Met at 21, engaged 27, married 28. Married 14 yrs . To add: We waited because we wanted to get ahead in our jobs and save money to buy an apartment first , NYC is $$$
NP here but met at 22, 27 engaged, 28 married, first kid at 30/31 (DH is same age) so similar. I was in no rush to get married in early 20s, honestly. I think you don’t really know who you are in your early 20s, and getting married before 27/27 is correlated with higher divorce rates. Of course there are many confounding factors, but if you don’t want to have kids super early, why get married early? At any rate all of this is young for NYC - I’m 42 and still one of the youngest parents in my younger DC’s second grade class. People are surprised when I say I got married at 28
@Anonymous I'm 37 and always one of the youngest parents in my oldest kid's class. People are always shocked that I got married at 26, but even more shocked when they find out we've been together for 21 years. I get it. It's not typical for NYC. :)
21 and engaged at 25
24, engaged at 26
29 engaged 31
16; married at 24
How did you meet?
@Anonymous High school. Happily married for almost 24 years. :)
19, 31
19, engaged 24
23 and 30. Married 22 years.
23. engaged at 26. Married at 27. We’re both 40 now.
20; 32.
I wonder if the results are skewing 29 and younger because those are the only people who feel like responding to the question. FWIW, I was 17.
I was 34 when we met and 36 when we married. The clock was ticking.
Another 34 and 36 here
33, 38
Wow. 28 and married at 29! Amazed you all were that patient!!
17; 28
why did you wait?
Why not?
We decided it was time to start thinking about kids and DH felt like asking. I've never really cared about being married or not.
@Anonymous just curious.
Met at 16, engaged at 24, married at 26.
how did you meet?
It was random. We were introduced, but it wasn't meant to be a setup at all.
25 and engaged at 28. (He was 31 and 34)
Met at 21, engaged 27, married 28. Married 14 yrs . To add: We waited because we wanted to get ahead in our jobs and save money to buy an apartment first , NYC is $$$
I understanding waiting to save for kids, but I'm not following how waiting to get married helped you in your jobs?
NP here but met at 22, 27 engaged, 28 married, first kid at 30/31 (DH is same age) so similar. I was in no rush to get married in early 20s, honestly. I think you don’t really know who you are in your early 20s, and getting married before 27/27 is correlated with higher divorce rates. Of course there are many confounding factors, but if you don’t want to have kids super early, why get married early? At any rate all of this is young for NYC - I’m 42 and still one of the youngest parents in my younger DC’s second grade class. People are surprised when I say I got married at 28
@Anonymous I'm 37 and always one of the youngest parents in my oldest kid's class. People are always shocked that I got married at 26, but even more shocked when they find out we've been together for 21 years. I get it. It's not typical for NYC. :)
Met at 20 (he was 19), engaged at 26
32, 34
Met at 28, married at 37. Didn't officially get engaged, just slowly decided we were getting married.