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maybe in some countries, but I don't think that's true in the US! My sister is almost 40 and still single, but I don't think it means she'll never get married. For her, it's just not as much of a priority and she's pretty picky...I think she'd admit that. ;)
Yay! I think I heard in my college Sociology of Family Life class that that statistic was overblown and misinterpreted anyway.
Congratulations!
I just got married at 42 and have quite a few friends that are still single. Probably because we all focused on work and having fun in our 20's and 30's. I think it's far more common now then whenever that "statistic" was first reported.
That 'statistic' has been completely disproved and newsweek even issues a retraction some 20 year later (even though the fact that it was totally bs was obvious when it was published). It is actually much more likely that a women who is unmarried at 40 will get married at some point than that she remain unamarried all her life. Americans especially get married at something like 95/8% rate!
I jokingly told my FI that I wanted to wait until after August (when I'll be turning 40) for the wedding just to show pride that I waited until 40 to get married. It was by choice, no desperation involved!
I'm 40.
So far no meteor has hit my house. I haven't experienced internal combustion. And sasquatch hasn't been sighted yet in the woods near my home.
I think that stat is wack!
I've always thought this was probably BS. I know three women married for the first time after 40, and know no one killed by terrorists. Not exactly a representative sample, but still.
Congrats either way! You are all special, whether the stat is true or not.
Hey I turned 50 years old the day after the wedding. Perhaps I should play the lottery! The funny part is I never thought I would marry again. I wasn't even looking for love but it found me anyway!!!
I hate statistics!!! I used to do research and we used to joke how you can really make a stat say just about anything. They're much less useful than the media portrays them. They're a good soundbite but rarely accurate!
Hey, not all stats are wrong! (I'm a statistician -- and an over-40 bride!) Like most powerful tools, you have to use them correctly to make them work. Most news stories totally screw it up. Doing statistics is full of nuance and conditions, which doesn't make for a good story. The scientists say, "Well, in our small sample, we are pretty sure that 6 in 10 people did X under these REALLY SPECIFIC circumstances," and the news media then trumpets, "EVERYBODY ALWAYS DOES X!!!"
But Arachna is completely right -- that "factoid" was disproven and retracted.
lol...I knew it wasn't true when I posted it...it just makes us sound all the more special! 
I will be 45 by the time of my wedding. My sister will be 40 by the time of hers. Both of us are first time brides. I have a number of friends who got married in the last couple of years who got married for the first time at 40+. In fact, I had fewer friends who got married under 25 than who got married over 40. Most were in their 30s!
I suspect going to college & grad school and wanting to have a house delayed most of us.
I am getting married 3 weeks before my 40th birthday.....wow!!!
I think it is all about being ready for the "right"one when he comes along, no matter what age you are. I am a happily engaged 43 yr old, planning a fall 2010 wedding. Someone at Pilates told me 40 is the new 20 -- I like the sound of that 
Oh someone sounds like a hater....Life only get's better after 35 so I say i'm going to rock out my 40's! YAY US!!
Ya, but ther eare a lot of terrorists out there! (sorry, bad joke)
I'll be 45 on my wedding day- my first and only wedding day!
I am 42 and getting married for the first time. I was engaged before and called that off 6 month before several years ago. But I must say, I am very excited and so is my family. My sister's advice however was "Hurry up and do it,and dont have any long engagement" lol...She has been married 32 years okay..Lol.. So I am getting married in 3 months time lol. Whenever I listen to my older sister I never go wrong...LOl..
This gives me hope for my auntie...she just turned 50 (but looks about 30) and has never been married. I hope she can find someone nice...
@Statutory Grape: Oh it is possible, believe me! I turned 50 the day after we wed! I thought I would never, ever marry again! I had become somewhat a recluse after the death of my daughter. Then my sig-other dumped me after 20 years together. After several years of depression I knew I had to force myself to socialize again so I starterd forcing myself to go to music festivals, art shows, pow-wows, plays, etc. Then I met my husband, and decided a lunch date wouldn't be such a bad thing and one thing led to another and shazam! I am now a Mrs.!
NotFroofy was 41 and had never been married before at the time of our wedding. I turned 56 the day of our wedding, but I had been married before.
My husband and I tied the knot as never-before-marrieds at 48. We met at 44. Before that I was really losing hope I'd find anyone! So glad I waited. He's perfect and I didn't "settle" thankfully. I tell single women that it's never too late!
First time bride 39, will be 40 at my wedding. It's possible! I am so happy to find these boards. I'm cool with being a 'wiser' bride, but still helps to see so many happy brides in my age group.
I had just turned 48 when I met my b/f on E-Harmony. Next week is my birthday and it will be the big 5-0.
My boyfriend just had his 53rd birthday.
We are getting married in just over a month and it will be the first marriage for both of us.
I never thought it was possible to find love this late in life -- until it happened to me! So yes -- it does happen!
@CurlyQ: I will be 45 when I get married next year and it will be my first marriage....so yes, it does happen! :)
After my divorce at the age of 40 i thought that "was it" for me too. Especially when i started dating again and discovered that 80% of men i went out with actually preferred to go out with and marry younger wormen if the "opportunity" presented itself. I had a few actually tell me "but women my age will do in the meantime". 
that is until the younger one comes along.
Sooo I stopped dating for a while until my Fiancee came along. He's 4 years younger than me and had zero interest in a relationship with a "younger woman". He tried it for 2 months (girl was 20) and hated it. She looked so young and acted so immature that it made him feel like an old geezer dating a woman that could be his daughter. LOL
We met 4 years ago and will l be getting married next year right before i turn 47. Unless of course a meteor hits. lol
I will be turning 42 for my wedding summer 2012. It is my first.... :) Found my perfect match after kissing many frogs. Lol!!!
I got married in Oct 2010 - it was the first marriage for both me and my husband. I was 46 he was 47 at the time. Neither of us has kids. I honestly thought it was a miracle when I met him, cuz I knew he was the one (and I was pretty much giving up hope)! I will tell any gal that if you truly feel that you want to get married, and to that absolute mr. right, it can happen - you just have to be patient and keep your heart open!
LOL, i think that study only "allowed" women to marry someone 2-3 years older than they were. Even same age spouses were eliminated from the pool.
I became engaged at 47 and will be 50 by the time we actually have the wedding.
I could've gotten married before 40 - if had married the WRONG guy! (Wow, when I think of some of the guys I dated, I am so glad I refused to settle for less than the real thing). I had a pretty good thing going for myself - a great career, great family, great friends - and figured that would be enough.
...and then the real thing walked into my life.
So, I'll be married at 40. Life can be such a wonderful surprise :)
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ok...so snopes says it can't be proven but still...lol! ;) How amazing are we!? I'm a first time bride at 40 also!