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Hi, I am curious about this. I know that some people are a bit sensitive about age questions and I hope that no one will be irked by my question. It is not intended to offend, I am simply curious about the age when you (or your close friends/family members) got engaged.

I am 23, my SO is 24, and we have been talking about getting engaged and then married for about a year now. He is saving up money as I finish my graduate degree, so it will probably be in about a year. This shocks some of my friends who think that we are too young to be making such a serious decision. However, I know of around 10 couples that are my age or younger who are already engaged or married, so I''m just curious to know what others think.
 
24 and I only have one other friend my age who''s engaged, I do think that''s pretty young to be getting married but it works for us
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I was 24 my DH was 21 got married three months after we got engaged.
 
I was 23 when we got engaged. I''ll be 25 when we''re married.
 
I''ve had 3 marriage proposals - first one when I was 22 (married at 23 and divorced at 25) , second when I was 27 (engagement only lasted 4 months), third to my husband when I was 29 (have now been married for 3 years).
 
I was engaged when I was 18, about 3 months after I graduated from HS. We broke up about a year and a half later. The relationship was a total mess, but we loved eachother. I think we just wanted to be grown ups.

In my twenties. I always felt I was "old enough" to be a wife, and was eager to get engaged, but never met THE ONE. The trouble is, when you are in a LTR, they usually do feel like the RIGHT ONE, you know?

Now that I''m older, I really think after 30 is the right age (I knwo - easy for me to say!). This is only based on all of the changes I''ve seen in myself, as I lived my life, had more experiences, learned how to be in a relationship and treat others, love myself, etc. But that''s just me - I know it''s different for everybody. I just never met the right guy until now and I had a lot of fixin up to do with myself.

SO...when I do finally get do engaged, if the stars properly align, I will be 41 (next year), and this will be the man I marry. And now I know FOR SURE after 9 years of beigngtogether, that SO will be my forever love!

I''m looking forward to that piece of paper!
 
19. And DH was 21. Yes, it was young. But perfect for us.
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Interesting question. I''ll be following this thread...

(FWIW, I''m 23, not engaged and not close to it. Some of my friends are engaged/married, and it really works for them (they range from 20 to 28) so I think it really just depends on where you and your BF are in your lives. I don''t think there''s a perfect age, or a right age that works across the board.)

And to answer your question, I''ll probably be around 27/28 when we get engaged.
 
I was 24.5, FI was 25, though 2 months shy of 26.
 
I was 25, married at 26. DH and I have been dating since our late teens, so I felt ready around my 25th b-day. When I felt he was dragging his feet about getting married, everybody kept telling me that we were still young, but that wasn't a good enough reason for me to stay in a relationship that was leading nowhere. I had this awful image in my head of staying for 10+ years only to end up leaving, anyway. Had we not been dating for so long, I would have been fine waiting until my late twenties to get engaged. As it was, I left several months after my 25th b-day and he proposed a few months before my 26th b-day.
 
I was 34 and DH was 32 - first marriage for us both.

A lot of our friends have been getting engaged/married in the last year and all of them are in their 30s. It''s pretty rare in London to get engaged before late 20s/30s as we are all so penniless!
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31 for me, 27 for James.
 
I''ve just turned 26 and we''ll almost certainly be getting engaged in January, so 26.5.

I don''t think there''s a right age really - it depends on your relationship and circumstances. I happened to meet the right guy at 25, but I think it''s great when I see people who find the right person early and get married young - if you''re both sure, why not?
 
We were both 22.
 
I was 26, FI had just turned 30 two days before.
 
I was 25 and he was 27. We just got married a few months ago and I was 27, him 28 (nearly 29)
 
We were 26 when we got engaged and 27 when we got married.
 
Most (maybe all?) of my close friends have been married for 5+ years. As for us, well, we just got engaged a few weeks ago. I''m 30 and FI is 33. 30 has turned into an amazing year for me!
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Since it''s been awhile since a "friend" wedding (as opposed to family members getting married), it''s been especially fun for me. Everyone has been SUPER excited for us. Maybe it would have been the same regardless, I don''t know. LOL!
 
I was 24.5 (almost to the day), and DH was 27. On our wedding day, I was 25.5 (exactly!), and he was 28.
 
Not engaged yet, but according to J it will be before Christmas so that means I''ll be 25 and he''ll be 24. Hopefully married in fall of 2010 so I''ll be 26 and he''ll be 25
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I''m 19, he''s just shy of 21..
We''re getting engaged very soon (as in next month or so). I''ll be almost 22 when we get married, he''ll be 23.
We''ve been together about 4 years now and are so excited to take this next step in our relationship!
As bf''s dad told me "when you know, you know. Don''t let anyone tell you you''re too young"

As far as my peers go:
I have a friend who is 19 and has been married 9 months
Another friend who is 19 and engaged
Another friend who is 23 and engaged
A step sister who is 23 and has been married for 8 months
 
I''m 24 and FI is 25. We''ll be married when I''m 25 and he''s 26
 
I''m currently 25 and FF is also 25. My best guess is that he''ll propose sometime between our birthdays, so he''ll be 26 and I''ll be 25. Probably married about a year after that, so he''ll be 27, I''ll be 26.

I have friends who have been married at all ages. Some married young (20/21), divorced, and are marrying again. Some married right out of college and are still together. Many are getting engaged and married right about now...somewhere between 23 and 27. I''d say in my circle of friends and colleagues, 25/26 is the engaged average, and 26/27 is the married average.
 
We are both 27 (engaged in July) and we''ll be 28 when we''re married.
 
The first time to the XH @ 19, last one was at 24 to the ex FI, now I am going to be waiting a REAAAAAAALLLLLLy long time :) But, at least next time (whoever comes along) will be Mr. Right.
 
I''m not engaged yet, but ideally I would think that we would get married next year or the year after making the both of us at age 24 or 25. Hopefully we could get married in 2011 or 2012 so we could marry at 25 or 26. I think is acceptable. We are both 23 right now have have been dating for over 2 1/1 years.
 
I just turned 24 (yesterday) and FF turned 24 4 days ago (haha we''re only 3 days apart), and we''ll be getting engaged within the next month! We''ll both be 26 when we get married
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I was 23 the first time.


This time I am 35
 
Engaged 27 and 4 days old and he turned 28 about a month and a half later. When we get married next year, I''d be 28 and he''ll be 29. First marriage and engagement for the both of us
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First engagement: I was 18. Way too young! I was with the guy for 4 years and finally broke it off when I was 21.
Second engagement: 23.
Third engagement: 28. Married at 29 and divorced a year and a half later.

I don''t think there''s a appropriate age to get engaged. It depends on the person and culture. Most of my Asian friends are married by the time they''re 22 but most of my non-Asian friends are in their 30s and still single.
 
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