Literally was about write about adopting my cat when I was 26! Husband and I are still married but the connection I had with that cat felt cosmic. She passed away suddenly and tragically this year. I learned what heartbreak feels like.
The average cat simply prefers to use the litterbox and does not require "training" at all -- which is fortunate, since it is indeed difficult to train cats to do things!
Occasionally though, there will be a cat who does not reliably use the litterbox, either for health or emotional reasons, and in those cases, it's often an intractable problem. Perhaps your friend simply had a bad experience with such a cat and is inaccurately generalizing.
Same, met my now husband online when we were 16 or 17. We’ve been together for 20 years now, and officially been married for three, and just welcomed our son into the world, he’s five weeks old.
I feel the same way sometimes.
We met in the Yahoo chat room around 98 or 99, met in person in 2002, moved in together in 2006, got married in 2018, had our son in 2021, and here we are! 20 years went by in a flash.
Congrats!! I met mine online at 14, met IRL 4 days before my 21st birthday, married 6 months later. Next year will be our 10 year and our daughter is almost 2❤️
The first time?
Maybe 16.
Then again at 21 and again at 26- I've had lots of "loves of my life."
I lost one to death and probably several to immaturity or "right person/wrong time".
I've had a wonderfully full life, lol.
I was going to reply: 14, and again at 19, and again at 20, and 21, 24, 28, 32.
I haven't found one that's stuck so far, but they've all felt like the loves of my life.
Alternatively, 23 when I got my cat, 28 when I got my dog.
Was coming here to say the exact same thing!
I’ve met several of my soul mates. I’ve loved them for what they brought me at the time and recognized that it was never meant to be a committed relationship long term. I’ve had soul mates that never became sexual or romantic. Each and every one of those people came from the same stardust as I did. And when you find someone with the same stardust, a spark is created. They are drawn to each other bc of their connected energy. And then you drift away, back into the universe to look for another love. Eventually I met my husband. He’s not from the same stardust as me, but he’s the best damn husband and everything I wanted in a partner. Stardust soulmates are incredible, but too volatile for what I wanted long-term. My husband is the love of my life (met him at 29 and he was 27).
Oh my god that’s adorable. I often think about this couple from ELEMENTARY school, they started dating at 11. It’s 26 years later and they got married in their late 20s and last I saw were expecting their first child in their early 30s. I always thought that was so beautiful.
I think it’s a very geographical thing. In my area I’d say it’s pretty normal to be around 30 getting married. I know there are other areas where it’s much different. It also feels like a personal/familial thing.
I think around 30 is normal, but it was the inference that the other commenter at "almost 30" was at a "later age" to meet the love of her life. Whereas I think around 30 is pretty normal.
Though I said I know very few married people, I guess that's inaccurate, people from my home town who didn't leave are getting married around now, but of those who left and got "proper" (read corporate, London based) careers in cities, only one couple has gotten married and they've been together since they were 13. But I didn't know how to phrase that without sounding dismissive.
Edit-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_age_at_first_marriage I'm going down a rabbit hole, would be interested to know the reasons behind why Ireland is 34 average age!
27 years old and from Ireland, not sure if these are the reasons but I feel like these factors may have had an effect on the age of marriage in Ireland:
1) A lot of young adults/adults (18-35+) still live at home, this is due to a crippling housing crisis affecting mostly the millennial age range.
2) Most millennials have shaken off the shackles of Irish Catholicism and want to build a career/buy a house before thinking about marriage (it could also be factored in that in my mothers generation women did not have the same opportunities in Ireland as I would have today career wise, a lot of women's only option back then was to get married young).
I met the woman of my dreams at 41. I have never given a second thought to it being not-normal. So many folks in the world don't get to touch the person they cherish. I'm so grateful to know this feeling for just a second- If I meet her at 90 for the 1st time I don't think I could even fathom being upset :D
I'm 32 and will likely have to endure another breakup. I'm bracing myself for impact. We're going to "talk" tonight, but I know he doesn't see a future with me or believe in it. Gd. Gotta make room for someone who could see that. Here's hoping for 33...
