Young couples

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I’m in a similar spot, but on the opposite end of the spectrum.

I’m 25 and not married, engaged, or even dating. In my parish, all the young people either are married with children or teens. Not that socializing with these couples is a bad thing, but I’d really like to have some single Catholic friends who are in in their 20’s. All my friends who are “my age” aren’t Catholic.

My old parish (before I moved) had a Catholic singles group, but they were just about “hooking up” and I found it…creepy.
 
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armywife:
My husband and I are 28 and 26 and we are about to have our third baby in Oct. I completely understand how hard it is to find young catholic couples but we would settle for any young couples who have at least the same morals as us. The closest thing we have are our neighbors who are morman and have 4 kids.
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Perhaps the Holy Spirit is creating an opportunity for you to share, through your commonality, the fullness of the Truth offered in the Catholic Church. I would encourage you to get to know your Mormon neighbors, while you work hard to strengthen your faith through the teachings of the Catholic Church. You may find something wonderful in the process.

May the Lord be with you,

CARose
 
do you all have moms groups at your parish or at a parish nearby? I realize that you might have one but they might not be ‘faithful!’
You could put a call out to start something?? =)

we totally need more pictures! I will have to post some of us!
 
My Hubbala and I are 28 and expecting our first (a boy) in November. A year ago we moved 1,600 miles from our hometown and have yet to find our niche at our new parish. There are young singles, divorced, and seniors groups at church but nothing for the happily married and under 90. At our last parish my husband and I attended a Renew group (which was hosted by my high school bud’s parents!) and were always teased by the other members for being the fresh, young whipper-snappers! We loved it! I realize church is NOT a social club but I agree that it would help to have other fellow young, married Catholics in my life for support and encouragement. (Any y’all in the Brownsville, Texas Diocese? Viva la Virgen de San Juan!)
 
My wife is 24 and I am 26. We’ve been married almost 5 years now, but due to some problems getting pregnant are just now expecting our first child. Thank God and St. Gerard!

Anyway, I know how you feel, sweety. We’re lucky right now to have neighbors who are roughly our age and share roughly our same beliefs, but there have been times (ESPECIALLY when we lived in Boulder, Colorado) when we felt all alone in the world. It doesn’t help that so many churches seem to be pretty old demographically and many of the young people ignore church teaching. I guess that’s the heart of my advice: if you don’t have a “church home,” it might be good to find one that has more young, orthodox couples. If you can’t or don’t want to switch parishes (which I can understand–I have pretty mixed feelings about “parish hopping”), try getting in touch with a local NFP chapter, or at least contacting the nearest teaching couple. Often, this seems to be a magnet for young families who are active in the Faith.
 
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kirabira:
its dear* or darling* hehehe

I pretty much just shoot the babies now LOl.
We got the new digital sony f828 a few months ago and I’m loving it.

I did have a session with 3 kittens the other day for a cat rescue group (nice pictures are a MUST for finding homes for strays).
The big let down was, tho I tried very hard, I was not able to convince them that the cats would look much cuter in the photos if they were in a cute basket-- or maybe wearing some tiny spectacles and bonnets? Some people have no vision for art. lol

K
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Awesome… I shoot with a Nikon D-100, mostly landscapes and portraits etc. With my wife being pregnant I have not shot as much lately. It is hard to find people who will model and wear modest clothing too… seems sometimes like as soon as I take out my camera, people just want “glamour” type pictures… 😦 Do you have a webpage with any of your pics?

Brandon
 
I’d be interested in helping to start a young orthodox couples organization. it would be nice to know where all the good parishes are when we go on vacation, where the best spots are for catholic events and vacationing are in other cities, as well as network.
 
I hear ya!

My husband and I half qualify, since I think I fall into the “young” category at 26, but he’s a whopping 34. 😛

It is so hard for us to find other orthodox couples with small kiddos. We have two great sets of “married with small children” friends, but they have all moved out of state now. 😦 We are planning on it, too, since MA is extremely expensive; we’re just waiting for my husband to finish his degree first. Oh, well.

I would looove to find other like-minded couples too!
 
katie mack:
I’m in a similar spot, but on the opposite end of the spectrum.

I’m 25 and not married, engaged, or even dating. In my parish, all the young people either are married with children or teens. Not that socializing with these couples is a bad thing, but I’d really like to have some single Catholic friends who are in in their 20’s. All my friends who are “my age” aren’t Catholic.

My old parish (before I moved) had a Catholic singles group, but they were just about “hooking up” and I found it…creepy.
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I have been in the same situation. Check out my thread (posting) entitled: “Finding the Right Companion” in the Family forum.
 
