Questions For Married Folks (For A Class - Help Appreciated)

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How old were you when you got engaged? How long had you been together before getting engaged? How old were you when you got married? Are you still together (if so, for how long)? Doing some informal research for a class - answers appreciated!
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  • 42micheller42
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    Lets see .. married a coworker when I was 24 and he was 28 ..we had known each other for about a year and got married after going out for 9 months. We have been together for 20 years. Whew !! Hasn't been a bed of roses but here we still are .:bigsmile:
  • enginerd81
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    Hey hope this is what you're looking for:

    Met: may 2005 - me 25 her 23
    Engaged October 2008
    Married August 2009

    Still together!
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
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    This one will throw a curve ball into things...

    I was 27 when we got engaged (he was 37). We were together for a little over a month before getting engaged. I was still 27 when we got married. We are still together 6 1/2 years later!
  • Artfox
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    21 when we were engaged. Dated for almost a year. 22 years at marriage. Still married for 25 years. Hope this helps.
  • 2shoes123
    2shoes123 Posts: 204 Member
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    My husband and I were engaged when I was 22 (he was 27). We were together 2 years. We were married when I was 22 (6 month engagement) . Still together - 21 years (happily)!
  • Jain
    Jain Posts: 861 Member
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    I was 26 when I get engaged. We'd been together about 3 years. 27 when we married. And we've been together 22 years this May.:happy:
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
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    Met: Age 20
    Dated before engaged: 1 year
    Engaged : 1 yr
    Married: Age 22
    Total years married so far: almost 29
  • nikkilou1978
    nikkilou1978 Posts: 146 Member
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    31 when we got engaged. Together for 3 years before getting engaged. 31 when we got married. Still together, have been married for 3 years.
  • Lambiii
    Lambiii Posts: 321
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    A) How old were you when you got engaged? I was 21 and he was 27 (Was my 21st ('',) )

    B)How long had we been together before becoming engaged? 13 Months

    C)How old were we when we got married? I was 24 and he was 29 (2 weeks before his 30th)

    D)Are we still together? (If so how long?) Yes, We are together 4 years 8 months, Married 6 months :)
  • melt57
    melt57 Posts: 60 Member
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    Met when we were 16. Dated for 10 years, engaged for one, happily married (at age 28) for 5.5 yrs!
  • xXKatrinaXx
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    Got engaged on my 21st birthday, and married a month before my 22nd birthday (my husband is 35). We were together for 1.5 years before getting engaged, and about 2.5 yrs before getting married. We just got married in October 2011 but are still together
  • lalaloses
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    How old were you when you got engaged? 30


    How long had you been together before getting engaged? 3 months

    How old were you when you got married? 30

    Are you still together (if so, for how long)? Yes! 6 years together, 5 years married!


    Doing some informal research for a class - answers appreciated!
  • ammorley208
    ammorley208 Posts: 9 Member
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    When we met, I was 18 and he was 20, he was only a year older but the way our birthdays fell it sometimes looked like two. We met in March, got engaged in August, he left for 6 months on a deployment (he was military), he came back in April, we were married in May. At that point, I was 19 and he was 21 (again because of the birthdays). We were married for 10 years. We still occasionally talk. It wasn't a bad break up, just crazy circumstances.
  • dizzydi1968
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    Met May 1987 Me 18 him 24
    Moved in together July 1987 (yeah that was quick)
    Engaged Sept 1987
    Married July 1989

    Still together.................
  • tinyjourney
    tinyjourney Posts: 198 Member
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    How old were you when you got engaged? Me-20, Hubby- 21
    How long had you been together before getting engaged? We were crazies. We met at the end of July, got engaged in October, eloped on Christmas. So dating 3 months (6 weeks long distance relationship). Engaged for 2 months before getting married. Five months total before eloping.
    How old were you when you got married? 20 & 21
    Are you still together (if so, for how long)? Still going strong at 7 1/2 years!!
  • smk402
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    How old were you when you got engaged? How long had you been together before getting engaged? How old were you when you got married? Are you still together (if so, for how long)? Doing some informal research for a class - answers appreciated!

    We met in July 1999, and officially started dating on August 21, 1999. I was 22, he was 24.
    We got engaged on December 22, 2000. I was 23, he was 26. He chose the date because he didn't want the ring/engagement to be seen as a Christmas gift, but he really was ready to pop the question and that just happened to be the time of year. We dated 17 months before getting engaged.
    We got married April 6, 2002. I was 25, he was 27. Our engagement was just over 15 months long.
    We are still together - our 10th anniversary is this year. There have been many bumps in the road, a few really hard times, and I tend to zig when he zags, but we are still in love and going strong.
  • TeeferTiger
    TeeferTiger Posts: 136 Member
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    First date 25/03/2010 Aged 28
    Got engaged 20/11/2010 Aged 29
    Got married 10/09/2011 Aged 30

    And yes, we're still together :laugh:
  • tinkermommc
    tinkermommc Posts: 562 Member
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    Met June '99 -both 19
    Engaged June '03 -both 23 so together for 4 yrs
    Married August '03- both 23

    Married 8 1/2 yrs, together 12 1/2 yrs. Now I feel old ;-)
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,874 Member
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    How old were you when you got engaged? How long had you been together before getting engaged? How old were you when you got married? Are you still together (if so, for how long)? Doing some informal research for a class - answers appreciated!

    Age at engagement: 20 (just barely)
    Time together at engagement: 3 months
    Age when married: 20 (3 weeks from 21st birthday)
    Married almost 12 years now, still together :smile:
  • kunibob
    kunibob Posts: 608 Member
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    First time engaged:

    How old were you when you got engaged? 22
    How long had you been together before getting engaged? nearly 4 years
    Are you still together (if so, for how long)? we never did marry and broke up after 6 years together total

    Second (Final!) time engaged:

    How old were you when you got engaged? 28
    How long had you been together before getting engaged? exactly 3 years
    How old were you when you got married? 29 (nearly 30)
    Are you still together (if so, for how long)? Yep! 6 years together, 5 years common law, 1.5 years legally married