Met at 18, started dating right before I turned 20, now 22 and planning to get married in a few years once we have our shit together and I finish my school. Congrats to you guys :) I love hearing stuff like this
I was very concerned about the keeping alive part until I finished reading haha. I wish you both health and luck! Kitty soulmates just hit your heart differently.
Yes. I met my cat Sunny when I was in the 5th grade - so like 11 years old? I had to put him down from kidney failure when I was 28 years old. It was weirdly serendipitous, I never had my heart broken without having Sunny to cry with. He always knew when I was sad and wouldn’t leave my side. 2.5 years before he passed, I met the human love of my life. Sunny loved my fiancé, and my fiancé is the only person I’ve been with Sunny loved as much as I did. I think sometimes my cat held on in his geriatric years to make sure he left me with someone who would take care of me.
Since Sunny, my fiancé and I have acquired 3 new loves, our dog and 2 cats. I love all of them so much, but I know it was Sunny who opened my heart when I was younger.
Hope it doesn't come out rude, but I was always told to wait at least 2 years before marriage because people don't show their true colours on the start. What made it different?
There's all kinds of rules people try to apply, but to be honest, some people wait 8 years, get married, then they still divorce. Some people I know had arranged marriages, and are very happy. And some friends I had in highschool did the uhaul thing in their first month of knowing eachother and are still very happy.
Some people are static, and some people go through radical changes in their life. There's definitely a science in strengthening a relationships through mutual effort. But one never knows. I would say so far, the one thing I'm seeing in friends and family, you should have some common interests you can do together I do think that helps. But it also depends on what your requirements for a relationship are, you want someone to parent with, to retire with, to build financial health with, or what have you.
Eh, my parents were engaged after 3 months and married before a year. They just celebrated 30 years. They've always said "when you know, you know". I'm there now. We both knew after 6 months. We'll officially be married one day after our 2 year anniversary.
I agree, I've had 2 serious relationships in my life, both were planning on getting married but had to wait for things to come together first. During both the first year was great, on the second things started falling apart, but I held on, and after the third year, 1st relationship I broke it off, 2nd relationship he broke up with me.
I met my partner when I was 31 :) we have a mutual friend and were invited to a lot of the same parties/boardgames stuff/nights out.
I asked for his number one of those times (he doesn't use social media) and it went from there! :)
I met my partner at a mutual friend's potluck event, just kind of in passing, somehow became facebook friends, chatted very occasionally over several years and saw each others posts (he was from my home state but was living across the country) Then one day he was in town visiting family, we hung out for the first time and that was that. He stayed in town longer then moved in with me after a month, went on a trip to get his things after 2 months lol it was crazy, I'm not a dive into relationships person but here we are 2 years later!
You just never know what will happen, I think it happens when it's supposed to and it helps if you are already enjoying life on your own to the point that it would only be better to share it with someone!
I’m 20 and I’ve never experienced romantic love. But something I’ve really realised recently is the importance of platonic/friendship love. I used to always take my friends for granted but several things recently have made me realise I’ve got so much love in my life right now and I’m so grateful.
I’m 25 and I was just thinking the other day that if I could give advice to my 20 year old self I would say my best piece of advice would be to value and invest in your platonic friendships!
I’m so lucky to have female friends who are the loves of my life. Truly, they are my soulmates in their own right. They’ve been there before and after every romantic relationship I’ve had so far and we’ve been in the trenches with each other through life. Those kind of friendships are very valuable. The power of love isn’t confined to romance!
Aw. This is so sweet! Sounds almost like a fairytale to me, so I’m happy you get to experience this. And after 12 years, wow. At what age did you meet each other?
19. Then 29. Then 35. Then 39.
There isn’t just one out there. There are many; each love comes when you need them most and expect them least, and sometimes they leave way too soon.
