Who met his/her spouse at or after age 30?

[AliasApril]

Hi, everyone!

This is my first post after having lurked on CAF for awhile.

I’m a woman and I’m nearly 28. I’m the most single of all singles – I’ve casually dated a few guys, but I’ve never been anyone’s ‘girlfriend’. I’m a practising cradle Catholic, just for context.

I’m a happy and I enjoy my life, but since I’m open to marriage, I’m beginning to wonder if I’m doing it wrong, especially considering that many of my same-age friends and acquaintances are married, engaged, or already parents.

I can’t think of anyone I know who met his or her spouse at age 30 or over, but surely some of you are out there? Please tell me how you met your spouses, especially if you’re a lady – according to popular wisdom, I have about seven years before my ovaries crumble to dust and my womb seals shut, and I’m mildly alarmed by this.

Thanks!

 

[Irishmom2]

I was 28 when I met my husband. Again. We knew each other in high school but lost contact for about 8 years. Married about 2 years later.

 

[Viki63]

I was 48 when I met my second husband. (27 when I married the first time.)
I don’t think there’s a “way to do it right.” I have to believe God has a plan.
You are an individual, not a statistic.
Of course we couldn’t have children, but we already had 3 between us. We adopted two more.

 

[1ke]

I can’t think of anyone I know who met his or her spouse at age 30 or over, but surely some of you are out there?

I met my husband when I was 36 and he was 42. Neither of us had been married before.

 

[EnglishTeacher]

can’t think of anyone I know who met his or her spouse at age 30 or over, but surely some of you are out there?

I met my husband when I was 31, although we didn’t start dating until a few years afterward, and we were in our mid-30s when we got married.

Please tell me how you met your spouses, especially if you’re a lady

We met at a Theology on Tap -type group.

 

[Dr_Meinheimer]

I was 30 when I met my wife on Catholicmatch.com. Started dating at 31, married at 33. 4 kids so far in the next ten years. It happens.

 

[Allegra]

I was almost 30. I think that’s relatively common these days.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I met my own spouse at a young age, but my father and mother met when she was 35 and he was 37, in 1961.
She was working in Washington and dad was on a business trip, and some married guy he was working with took him out for dinner and invited my mom and her friend for dinner company.

Most people I know meet their spouses either online (either through match or through some shared interest forum) or through having a mutual friend who introduces them. It’s also helpful to meet and date as many people as you can. it’s like making sales calls - if you need 100 rejections to make 1 sale then you may need to call 101 prospects for anything to happen.

 

[Paul71]

It’s also helpful to meet and date as many people as you can. it’s like making sales calls - if you need 100 rejections to make 1 sale then you may need to call 101 prospects for anything to happen.

And the good news is that you only have to make one “sale” (i.e., meeting the right person), and then you can stop making all those “sales calls.”