Forums >Off the Beaten Path>Quick poll for the married folks
How old were you when you got married? And--if you don't mind--how long ago was that?
(reason for poll: an overwhelming amount of friends from high school and college getting married all at once. I'm 23, single, and living my life! And cannot believe how many friends are tying the knot!)
Fanatic #3965
23, almost 24 (DH is a year older)...but we met when I was 17. Our 15th anniversary is in 6 days.
Kirsten
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21, 25 years ago.
"Way to make Borat look overdressed"
23?
This doesn't make me feel better.
Lol
28, over 27 yrs ago!! will be celebrating our 30th year together June 2012
My sister will be almost 32 when she gets married...she did things backwards, as she already has 2 kids.
22 and he was 24, 25 years ago. That was definitely NOT the norm. We were the first among our circle of friends (we got such a guilt-trip from our parents about living in sin back then that we decided to marry sooner than we probably would have). I was only one of two of three married women in my last year of college in my program. One was pregnant, which was even more shocking among our peers. Most played the field (so to speak) until their late 20's to early to late 30's.
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Where's Waldo?
I was 31 and DH was 29 -- we'll be married 16 years January 4.
Sara
MM #2929
30, 13 years ago. I think being 23, single, and living your life is an excellent decision.
mileage hound
26, approaching 8th anniversary.
My experience was that education had a huge influence on it. I had a lot of peers from HS that got married around 20-21, but they did NOT go to college. I had a lot of friends who went to undergrad but not grad school and got married at 23-24. Then there was the rest of them like me, who went to 2-6 years of grad school, and got married at 25-28.
I only have a couple close friends who made it to 30 without tying the knot.
The exception to this rule is a conservative religious college which I had a friend at. There, if you were not married or at least engaged by graduation, your peers thought something must be seriously wrong with you.
2013 goals: Kick some arse. Moreso than 2012.
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My wife and I were 25...two years ago...when we got married. We were also the first in our circle of friends to get married. We started dating and the end of our freshman year just before we turned 20.
However...the most eligible bachelors of my friends...great, extremely fit, and the best looking (also the only two guys who i would have allowed to date my little sister (who is now married @ 25 and was taken before they got a chance but they sure tried once they met her and she was already engaged)) are 27 and 28. I got married to my wife because we were sure this was it and we were planning on moving in together after college. We got engaged just before graduating and lived together for two years while we saved money for the wedding. But I digress.... the point I was going to make was that those of my friends who I see most likely to never have a divorce and are the most reliable are the ones not married. I have many friends who married young and I can see them already having problems and on the way to divorce. At 23, you certainly are no where close to having any worries. There are still many many eligible men/women out there. I would say that if you want to have kids married life isn't even that much of an issue until you reach your mid 30's and even then you would still have plenty of time before having kids would be an issue. Most cases of my friends being married are ones who met their "others" in college. If you didn't find the one then you still have lots of time. Tell any friends pressuring you that you're fine and if you are a regular on a running website there will be no shortage of guys knocking on your door.
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Ice Breaker Marathon: Sub 2:50 2:53:19.71
Grandma's Marathon: Sub 2:45
Twin Cities: Sub 2:40
Qualify for Boston 2013 by 20 min
Sub 16:00 5k
Sub 34:00 10k
Prince of Fatness
I was 23, and we just celebrated our 25th this past spring.
Semi-retired.
30, 13 6 years ago. I think being 23, single, and living your life is an excellent decision.
26, approaching 8th anniversary. My experience was that education had a huge influence on it. I had a lot of peers from HS that got married around 20-21, but they did NOT go to college. I had a lot of friends who went to undergrad but not grad school and got married at 23-24. Then there was the rest of them like me, who went to 2-6 years of grad school, and got married at 25-28. I only have a couple close friends who made it to 30 without tying the knot. The exception to this rule is a conservative religious college which I had a friend at. There, if you were not married or at least engaged by graduation, your peers thought something must be seriously wrong with you.
Well... I'm a graduate student in Montreal (not the most conservative religious town). I think your education theory is spot on!
20, and my wife was 19.
That was 18 1/2 years ago.
2013 Goals:
#1: Do what I can do. <DOING>
#2: Finish and enjoy my 2nd full Ironman
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