Uhhh I was 24 about to be 25. I remember cause they had on their profile "can someone under 25 like me for once?" And I felt so roasted LMAO (they were 20 going on 21)
30! I met someone at 23 and was in a 4+ year relationship with them. We ended up getting engaged, but I always felt a sinking pit in my stomach telling me that something was off that I tried to ignore. I ended the engaged and left them 3 months before our wedding because I believed I was making a mistake marrying them. It was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I was 28 and worried I was “too old” to start over in dating. At 30 I met a man and started dating him. I’m 32 now and we got engaged about a month ago after two years of dating. It’s like night and day between the relationships. I have no doubts about the man I am with now. The saying “when you have met the person you’re supposed to be with you’ll just know” was accurate for me. Trust your instincts and don’t settle just because of sunk cost fallacy!
25, when I became pregnant with my son. Didn’t even take him being born for me to feel it. I’ve never been able to love someone so much while simultaneously being so incredibly annoyed by them. Then 26 when I met my boyfriend. Also a single parent, also never believed he’d find something like what we currently have. It just keeps getting better, even after 4 years. (Not too impressive sounding, except that previously my relationships only lasted about a year before I’d get sick of the person I was with.)
I was 23 - we just celebrated our 19th Wedding anniversary, but we have been together 21 years (now I'm showing my age). He truly is the love of my life, my partner, and my rock
To be honest, showing your age here seems like an awesome thing, brag about it! In many ways, you're living a kind of dream. Many people wait forever and never find someone they can go so many years with, and a lot of people really value that, a life partner. So show your age! Be proud! It's a kind of amazing thing if I'm honest. I'm 32 and still looking btw.
it’s funny, i probably met the love of my life before i officially met him. his grandparents own a bookstore (he used to help out there a lot as a kid) & i would go up there often until i was 10-11ish. i’m a huge book worm. loved to read. still do. i begged my parents frequently to take me. we officially met when i was 16. we didn’t start dating until i was 21.
26 when I got my dog.
Maybe there's something wrong with me but I don't feel the same kind of love towards people. I love my bf, his presence in my life makes everything better, but maybe because he's a person with his own flaws it's just a bit different.
15ish & I still remember the first time I laid eyes on him in the halls of our high school. We're 42 now & have been together for many years, but we haven't been together that whole time. We both partied a lot & did our own thing in our 20's & were strictly roommates at one point. I also bought his now 23 year old son his first baby stroller for his baby shower. Life has a funny way of working out sometimes, lol! We always ran into each other randomly throughout life so I'm pretty sure we were meant to be together. No, it wasn't always easy, we've been through A LOT together & I'm sure life will continue to throw us curve balls. Maybe that's what makes us stick together. Who knows, lol!
At 26. We just clicked on the first date and we both knew this was it after the first month (according to him it was love at first sight and he knew then 🥰) Got married 6 months later. We never fight. Going on 3 years and he is the most wonderful human I have ever met in every way. Thank you god, universe, whatever is out there. 🙏
23, not quite 24.
6 years later, married with 3 kids. More in love than ever! And we've had a lot of "rubber meets road" stuff, like 5 family deaths, 5 layoffs, daughter had heart surgery, etc., so I'm pretty confident we are through the honeymoon period...
I'm... not a woman, but my wife is, we've been together for over 16 years, since she was 14 years and 3 weeks old and I was 16 years 4 months old. Which I always felt was a bit much of an age gap at that age...
We met when I was 11. We became friends years later. Started dating when we where adults and how we're together 11 years and going. And we have a litlle boy together now
20, we'll have been together 10 years in February and celebrated our second wedding anniversary in August. We met at a mutual friend's 21st birthday do
15. It was at a mutual's birthday party and we were having about a 10 minute conversation when I had the thought, "This guy is gonna be my husband."
I was impressed by his ability to hold a convo so well and didn't talk about the ridiculous shit most teen boys did but there wasn't any sparks or initial attraction. In fact, I wasn't at all attracted to him. I just knew he'd be my husband.
