<p>I was 18 and my husband was 19. We are still married, nearly 27 years later.</p>
<p>I have a question for those of you that got married in their teens or early twenties. Did you and your spouse attend college?</p>
<p>Yes, my husband and I both attended and graduated from college. (traditional 4 year route- graduated at 21-22 yrs old) I later went on to get a Masters.</p>
<p>Did you and your spouse attend college?</p>
<p>Not a 4 yr school.
I dropped out of high school, but took my GED and went back to school ( community college) when my oldest was born, when it was evident I was going to have to keep up with her.
I think H should have went to college ( neither of his parents did), but he was tracked into the trades and was pretty much steered away. ( he was 25 when we were married)</p>
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<p>Yes. We got married a week after college graduation and that fall headed to law school and grad school.</p>
<p>Age: 20
Year: 1974
Between Sophomore and junior years of college.
Still together</p>
<p>I was 36, W was 32. Late bloomers, I guess, though we both had been through several (non-marital) relationships; this was the first and only marriage for each of us.</p>
<p>Year: 1989, still together, very happy, and a lot older than most of our daughters’ friends’ parents, at least here in Minnesota. Seems like when we lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan it wasn’t at all unusual for kids our daughters’ ages to have “older” parents like us; in fact, it was pretty much the cultural norm. Here I’m a good 10-15 years older than most of the Dads I meet.</p>
<p>Both wife and I are degree holders. We got married in the fall, about 6 months after college graduation.</p>
<p>amtc and showmom…</p>
<p>Amtc…I am about your age and my husband is about your husband’s age (53 and 55). As I wrote earlier, I was 20 when we got married and my husband was 22. Even at that time, we were very unusual, I believe, to be married so young for those who are college/grad educated (as opposed to those with just a HS education). We were living in Boston. We got married after my soph year of college and after he had just graduated college. He entered a four year grad school after the wedding and I still had undergrad and then I also went onto grad school. The first four years of our marriage, we were still students! Since I was only 20, I was just about the only person in my college who was married, including at graduation (my name changed too). As we married young and had schooling and getting careers started, we didn’t have children for nine years (first child I was 29 and he was 31) which ended up being at a more typical age. I never thought I would be married until about age 30 and so getting married at 20 as I did was never in my imagination. Right now, I could not imagine my girls who are 22 and 24 being married!</p>
<p>Married one week shy of my 21st birthday, husband was 24.</p>
<p>Both graduated college. I had finished that summer, two months before the wedding, getting my degree in three years. Husband was graduated, out in the working world. He was a coworker of my older sister, who set us up on a blind date during Christmas break of my third year of college. </p>
<p>Married in October 1982.</p>
<p>Just celebrated 28 years of marriage.</p>
<p>Only son joined the family after 10 years of marriage.</p>
<p>Starting our new life as empty nesters.</p>
<p>We were both 23, though I was close to 24. H had just graduated undergrad (five year double major) and I was in grad school. I didn’t finish Ph.D. though have an MA, but H went on to get MD.</p>
<p>I was 20 and DH was almost 25, he was a college graduate with 2 degrees actually and I was in between sophomore & junior year of college. I stopped out to work full time, bought our first house at about 17% interest because “everyone” said we needed to get into the market…yikes crazy payment!</p>
<p>1982, still together, and better than ever. Love my kids, love my DH, love the life we are continuing to create, even if it is not now anything I ever imagined, even as recently as 10 years ago!</p>
<p>I got pregnant 2 years later and then returned to the local university and finished part time.</p>
<p>We are now empty nesters, sort of, and enjoying our time, but I have always encouraged my DDs to go have adventures and experience life. I think we could have done that as a married couple if we had not been so serious and focused and bought a house etc. But once you join the rat race and have a home and kids, you are pretty much committed.</p>
<p>When I was having my first at 23, all the other women in my pregnant fitness course were in their 30s and I felt like I got married young and was having kids young, I wonder if we at CC are a self-selected group because we seem to have a higher than I would have guessed percentage of young married and still marrieds</p>
<p>When my H and I married at 24 I had just finished grad school and he was just about to start med school. I grew up in Connecticut and my H grew up outside of Boston. We had our first child 10 years later.</p>
<p>There does seem to be a high percentage of young- and still-marrieds on this thread. My husband and I, though married young, went on to grad school–but I don’t think we could have, without parental support. Not easily, anyway. And it’s true that, although it worked out for me, I would be very worried if my daughter, like me, met her future husband at 20 and married at 24. Was I more mature, or are parents more inclined now to see their kids as immature? Perhaps, in fact, my mother was very worried and just didn’t tell me so. I know I was convinced that my best friend was making a terrible mistake when she got married while still in college–and I think she would agree with me now, though she’s still married.</p>
<p>Everyone in my nuclear family waited until after we had completed our grad degrees before we married. The spouses we married had also gotten their grad/professional degrees before marriage. My niece is the only of nieces & nephews to marry & both she & her spouse had their professional degrees before they said, “I do.” I guess our family is full of late bloomers, but we’re all still married to our original spouses, as are my parents who celebrated their golden anniversary years back.</p>
<p>I seriously contemplated marriage with some of my long term BFs (including joint counseling on the subject), but wanted to wait until after I & he had finished school–no regrets.</p>
<p>I was 21; he was 23. We got married two days after my college graduation.</p>
<p>My kids can’t believe we were stupid enough to get married that young.</p>
<p>I tend to agree with them.</p>
<p>The weird thing about us is that after marrying so early, we waited 10 years to have kids. We just didn’t feel mature enough to do it earlier. But somehow, the issue of maturity didn’t arise when we were considering marriage!</p>
<p>I was 22 (H was 20)
1984
Yes, still together and loving an empty nest
One and only child (DD) born in 1988</p>
<p>Our DD is currently the age I was when I married. I cannot even begin to imagine her being married at this age!</p>
<p>Marian, we didn’t have kids for nine years either due to being married so young as we were students for four years and got our careers started first.</p>
<p>D2 once remarked to me as well that she couldn’t believe I was married even younger than she is now.</p>
<p>20 (6 weeks shy of 21, weren’t legal to drink on our honeymoon - didn’t have problems through!)
early 80s
still married</p>
<p>We are 6 days apart in age, born in the same hospital, but didn’t meet until we were 16. I joke that I got his bassinet, as he was discharged the day I was born. I think this makes us the youngest couple!</p>
<p>One month short of 23, ex was 30. Lasted 7 years too long, but got S out of it (this was the 80s).</p>
<p>Second marriage, I was 34, H 38, still going great after 12+ years. I actually met him the same day I met my first H, but I picked the wrong one ;)</p>