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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've met a lot of 30 somethings who are still unmarried and mourning that man or woman they dated at 20-24. I've heard people say pretty often that she was the one, they just didn't know it and weren't ready yet to settle down then.

I met DH at 20 which we both thought was too young, but we were too perfectly matched to ever break up. We got engaged at 24, married at 25 and had SO many people (who didn't really know us, just knew our age) counsel us that we were too young. We sowed our wild oats in our 30s, saved money together, bought houses together, paid for each others grad schools, supported each other and traveled the world. We had kids in our 30s. DH and I are a matched pair and are still madly in love. I have no doubt that our strong finances are due to saving together and having joint finances in our 20s while everyone else had studios they struggled to pay for on one salary. [/quote]

You two are fortunate.[/quote]

NP here.  We've had a similar experience to the PP above.

I agree that we are fortunate, but probably not in the way you are saying.  People say we are "fortunate" for meeting each other early, but (like PP) I think a lot of people meet the love of their life at a young age.  I think we are fortunate for being perceptive enough to recognize what we had in front of us, and to both be crazy enough to set out on a life-long adventure together.

I am a Millennial (32) and think the whole "you do you!" culture that [b]discourages [/b]both men and women to commit early, even when they're sure, is fairly toxic.  It leaves women my age are making concessions that they never thought they'd make in order to get married and have kids.[/quote]

Fixed my typo[/quote]

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