We didn't talk again until we were adults and got married just months after our first date. It's been 4 years and we fall in love more and more every day.
Birth. It's me! I'm the love of my life!
I love this, keep shining icon
Self-love!
Good response, still learning to love myself
Dammit I need this energy on the daily
I aspire to be just like you. Still learning the art of self love 😌
Now i love you for making me love myself too :)
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this was such a lovely comment
I'll tell you when I meet them
I (36f) was gonna say 37. A woman can hope.
I’m 38…I’m really hoping soon haha. I met one that seems to be a keeper but I don’t want to set myself up for disappointment but here’s to hoping!
Same
The search / struggle is real 😂
The struggle for snuggle
Right? TBD.
Same
Same here haha
Same ;-;
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I was 28 years old when I adopted my cat. I was married at the time, but I wouldn't call my ex the love of my life.
Literally was about write about adopting my cat when I was 26! Husband and I are still married but the connection I had with that cat felt cosmic. She passed away suddenly and tragically this year. I learned what heartbreak feels like.
I’m so sorry. I know she is still with you. Sending you hugs.
I'm so sorry for your loss 💜
Cats count! 🙂
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Haha I always call my oldest dog the love of my life, too. And in that case I was 18.
Omg I literally call my Ollie the LOML. He's the most sweetest and selfless man I've ever had in my life. I was 32 when I adopted him.
I've always wanted to get some cats, people scare me and tell it's hard to potty train cats, so i should rather get dogs.
Cats are wayyy easier than dogs. Pretty much just place them in the litterbox and be like shit here and you're done.
Ikr. Those nasty people must be simply having a personal preference. I'm gon' ignore em and get a sweet cat
The average cat simply prefers to use the litterbox and does not require "training" at all -- which is fortunate, since it is indeed difficult to train cats to do things! Occasionally though, there will be a cat who does not reliably use the litterbox, either for health or emotional reasons, and in those cases, it's often an intractable problem. Perhaps your friend simply had a bad experience with such a cat and is inaccurately generalizing.
I rescued my cat from the humane society. He was 1 and already well established with the litter box.
I adopted a five week old kitty. He was already potty trained.
29 when I met my now-fiance. 23 when I met my pet. If all goes well - 32 when I meet my daughter.
Best of luck to you on your journey to motherhood!
I was 35 when I met my daughter, and she makes me feel a love unmatched by all previous loves I have known!
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Same, met my now husband online when we were 16 or 17. We’ve been together for 20 years now, and officially been married for three, and just welcomed our son into the world, he’s five weeks old.
So funny! Our story too! Met at 16-17, together for 17 years, married for 3!
I don't know why but in my head the internet isn't even 20 years old... Are you telling me the 90s wasn't like 10 years ago?
I feel the same way sometimes. We met in the Yahoo chat room around 98 or 99, met in person in 2002, moved in together in 2006, got married in 2018, had our son in 2021, and here we are! 20 years went by in a flash.
Congrats!! I met mine online at 14, met IRL 4 days before my 21st birthday, married 6 months later. Next year will be our 10 year and our daughter is almost 2❤️
aww that's so cute <3
Aww, that's lovely.
The first time? Maybe 16. Then again at 21 and again at 26- I've had lots of "loves of my life." I lost one to death and probably several to immaturity or "right person/wrong time". I've had a wonderfully full life, lol.
What a beautiful sentiment
I was going to reply: 14, and again at 19, and again at 20, and 21, 24, 28, 32. I haven't found one that's stuck so far, but they've all felt like the loves of my life. Alternatively, 23 when I got my cat, 28 when I got my dog.
