<p>I was 20 the first time around, he was 24 - failed after 8 years.</p>
<p>Remarried in 1997 at 30, he was 34. Very happily married. Certainly hasn’t always been easy, but it’s always been a blessing.</p>
<p>I REALLY don’t recommend marrying young. I think a lot of premarital counseling focuses on the wrong things and uses the wrong approach.</p>
<p>If it’s all told though, I have no regrets - how can I? I have 3 wonderful kids.</p>
<p>Married first time at age 19 (turned 20 two months later)–lasted 7 years.(No kids)
Remarried in 1981–going on 31 years–2 kids (29 and 23).</p>
<p>Surprised at how few divorced/remarried folks in this thread.</p>
<p>Hubby and I are a bit unusual for this thread. We had DS when I was 24 and he was 30 but we didn’t get legally married until I was 37 (2007).
We were happy to live together in a committed relationship and would have remained that way except purchasing a house in our state was easier as a married couple. Most of our friends that got married while we continued to live together are divorced now.</p>
<p>I’m the only one of my four siblings who is not divorced, and most of us were mid to late twenties when we married, although I was the oldest at 30. There were no divorces among my parents and their siblings - twelve couples in all, and everyone married before age 25. They were all married right after WWII, and it seems that marriages from that era had incredible longevity. While there was more of a sense of “sticking it out” back then even if things weren’t so great - kind of an old saw, but from what I can remember, all of my relatives seemed very happy and content in their marriages.</p>
<p>Married when I was 25, late 80’s, just passed anniversary #24…(and been with her since we were both 19, now getting close to 30 years)</p>
<p>Married day after my 23rd birthday (he was 28), 1986, still married (26 years). Three kids (22, 20, 17). We met at a party when I was 17.</p>
<p>I was 22 . . . friends called me the “child bride.” Dumb luck. It all worked. Neither of us knew what the heck life was about but we have made it 32 years now. Adore him more with every passing year.</p>
<p>I’m actually pretty proud of my daughter and her husband who recently married, both twenty-five. </p>
<p>She is a parochial school teacher and he will finish a professional master’s degree next spring. They could have waited until he was done with school or until they were both established in their careers or until they had money in the bank. Lots of their friends are in long term relationships, but won’t consider marriage until the stars are lined up just right.</p>
<p>My daughter and her husband just stepped up to the edge of the cliff and jumped. They live in an apartment so no bigger than my family room, shop at good will, drink cheap wine, and are happy doing so. It makes me miss our salad days.</p>
<p>We were 26 and 34 and next week will be our 35th wedding anniversary.</p>