups and downs as other marriages, but we have so much trust and history to rely on, and so many shared experiences and stories, that that’s been helpful. It’s not what I wished for myself, and not something I would want my children to think is expected, but it hasn’t been a bad outcome. [/quote]

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