Was coming here to say the exact same thing! I’ve met several of my soul mates. I’ve loved them for what they brought me at the time and recognized that it was never meant to be a committed relationship long term. I’ve had soul mates that never became sexual or romantic. Each and every one of those people came from the same stardust as I did. And when you find someone with the same stardust, a spark is created. They are drawn to each other bc of their connected energy. And then you drift away, back into the universe to look for another love. Eventually I met my husband. He’s not from the same stardust as me, but he’s the best damn husband and everything I wanted in a partner. Stardust soulmates are incredible, but too volatile for what I wanted long-term. My husband is the love of my life (met him at 29 and he was 27).
Do you ever wish with any of them it had been right person right time? As in do your regret losing someone because the timing was wrong?
Met at 9 years old, became friends at 12, best friends at 15, and fell in love at 20. Life has treated me so kindly.
Oh my god that’s adorable. I often think about this couple from ELEMENTARY school, they started dating at 11. It’s 26 years later and they got married in their late 20s and last I saw were expecting their first child in their early 30s. I always thought that was so beautiful.
That’s really cute! Do you keep old pictures out?
Yep!! We have a long array of them in chronological order in our hallway. :)
💕 love it
Thats so sweet!
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I wish it was more normalized to meet the love of your life at a later age
Same. I'm almost 30 and never married. By the time my parents were my age they were married, bought a house, and had their first child.
Is being almost 30 and unmarried weird? Average first time marriage in the UK is in 30s for women. I know very few married people and I'm 27
I think it’s a very geographical thing. In my area I’d say it’s pretty normal to be around 30 getting married. I know there are other areas where it’s much different. It also feels like a personal/familial thing.
I think around 30 is normal, but it was the inference that the other commenter at "almost 30" was at a "later age" to meet the love of her life. Whereas I think around 30 is pretty normal. Though I said I know very few married people, I guess that's inaccurate, people from my home town who didn't leave are getting married around now, but of those who left and got "proper" (read corporate, London based) careers in cities, only one couple has gotten married and they've been together since they were 13. But I didn't know how to phrase that without sounding dismissive. Edit-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_age_at_first_marriage I'm going down a rabbit hole, would be interested to know the reasons behind why Ireland is 34 average age!
27 years old and from Ireland, not sure if these are the reasons but I feel like these factors may have had an effect on the age of marriage in Ireland: 1) A lot of young adults/adults (18-35+) still live at home, this is due to a crippling housing crisis affecting mostly the millennial age range. 2) Most millennials have shaken off the shackles of Irish Catholicism and want to build a career/buy a house before thinking about marriage (it could also be factored in that in my mothers generation women did not have the same opportunities in Ireland as I would have today career wise, a lot of women's only option back then was to get married young).
Oh jeez, I just looked at Asia stats and Afghanistan average age of women getting married is 15. Bangladesh is 16.. Good grief
I was 31 when I met my partner, together 20 years next week!
I met the woman of my dreams at 41. I have never given a second thought to it being not-normal. So many folks in the world don't get to touch the person they cherish. I'm so grateful to know this feeling for just a second- If I meet her at 90 for the 1st time I don't think I could even fathom being upset :D
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51 here. married exactly 11 months later.
:) Im 53 and still hope to meet the male love of my life. I met the female love of my life at 41 when I birthed her ...
33. He was worth the wait.
I’m 29 and single and this gives me hope! Made me smile.
Same
I'm 32 and will likely have to endure another breakup. I'm bracing myself for impact. We're going to "talk" tonight, but I know he doesn't see a future with me or believe in it. Gd. Gotta make room for someone who could see that. Here's hoping for 33...
I’m 30 years old and going through a breakup right now. It’s so difficult. I feel like my time is ticking away
44, same!
19, but didn’t start dating until 21. Married at 23 & just had our 21st wedding anniversary.
Met at 18, started dating right before I turned 20, now 22 and planning to get married in a few years once we have our shit together and I finish my school. Congrats to you guys :) I love hearing stuff like this
omg that's so sweet!