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allthewhile:
I’d be interested in helping to start a young orthodox couples organization. it would be nice to know where all the good parishes are when we go on vacation, where the best spots are for catholic events and vacationing are in other cities, as well as network.
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im up for this too! We live in VA… hmmm… what we should really be doing is relocating and starting… a catholic commune mwahahahha…

Also- allthewhile-- I was so tickled by your pictures! I have a computer geek husband and I had to show him the pictures you posted y-day. http://www.p0mi.com/dan/images/thumbnail.jpg

this isnt the geekiest picture but trust me! Maybe i should start a new thread to track down fellow catholic geeks hehehehe

-k
 
My wife and I are both 24 and we have been married 2 years now. We have one beautiful little 14mo girl and are expecting a second little girl in Sept.

We have gone through the same frustration as you and still are but we have found a great organization called Teams of Mary. Now it is not necessarily just for young couples but they try to put people in similar phases of life together. Our group is great. The people we’ve met are wonderful and we are growing closer every month.

I will try to get some information together. Email me and I’ll get it to you. http://forums.catholic-questions.org/images/icons/icon7.gif
 
Hey Sweety,

My fiance and I are from the Toronto area (Canada), and we belong to an international Catholic youth movement called YTOL (Youth Teams of Our Lady). The group is for single youth (between about 18-35), so we will be ‘graduating’ out of it soon, but it has given us a chance to meet other young Catholics, both singles and dating couples. We’re hoping that as former YTOL members ‘graduate’ out of the group and get married, we can form a support group for young married couples here in the Toronto area. There is a Catholic group here in Ontario for couples, but most people in this group are in their 40’s. I think it’d be great to see more groups catering to young married couples here in Canada, even within local churches.
 
I am 23 and my wife is 22. We are expecting our first child in October, and are, of couse very excited. We know several orthodox catholic couples who are alumi (like myself) of the Newman Center at UNL (We live in Omaha, about 45 minutes away). I’m sure there are others though. We have some great programs in the Omaha/Lincoln area, including Theology on Tap (I’ve seen mentioned here before) and a diosesen Bible study for 20 somethings.

That said, it sure would be encouraging to get to know more faithful young couples on the parish level. I’m sure they are out there.
 
We had a couple from our Pre-Cana class who wanted to get to know other couples in the parish …so they started their own ministry. They called it the “Newly Married Ministry” for couples who are relatively new in their marriage. (I think they use a five year time frame, but it could be longer. It’ll depend on the couple I guess.)
Anyway, these couples get together once a month and socialize (or meet and talk about various topics). Anyway, I think it might be a helpful suggestion to what a lot of you are seeking.

Peace be with you!
 
Well, I consider hubby and I to still be young couples or at least that what older couples call us, lol.

I’ve been married for 11 years, my first child was born when I was 19 and dear husband was 28 and I felt like I was treated like a child at that time and now I’m 30 and we have four kids and hubby is now 39 and we still get treated like “young” couples and have a hard time finding people to relate to. Either people that are similar ages are just married with their first child and can’t relate to a couple with 4 kids married 11 years or we have the groups of older couples with the grown kids who just treat us like we are their kids and they don’t take seriously anything we have to say.
I really wish we had more group activites at our parish to encourage couples to get to know one another. Most of my couple friends are out side of the Catholic faith and I have met them through my husband and his work so we have those type of friends but when it comes down to our faith beliefs that is a no no since they are usually not Catholics and don’t want to even discuss anything religious. I hope that in time the parish I am in will get wise to this and if not I’ll just keep greeting people and hoping a door will open to get to know more people close to my age that share my faith. I’m glad I’m not the only one who feels alone in this sometimes.
Peace
 
Getting judged because your single happens too. While I’m only 24, and recently single. I can’t fathom the idea of wanting to be married right now, let alone married with kids. There are too many boys left to kiss, and too many bars to go dancing in. I want to travel. Buy a new car, live in an apartment with less than 4 other people, buy a dog, get my masters etc. I just wouldn’t want the responsibility of caring for a helpless individual or a relationsjop right now. I can barely care for myself.

If you chose to get married and your happy than more power to you. For me, right now, ugh, couldn’t do it.

I have friends who are engaged right now, and everytime I’m with them, it’s "When are you gonna find someone? " or “You’re so cute and funny, how come you don’t have a boyfriend?”

So I guess it’s just that it cuts both ways.
 
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lizziebeth730:
Getting judged because your single happens too. While I’m only 24, and recently single. I can’t fathom the idea of wanting to be married right now, let alone married with kids. There are too many boys left to kiss, and too many bars to go dancing in. I want to travel. Buy a new car, live in an apartment with less than 4 other people, buy a dog, get my masters etc. I just wouldn’t want the responsibility of caring for a helpless individual or a relationsjop right now. I can barely care for myself.

If you chose to get married and your happy than more power to you. For me, right now, ugh, couldn’t do it.

I have friends who are engaged right now, and everytime I’m with them, it’s "When are you gonna find someone? " or “You’re so cute and funny, how come you don’t have a boyfriend?”

So I guess it’s just that it cuts both ways.
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Yes, but remeber what Christ said, "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Remember, that as Christians, are true happiness is NOT in the pleasures of the world, but in Heaven.
 
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