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

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  • StrongGwen
    StrongGwen Posts: 378 Member
    well, THIS time around we got engaged when I was 41 and he was 51. We had been together as a couple for 7 years before getting engaged. We got married at age 43 and 53. We have been married just over 12 years now. In all I've known him for over 23 years. (as a footnote, the first time I laid eyes on him inside my head I said OMG!)
  • soulfire711
    soulfire711 Posts: 20
    I got married when I was 25 to a guy that I met when I was 18. We were friends for 5 years while we dated other people and finally got together when I was 23. We dated for a year, were engaged for a year, and we've been married for 2 years now. We're still together and some people tell us that we're nauseating. I think they want the honeymoon to be over. :-)
  • sprky182
    sprky182 Posts: 20
    Dated for 7 years before getting engaged at 24, married at 25, still married and coming up on 2 years married, 10 years together.
  • basschick
    basschick Posts: 3,502 Member
    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!

    When we got engaged, I was 25, he was 32. We had been together for 1 year and 9 months. When we got married, I was twelve days shy of my 26th birthday, he had just turned 33 five days before. We have been together for 19 years and married for 16 1/2 years.
  • jfrog123
    jfrog123 Posts: 432 Member
    My husband and I met when I was a senior in high school through mutual friends ( I was 18, he was 23). We dated 8 months before we got engaged. From the time we met until our wedding day was 14 months. On our wedding day I was 19 and he was 24. Looking back I think that I was way too young to be getting married. That being said, in May we will be celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary, and he is still my best friend. But if one of our kids tells me he/she wants to get married at 19 I will do everything in my power to convince them to wait, lol.
  • fionat29
    fionat29 Posts: 717 Member
    Met him via a friend when I was 17/18. Finally got our act together when I was 22, married at 24 when he was 38, yes that's a 14 year gap but we've been together now or 22 years and are so happy together it's sickening. Lol!!
  • missikay1970
    missikay1970 Posts: 588 Member
    How old were you when you got engaged?
    21 years old

    How long had you been together before getting engaged?
    1 year

    How old were you when you got married?
    21 years old

    Are you still together (if so, for how long)?
    yes, together for 21 years, married for 19
  • ccfitme
    ccfitme Posts: 1
    I was 27, he was 25 when we got engaged. Had been together 6 months before getting engaged. Got married at 28 and 26. We are still together, married for 6.5 years. :)
  • blink1021
    blink1021 Posts: 1,115 Member
    Met and got engaged and married in 1999 I was 20 he was 26. We met got engaged and married all within 1 week I know we were crazy but it has worked for us. Everyone told us we were stupid and it was a mistake. If I could do it all over again I would have waited longer. Been together for almost 13 years it hasn't been easy but we are still in it.
  • Gilliamzoo
    Gilliamzoo Posts: 72 Member
    We started dating the summer of 2002. I was 20, he was 21. We got engaged in November of 2006 (so 4ish years) then married in October 2007. We're still happily together even though life has certainly given us some curve balls.
  • crixmix
    crixmix Posts: 30
    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!

    Engaged at 27 he was 34
    Together 3 months before getting engaged
    Got married a year later, 28
    Still together, 6 years later
  • wises5
    wises5 Posts: 53
    I was 18 and he was 22. We were together about two years a little more. I was 19 and he was 23. Yes were still together, been married about 7 months next week.
  • MistyboBisty
    MistyboBisty Posts: 33
    Started dating when I was 18, he was 26, engaged after 6 months, married 6 months later...I was 19. Still married almost 14 years later.
  • misslolachobble
    misslolachobble Posts: 23
    Met January 12th ,I was 31,he was 24
    Moved in January 18th
    Still together 21 years later :smile:
  • slimyfishy
    slimyfishy Posts: 114 Member
    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!

    My husband was 18, and I was 19 when we got engaged. We knew each other for 2yrs. When we got married, he was 19, and I was 20 (we couldn't have alcohol at the wedding because we weren't legal drinking age, and none of our friends were either..LOL!)

    We are coming up on our 22nd wedding anniversary. He is the love of my life. We've been through the birth of our son (now 15), buying a house, moving to a new state, 8 job lay-offs, and many deaths of loved ones over those years. Each time we've got through something emotionally draining, we lean on each other. Marriage isn't 50/50. It is 100% ALL THE TIME. You can't be selfish in a good marriage. Put your spouse first, and they need to do the same for you. When you do that, you can tackle anything. :drinker:
  • suraes
    suraes Posts: 1
    How old when engaged?
    20

    How long together 1st?
    1 year

    How old when Married?
    21

    We have been married for 20 years and have been together for 22.
  • Chaquilas
    Chaquilas Posts: 49 Member
    How old were you when you got engaged? I was 24 he was 22

    How long had you been together before getting engaged? 2 years 11 months

    How old were you when you got married? I was 25 he was 23

    Are you still together (if so, for how long)? as a couple 8 years 5 months, married 4 years 5 months
  • dlyeates
    dlyeates Posts: 875 Member
    I'm another curve ball!!!