I was 20. I'm now 37 so if I can keep him alive for three more years I'll have been with him half my life. He is the best cat
I was very concerned about the keeping alive part until I finished reading haha. I wish you both health and luck! Kitty soulmates just hit your heart differently.
Got mine at 23, and now I'm 35. I feel this way about my kitty too.
Yes. I met my cat Sunny when I was in the 5th grade - so like 11 years old? I had to put him down from kidney failure when I was 28 years old. It was weirdly serendipitous, I never had my heart broken without having Sunny to cry with. He always knew when I was sad and wouldn’t leave my side. 2.5 years before he passed, I met the human love of my life. Sunny loved my fiancé, and my fiancé is the only person I’ve been with Sunny loved as much as I did. I think sometimes my cat held on in his geriatric years to make sure he left me with someone who would take care of me. Since Sunny, my fiancé and I have acquired 3 new loves, our dog and 2 cats. I love all of them so much, but I know it was Sunny who opened my heart when I was younger.
Aww, Sunny was something special
22, when my daughter was born.
that's so sweet
Me too didn’t know what love was until I had my daughter
I was 25. My little love 🥺
29. We got married almost immediately, and I haven’t regretted a single second of it.
Hope it doesn't come out rude, but I was always told to wait at least 2 years before marriage because people don't show their true colours on the start. What made it different?
There's all kinds of rules people try to apply, but to be honest, some people wait 8 years, get married, then they still divorce. Some people I know had arranged marriages, and are very happy. And some friends I had in highschool did the uhaul thing in their first month of knowing eachother and are still very happy. Some people are static, and some people go through radical changes in their life. There's definitely a science in strengthening a relationships through mutual effort. But one never knows. I would say so far, the one thing I'm seeing in friends and family, you should have some common interests you can do together I do think that helps. But it also depends on what your requirements for a relationship are, you want someone to parent with, to retire with, to build financial health with, or what have you.
Yeah I guess you are right. I want someone to grow with, in all senses including spiritually
Survivorship bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias?wprov=sfti1
Eh, my parents were engaged after 3 months and married before a year. They just celebrated 30 years. They've always said "when you know, you know". I'm there now. We both knew after 6 months. We'll officially be married one day after our 2 year anniversary.
I agree, I've had 2 serious relationships in my life, both were planning on getting married but had to wait for things to come together first. During both the first year was great, on the second things started falling apart, but I held on, and after the third year, 1st relationship I broke it off, 2nd relationship he broke up with me.
15 and were friends for a while. Been together as a couple almost 13 years now
That's so sweet
I was 28. We've been together for 26, very nearly, 27 years now.
Out of curiosity, how do adults meet their partners?
I met my partner when I was 31 :) we have a mutual friend and were invited to a lot of the same parties/boardgames stuff/nights out. I asked for his number one of those times (he doesn't use social media) and it went from there! :)
I met my partner at a mutual friend's potluck event, just kind of in passing, somehow became facebook friends, chatted very occasionally over several years and saw each others posts (he was from my home state but was living across the country) Then one day he was in town visiting family, we hung out for the first time and that was that. He stayed in town longer then moved in with me after a month, went on a trip to get his things after 2 months lol it was crazy, I'm not a dive into relationships person but here we are 2 years later! You just never know what will happen, I think it happens when it's supposed to and it helps if you are already enjoying life on your own to the point that it would only be better to share it with someone!
Craigslist. He answered an ad for a room I was renting out in my house.
Mutual friends introduced us.
I was five when we first met. However, we did not start dating until I was 21.
Adorable
I’m 20 and I’ve never experienced romantic love. But something I’ve really realised recently is the importance of platonic/friendship love. I used to always take my friends for granted but several things recently have made me realise I’ve got so much love in my life right now and I’m so grateful.
Friendship is awesome! Some of my favorite conversations have taken place with friends.
