How old were you when you got married( if you are married )?

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^It didn't stop the counsellor describing in embarrassing, childishly worded detail what we should be doing. I just remember front bottoms, thingamejigs and back bottoms being mentioned.^

Bumface, that's hilarious - although I'm certain it must have been cringe-making at the time.

I agree, but I’m struggling to think why the ‘back bottom’ had to be mentioned!

Gosh we were old, both 30. We married in 1982. I'd spent my time in various jobs and then working for my nursing qualification. We weren't ready for marriage any sooner. I had our daughter 9 months later and our son in 1984.

It would have been our 61st anniversary next month, but David died in October 2016, so we clocked up just over 53 years, with 5 children.

I was 25, DH 32. Babies at 26,29 & 33. I was an only child born when my Mum was 39 & Dad 32. Because of that I didn’t want to be an ‘older ‘ Mum nor have just an only child. We just made it to 38 years when DH died. For our 40 anniversary I bought myself an expensive painting in lieu of the ruby ring (which he would never have bought me in a 100 years 😀).

I was 21 and just finished my SRN training, DH 24 was working but also studying. My parents were not too happy but he had moved to London and it was really a convenience ,as living together was not quite the norm then . We had very little but we managed.
DD was born when I was 24 and DS at 28. We were married 49 years ,he died four and a half years ago.
Nowadays it seems very young to marry , DC married at 32 and 37 but they both lived together beforehand.
Most of my nursing friends married soon after qualifying so there was a continuous stream of weddings to attend, there was much swapping and borrowing of outfits!

I was 19 and one month exactly the first time. By the time I was 26 I was divorced.

Second time I was 47 and next week is my 20th anniversary - it's been a wonderful marriage...

Norah

16, first child a year later.

My husband was 18.

Did you run away to Gretna Green?
That always sounded so romantic!

16, first child a year later.

My husband was 18.

I was 21, DH 25. We had known each other 6 weeks when he proposed and 10 months when we married.

54 years, 5 children and 9 grandchildren later and we are still going strong.

Hellogirl your first sentence could have been me. We waited six years for baby 2. Just to get on our feet really. We have been together 60 years now. I’m just getting over the shock

It didn't stop the counsellor describing in embarrassing, childishly worded detail what we should be doing. I just remember front bottoms, thingamejigs and back bottoms being mentioned.

Bumface, that's hilarious - although I'm certain it must have been cringe-making at the time.

I was 18 and first year at uni, DH was 20 and also a student. DS was born just 2 days before my 20th birthday. I was not pregnant when we married. Finished uni degree after taking a year out. We have been married for 56 years now.

We married in 1963. My hubby was 19, I`d just turned 20. First baby born 5 months after wedding (oops!) She was 13 months on the day that her sister was born. On my first visit to the ante natal clinic with my 2nd, they gave me details of the family planning clinic!

21 in 1977 and turned out to be big mistake. Lovely to read of all the lasting marriages on here and this thread. You should be proud of yourselves.

annsixty

I married 3 weeks after my 21st birthday.
I would have married on my birthday but in those far off days, 1958, we could only take two weeks holiday in August when the place closed for two weeks.
The other reason was that my widowed mother would not give her permission which was required then until the age of 21.
My H was 22.
We were married for over 60 years until he died.

Me too, annsixty, and the Bodach was 25 in 1973.We had our first child in 1975.
It’s funny when I think of the horror of two of my classmates when we had to take our birth certificates to school before our ‘O’ level exams and they discovered that their parents had only been married six months before they were born! It’s quite common now for children to attend their parents’ wedding. Changed days, right enough.

I was 27,husband 30 in 1975.I was a serving officer in the Army at the time.I had my first baby at 30.

Prior to our wedding we attended an engaged couple group at the church my dh attended and one of the questions all three couples were asked was “how long should you wait before having children?” One couple said 12-18 months the other couple gave 18months-2 years. I said 5 years Dh said 10 years no wonder the priest looked shocked, a good catholic boy saying to wait 10 years. Our first baby arrived 10 days before our 6th wedding anniversary

I was 22 and DH 21, we’d been together 3years and 3 days when we got married 42 years ago. We waited until dh finished his apprenticeship. Don’t quite know where the years have gone.

Both me and DH were 20 when we got married in 1976. Waited 9 years before having children (I was petrified of childbirth and kept putting it off!). So glad I plucked up the courage - can't imagine life without them and my much loved grandchildren.

Married at 22
First child when I was 23.
Second child when I was 26 ( and classed as old mum!)
Still married 43 years and counting
Hoping for many more 💜

Strangely my cousin's son is just turning 22 and consider him quite young with his 20's in front of him , that hopefully will be exciting and interesting.
I am glad I married young, but times have changed.

I was 20. DH was 23. 55 years this year.

We both were 21 and have been married for 62 years. Three sons born in 65, 68 and 75. Looking back we were far to young but his work posted him to Africa so it was get married or goodbye! We had our honeymoon sailing to South Africa, not much more than school kids!

I got married two weeks after my 21st birthday and we lasted 32 years. But I never liked the feeling of being married and it ended badly, although we remained good friends.

I was 18 and my husband was 22, we met at work, still very happy together 46th anniversary next week.

Married in 1969. I was 24 and DH was 27.