    Met husband when we were both 25 (October 2000 when we started talking....we worked together). First date November 2000.
    Engaged January 2001 (he was 26, I was 25....2 months to the day after our first date).
    Married November 23, 2001 (we were both 26)
    Just passed 10 years of marriage and still going strong!!!!
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I don't know if I was ever officially engaged. We met when I was 27 and he was 25, moved in together in 5 months, knew we wanted to get married but didn't know how to plan the "perfect wedding." He wanted to buy me a ring, I thought it was a waste of money and wanted a kitchen remodel instead, so I joke that I have an engagement dishwasher. :tongue:

    We got married at the courthouse after we'd been together about two years, with maybe two weeks of planning (a gown from JCPenney and rings from Sears), once we realized that any time we said our vows, in any circumstances, it would be the perfect wedding. And it was.

    We celebrated our 10th in November. :smile:
  • sjbreeden
    sjbreeden Posts: 10
    We met on a blind date when we were both 24. Engaged 6 months later, married 7 months after that (he was 26, I was 25 at the wedding, because of how our birthdays fall). So we were together 13 months before we got married; we'll celebrate 23 years this year!
  • bugtrain
    bugtrain Posts: 251 Member
    Got engaged at 18....he was 29
    Married within 6 months of meeting.....still married 21 years later!
  • karenwill2
    karenwill2 Posts: 604 Member
    me 27, he was 18, almost 19. 3 months- I got pregnant, married 4 months after our 1st child was born so a year and 4 months after our first kiss. Been married for almost 7 years, together for 8.

    Wouldn't change a thing. It worked out well.
  • minihaak
    minihaak Posts: 43 Member
    How old were you when you got engaged? 26 (he was 33-7 years older than me)
    How long had you been together before getting engaged? 3 years
    How old were you when you got married? 27 (13 month engagement - we were also building a house at the same time!!)
    Are you still together? Yes 18 months married, 5 and 1/2 years together :)
  • koylefam
    koylefam Posts: 142 Member
    I as 22 he was 21 (6 month age diff)
    Engaged after 2 months
    Married 3 1/2 months after engagement (5 1/2 total)
    I was still 22 and he was still 21
    Together for 9 years. We have stayed strong through the birth of 4 beautiful children. And the loss of one of those sweet angels. HE is my rock and I am his. MArriage has it's ups and downs, and you learn to either grow together or you will grow apart.
    It has been 9 wonderful years, with MANY MANY more to come :-)
  • Mommawarrior
    Mommawarrior Posts: 897 Member
    Met my husband when I was 12, he was 13. First thing I ever said to him was "I am going to marry you someday"
    We got engaged before we ever went on a "date". I had actually been dating another guy for 2 years when out of no where my now husband asked me to marry him. I had just turned 18 and was still a senior in highschool. We got married one year later.
    January 11th was our 20th wedding anniversary.
  • saritabandita
    saritabandita Posts: 67 Member
    I was 24 when we got engaged... we dated for 3 years before getting engaged. Our engagement lasted 7 months. We've been married for 17 years (on February 24th). Can't say it's been easy the whole time we've been married and we've had our share of issues to work out, but our relationship is stronger now than it's ever been.

    Oh, and he was two years older than me. Still is! :laugh:
  • Nharley
    Nharley Posts: 201
    1st marriage: Knew him for about a year before getting engaged. Lived together for about 4-6 months before we married. Divorced after three years... I was 21 and he was 27.

    2nd marriage: Knew each other nearly 4 years. I was 24 and he was 33. After dating for about a year I found out I was pregnant in November 1992. We married February 20, 1993. Tomorrow is our 19th wedding anniversary! :flowerforyou: :smooched:
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    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!

    Engaged : 24
    Been together before that : 1 year
    Married : 25 (4 months after we were engaged)
    Now: Still together, married over 3 years
  • bestdaysahead
    bestdaysahead Posts: 90 Member
    I was 36, he was 42 when we met
    Engaged about three months later
    Married nine months later in 9/2011
    Two kids later, ages 10 and 8, still happily together!

    This was my second marriage and his first.
  • 77tes
    77tes Posts: 8,506 Member
    Oh this is tricky! Trying to remember as best I can. I'm always willing to help with class research projects.

    How old were you when you got engaged? I was 20 -- hubby was 34
    How long had you been together before getting engaged? We had been dating about a year.
    How old were you when you got married? I was 21 -- hubby was 35
    Are you still together (if so, for how long)? We will be celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary in May, so I guess that's a yes.
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