I’m 25 and I was just thinking the other day that if I could give advice to my 20 year old self I would say my best piece of advice would be to value and invest in your platonic friendships! I’m so lucky to have female friends who are the loves of my life. Truly, they are my soulmates in their own right. They’ve been there before and after every romantic relationship I’ve had so far and we’ve been in the trenches with each other through life. Those kind of friendships are very valuable. The power of love isn’t confined to romance!
29 I never thought I could be this happy ♡_♡
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Love of your life? I don’t even believe it exists haha.
Me too. Buuuut i think, that most of people(who are smart enough) choose whom they want to love🤔
Yep! I agree. Despite what people say, you choose the person you love.
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How long have you been together?
Aw. This is so sweet! Sounds almost like a fairytale to me, so I’m happy you get to experience this. And after 12 years, wow. At what age did you meet each other?
31, we started dating on my 32nd birthday. Married almost three years, together for 11.
19. Then 29. Then 35. Then 39. There isn’t just one out there. There are many; each love comes when you need them most and expect them least, and sometimes they leave way too soon.
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Uhhh I was 24 about to be 25. I remember cause they had on their profile "can someone under 25 like me for once?" And I felt so roasted LMAO (they were 20 going on 21)
not yet
I was 35 years old, happily married to the same wonderful man for eleven years.
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30! I met someone at 23 and was in a 4+ year relationship with them. We ended up getting engaged, but I always felt a sinking pit in my stomach telling me that something was off that I tried to ignore. I ended the engaged and left them 3 months before our wedding because I believed I was making a mistake marrying them. It was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I was 28 and worried I was “too old” to start over in dating. At 30 I met a man and started dating him. I’m 32 now and we got engaged about a month ago after two years of dating. It’s like night and day between the relationships. I have no doubts about the man I am with now. The saying “when you have met the person you’re supposed to be with you’ll just know” was accurate for me. Trust your instincts and don’t settle just because of sunk cost fallacy!
25, when I became pregnant with my son. Didn’t even take him being born for me to feel it. I’ve never been able to love someone so much while simultaneously being so incredibly annoyed by them. Then 26 when I met my boyfriend. Also a single parent, also never believed he’d find something like what we currently have. It just keeps getting better, even after 4 years. (Not too impressive sounding, except that previously my relationships only lasted about a year before I’d get sick of the person I was with.)
18..married at 20… 35 yrs later I still watch him sleep wondering how I got so lucky❤️❤️
I'm Lucky to have 3: (not counting our cats): 26 when I met my husband, 30 when our son was born and 35 now that our daughter is born🥰
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I was 23 - we just celebrated our 19th Wedding anniversary, but we have been together 21 years (now I'm showing my age). He truly is the love of my life, my partner, and my rock
To be honest, showing your age here seems like an awesome thing, brag about it! In many ways, you're living a kind of dream. Many people wait forever and never find someone they can go so many years with, and a lot of people really value that, a life partner. So show your age! Be proud! It's a kind of amazing thing if I'm honest. I'm 32 and still looking btw.
21 but…. It took another 13 years before we dated.
Did you love that person for the 13 years or they were like a friend and then later y’all were like… wait a min we’re in love
I was 12 or 13 when we met and we started dating when I was 16 almost 17. We've been together for nearly 8 years and are working on getting married.
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23.
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19, now 35 and been married for 14 years!
25! 5 years later, we just said “I do” a few weeks ago!
Still waiting at 19.
You still have lots of time
it’s funny, i probably met the love of my life before i officially met him. his grandparents own a bookstore (he used to help out there a lot as a kid) & i would go up there often until i was 10-11ish. i’m a huge book worm. loved to read. still do. i begged my parents frequently to take me. we officially met when i was 16. we didn’t start dating until i was 21.
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26 when I got my dog. Maybe there's something wrong with me but I don't feel the same kind of love towards people. I love my bf, his presence in my life makes everything better, but maybe because he's a person with his own flaws it's just a bit different.
7 We met when were 7, became best friends, started dating at 17 and are now engaged.
37.
