Married people: How old were you when you got married?

United States
January 28, 2007 8:44pm CST
This is for the married people out there... how old were you when you got married? Did you feel that was a good age? Do you wish you waited or got married sooner? I was 24, almost 25. I think that was a great age for me. I was old enough that I had been able to do quite a few things (travel, finish studies), but still young enough that I could have kids at a decent age and yet still spend some alone time with my husband.
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@harxian (671)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
i got married at the age of exactly 25 during my birthday last november 14 2006 we had a civil wedding. i think i am in a right age to be married i had finished my studies and already had a job at this time and also my husband we are now leaving happily married and waiting to have a baby someday that would make us complete.
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• United States
29 Jan 07
That is great.
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@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
29 Jan 07
i got married when i was 25 which was a good age to get married for me. I'm glad i waited because i wouldnt have found my husband! and that wouldnt be just rotten!
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@greengal (4286)
• United States
29 Jan 07
I was around 23 when I got married. I turned 24 two months after that:) I feel it was the right age too, I've been spending time with my hubby and we plan to have kids probably next year. We've been married for over a year now. I still can work as well as study before I have kids.
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@crystal8577 (1466)
• United States
29 Jan 07
The first time I was 19 & way to young. It was also to the wrong person. The 2nd time I was 25. That is always the age I imagined getting married at. I think it was just fine in the timing area.
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• United States
29 Jan 07
i just got married 5 months almost 6 months ago, i was 23 at the time.i have been with my husband since i was a senior in highschool. almost 8 years, we have a beautiful 5 year old daughter. to me it didnt matter when we got married for i knew he was the one,
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@dekzee (38)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
Just got married, I'm 28. I think it's just about the right time. I don't feel childish anymore and I feel I can handle things that I've seen my parents went throught. Getting married is one thing but having kids is another. I'm planning to have kids at about 2 years from now.
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
i got married when i was 21, and my partner is 20, we never planned, but it just happened, we got married unexpectedly.. but we are happy, age is not important in getting married, as long as you are emotionally, and physically and financially ready.
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• India
29 Jan 07
Hey dear!you see as you told this is for married couples but still I responded because I am going to get married and currentlly I am going to be 21.I am feeling excited...
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• United States
29 Jan 07
congrats!
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I was 18 and have been married for over 28 years now. I would get married to the same man and at the same time if I had it to do over again. I truly love him.
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@msqtech (15074)
• United States
6 Feb 07
Age has very little to do with marriage success working on it is what makes it great and lasting.
@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
29 Jan 07
My husband and I got married 2 and a half years ago. I was 23 (a month away from being 24) and he had just turned 35 2 months before that. We lived together for almost 6 years before we got married and we both think we made the right decision. We were in no hurry anyway. We didn't want to rush into anything and end up regretting it later. I am now 26 (will be 27 in July) and he is 37 (will be 38 in April) and we are very happy and get along great. We love each other very much and we tried for a baby but I have Polocystic Ovarian Syndrome so I am having a hard time getting pregnant. But I don't think it is an absolute must for us to have kids because we are happy the way we are and if we can't have children then it wasn't meant to be. But yes I am glad we waited almost 6 years to get married because it gave us a chance to live together and see what life was going to be like together. :)
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@lisado (1227)
• United States
29 Jan 07
The first time I got married I was barely 18. At the time I thought I was old enough. Looking bad, however, I know know that I wasn't. It lasted 6 years, we filed for divorce at 5 years, though. It was rough and we spent a lot of time fighting as we both learned who we really were once we moved away from home. My second husband and I got married when I was 24. We had been friends for 8 years by then, we had met before I even met my first husband. We've been together for 10 years now. Kids always think they know what they're doing. Some get married at 18 and live "happily ever after". Looking back, I wish I had waited and lived a little more. I might have avoided that whole disasterous first marriage if I had. I have no doubt that Matt and I would have married eventually, but I could have avoided that whole first marriage mess if I wasn't so busy proving that I was an adult and I knew what I was doing.
2 people like this
• China
30 Jan 07
i think 25 is a good adge for a girl to marry. i am a men, when i got married i am 30, i also think that is a gteat adge for a men to get married. what do you think?
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@mbarryton (1872)
• United States
29 Jan 07
i was 30
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• United States
29 Jan 07
do you feel that was a good age for you to get married? why or why not? please elaborate.
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@cruzades (659)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
I don't think there's a good "age" in getting married, all boils down into "how both of you are stable financially, emotionally and spiritually?"
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• United States
30 Jan 07
I agree that early 30's is good. I was 19 the first time around, my ex was 23. We were both too immature. This time, I was 32, and my husband 31. It was the 2nd for both, and it's either that we were more mature, or the fact that we became friends way before we got romantically involved, but it's been a great 9 years so far!
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@dekzee (38)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
I just got married and I'm 28 years old. I think that's about the right age. I feel I can handle things that I've seen my parents handle. Getting married is one thing but having kids is another. That, I think, is something I'm not yet ready to handle. When the right time (or age) comes, I'm sure I'll know it.
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• India
30 Jan 07
lolz i am not married yet but i would like that my parents marry me in the age of 20
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• United States
29 Jan 07
I got married a couple of months after I turned 18. I am still married and I have five children. I don't think I was ready to be married at 18. I didn'tt have my 1st child until I was almost 22 but still, I think I got attached to someone to early in life.
• India
29 Jan 07
I got married at the age of 25. I feel the age of 25 is ok for marriage. But the real time is from 22 to 24. This is the correct time for marriage. In this time if u get married, you will get time to spend with your husband. You will get a child in decent age
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
29 Jan 07
I was 17 and had just had a baby. My father coerced me into marriage saying he would put me in a home for wayward girls if I did not marry. My mother-in-law agreed because she wanted a grandchild. My husband turned out to be violent and very abusive so I suffered physically, mentally and spiritually. I married again at 35 separated 8 months later and have had two life partners since. I'm now 54 and live with my animals. I'm happy but pretty messed up. For me marriage and children were a big mistake ....unfortunately you don't realise this till it's too late.
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
i got married the same age as yours and had my first child at 26. for me, it was the perfect age to get married, i even wished sometimes i had my first child at the age of 23 because i really want to enjoy my life with my kids...
• United States
29 Jan 07
I got married when I was twenty. Considering that I planned never to marry at all, it worked out wonderfully well. I think age is less important than maturity--of both people. I wasn't very mature in some ways, but my husband was mature and understanding. His patience helped me grow up.