Anyone else have parents who married young AND (now here's the catch)...

[Longgrain]

Are still together?

My father Married my mother in 1969 after just getting out of the Air Force...

He was 26. She was 19.

They are still married to this day and just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary last October.

I know it seems strange in this day and age, but it does happen...

Anybody else?

[WindRavenX]

1. wow, congrats!

I hope to emulate them :toast:
(not anytime soon, but you know what I mean)

[Longgrain]

3. Of course I'm too old to marry young myself...

but my dad has always been an inspiration to me.

[flamingyouth]

2. Mine were 23 and 21.

They've been married almost 42 years. :D

[Padraig18]

4. Hi, Lisa!

How have ya been?

:hi::pals:

[KoKo]

8. Ha...that's my sister and brother-in-law...and they have friends who

married that young who are still together. Amazing isn't it. And yet My Sister and Brother-in-Law are still interested in each other and love each other's company. They are fun to be around...

Who knows...????

[Longgrain]

9. And they had four kids too, the only sad part is...

No grand kids yet, but my sister and her husband are in the process of adopting. I even got to meet one of my future "Nephews" this weekend...so life has it's ups and downs don't it?

[Mitt Chovick]

5. My folks were both 22

and they will celebrating their 30th anniversy soon.

[kiraboo]

6. My Mom was 21 and my Dad 25.

Still together after these forty-two years and very happily so.

[AlienGirl]

7. Mine were 18 and 21

Still together, still in love. They are my role-models for what a happy marriage should be.

Tucker

[Lindacooks]

10. Mine married when they were 21 and 24

and will celebrate their 48th anniversary this March.

My dh and I have been together for 24 years this June.

[Bronco69]

My mom was 17 and my dad was 22.

They were married in 1946 and celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on January 4. My dad died on January 22.:cry:

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. Mine were both 19.

They married the day before my father's 20th birthday, and they're coming up on their 32nd anniversary this year.

[PartyPooper]

12. Mine married young and divorced young. The kids were just casualties.

I am glad your parents lasted so long. It certainly made a difference in your upbringing and your life. Enjoy it!

:toast:

:beer:

[Longgrain]

17. Thanks PartyPooper

It hasn't all been rose tho, we just managed to stick together as a family, despite personal problems and hard times...:hi:

[Not_Giving_Up]

13. My grandparents hit 58 years together in December

Falling apart together at 80 and 77.

[Misunderestimator]

14. My parents were married for 35 years...

from 1956 until my mom passed away.

[vixengrl]

15. Mine were both 22.

And they've been together 34 years. (Well, married, they were "going steady" for a few years before that.)

[The Great Escape]

16. My Dad Was 19...

and my mom was 18. Which is way past prime marryin' age in West Virginia.:eyes:

[prairierose]

18. I think my folks were 22 and 20 when they married which was

over 50 years ago. I think I've lost track. I can't remember whether it's been 53 or 54 years for them.

[sandnsea]

19. We were 22

But it was a second marriage for both of us. My ex-husband's sister got married at 15 in 1975 and is still married to the same guy. I read somewhere that something like 70% of marriages actually do last. It's the people with multiple marriages who drive the statistics.

[Sgent]

20. Not my parents

but my mother's nurse who has worked for her for over 30 years married at 15 (husband was 17).

They celebrate their 50th anniversery in three years.

[Fenris]

21. 24 and 18

Still together.

[jody]

22. My wife passed away a year ago and we were happily married for 47 years.

:hi:

[hickman1937]

28. I'm so sorry.

She looks like someone I would have loved to know.

[xmas74]

32. Wow

It's looks like you picked the cream of the crop. And 47 years together-that had to have been wonderful.

[blue neen]

33. That's a beautiful picture.

She looks like she was a lovely woman.

[Tikki]

23. In 1967...

Mr. Tikki and I were married during the "Summer of Love". We were 18 and 19 years old. So I guess that means we will be celebrating our 38th Wedding Anniversary this coming summer.


The Tikkis

[SarahB]

24. Nope.

Mine were 20 and 23. Divorced twice- from EACH OTHER no less. :eyes:

[mordarlar]

25. My parents were 20 and 17. After 12 yrs my mother was widowed.

[MissMillie]

26. My parents have been married 55 years

They met when my mom was 12 and my dad was 15.

They married when my mom was 16 and my dad was 19, and my mom was 4 months pregnant.

They are still happily married.

[Withywindle]

27. 19 and 24

As I said in another thread, an INS shotgun wedding. (She was an international student facing getting shipped back because her dad was freaking). They'd only been dating three months!

This was in 1968.

[Lex]

29. My Mom was 20, my Dad was 19, when they married. It was 1963.

.
They are still together, and they are still in love. No kidding.



Here they are in 1963, on the way out of town for their honeymoon!


They gave me and my brother a good home. They worked hard. They loved us; they loved each other. They sent us to college, they were proud of us.

Now they have two grandchildren that they lavish with hugs and kisses.

Oh yeah--they are Democrats!

[bo44]

30. 18 and 16 still together after 47 years.

Wish I could say they have grown old gracefully and full of love and such. But they are together. Maybe some day my dad will become a gentleman and lay off the control freak method of family relations. It'd be good for my mom that is for sure.

[xmas74]

31. My mother was sixteen

and my father was 21. They have been married for almost 31 years.