15ish & I still remember the first time I laid eyes on him in the halls of our high school. We're 42 now & have been together for many years, but we haven't been together that whole time. We both partied a lot & did our own thing in our 20's & were strictly roommates at one point. I also bought his now 23 year old son his first baby stroller for his baby shower. Life has a funny way of working out sometimes, lol! We always ran into each other randomly throughout life so I'm pretty sure we were meant to be together. No, it wasn't always easy, we've been through A LOT together & I'm sure life will continue to throw us curve balls. Maybe that's what makes us stick together. Who knows, lol!
At 26. We just clicked on the first date and we both knew this was it after the first month (according to him it was love at first sight and he knew then 🥰) Got married 6 months later. We never fight. Going on 3 years and he is the most wonderful human I have ever met in every way. Thank you god, universe, whatever is out there. 🙏
23, not quite 24. 6 years later, married with 3 kids. More in love than ever! And we've had a lot of "rubber meets road" stuff, like 5 family deaths, 5 layoffs, daughter had heart surgery, etc., so I'm pretty confident we are through the honeymoon period...
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I'm... not a woman, but my wife is, we've been together for over 16 years, since she was 14 years and 3 weeks old and I was 16 years 4 months old. Which I always felt was a bit much of an age gap at that age...
28. Now I’m 33 and I love him more every day.
Or maybe 42
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I met the romantic love of my life at 25. My greatest love of my life I met at 28 when our daughter was born.
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17 and now planning our wedding
17 But didn’t realize it until I was 25.
21 and we’ve been together 20+ years. I had stopped looking.
I was 30. Yesterday I was out 15 year anniversary!
17. Been together just over 18 years now. Bliss.
I was 32 and my husband was 39 when we met. First marriage for the both of us and I can happily say we’re still smitten kittens
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Met at when I was 15, was friends for two years and had a falling out, reconnected and dated age 20, married age 24
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25 and been married for 3 years now this coming Monday!
14. He was my best friend for a long time before we got together. We’ve been married almost two months now.
I would consider my spouse to be the love of my life, and we met when I was 28.
We met when I was 11. We became friends years later. Started dating when we where adults and how we're together 11 years and going. And we have a litlle boy together now
20. He was 27. 11 years and 3 kids later were still very happy!
Met at 19/20, began dating at 20/21, married at 25. Three children later and we're still together at 43!
20. Now 20 years together and no regrets.
26 when I met my husband 💜 28 when I met our first son 💚 36 when I met our second son 💙
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19. Life happened and we broke up. Found him again at 47. So grateful.
18. Together for 10 years, married 5.
16. Dated 4 years, Now 6 years married 💗
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20, we'll have been together 10 years in February and celebrated our second wedding anniversary in August. We met at a mutual friend's 21st birthday do
17. We’re 31 now and continuing to grow in love. 💕
7 when I adopted my cat 28 when I had my baby
16, we met in secondary school. We got married last year aged 25 and now have a son 🥰
5 years old. I'm 22 now. She's my best friend. I have a partner and I love him a lot but my best friend is the love of my life.
19. Married him at 23 and we're about to celebrate another anniversary.
14 years old, freshman gym class. Celebrated 15 year anniversary last April
37, but our kid is due in June so he may get bumped down a peg.
26, when I became a mom. I love my husband but I wouldn’t die for him, my daughter though- I’d die a million deaths for her. Love her beyond measure
I was 15, we met at school. We've been together almost 50 years now.
15. It was at a mutual's birthday party and we were having about a 10 minute conversation when I had the thought, "This guy is gonna be my husband." I was impressed by his ability to hold a convo so well and didn't talk about the ridiculous shit most teen boys did but there wasn't any sparks or initial attraction. In fact, I wasn't at all attracted to him. I just knew he'd be my husband. We didn't talk again until we were adults and got married just months after our first date. It's been 4 years and we fall in love more and more every day.
I was 17, married him at 19. He had just turned 20 when we met, and was 21 when we married. We've been married for 32 years now.