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    redheadem    September 30, 2012   NYC/MD

    Do you mostly socialize with people the same age or older? What do your single friends think of you getting married so young? We have some friends in serious relationships, but none who are engaged. I wonder if I will still have things in common with my friends once I'm married.

     
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    Tanya5484    May 18, 2012   PA

    Well I'm 27. Most of my friends are around my age 25 and older, I have alot that are in their early to mid thirites. Mostly FI friends since he's 36. I have friends that are married and single, kids or no kids. That hasnt really affected our relationships too much. My friends without kids know that I'm not around as much and so does my single friends.

     
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    galloway111    June 16, 2012   WI

    Well, I have one BM that is 18, we met her at our youth group (I'm 20). But my second youngest BM is a month shy of 25, lol... the other 4 are in their late 20s or 30s. Our "couple friends" tend to be 30s or older. I find that getting married and settling down young does give us a lot more in common with older people than people our age- but then, I personally have always gotten along better with people older than me. My closest friends are in their late 20s. Most college students are into partying, drinking, staying up late- I'm just not.

     

     
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    Mrs.tobe    September 30, 2011   the middle of there

    I'm 28 and for the most part all my friends are around my age or older. I have maybe one gal that I love to death who is 21, but other than that, nada.

     
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    peaches13    July 9, 2011   Texas

    Most of our friends are a few years older than us, with the exception of one couple that is a few years younger. 

     
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    nzgirl    January 14, 2012   Wellington, New Zealand

    I am the youngest in my group of friends, because of when my birthday was I got put a year up in school and FI is 3 years older than me and so all his friends are that age.

    Not many of my friends or FI's are married but heaps of them already have kids.  I am 28 and FI is 31 so we are pretty much bang on with the average age to get married in NZ!

     
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    carolinaw    June 6, 2012  

    So most of my friends are one or two years younger than me but most of them have gotten married or are about to. I am not affected by them because we have different idea about relationship and marriage so I only do what i should when I am ready.

     
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    csperry2    October 6, 2012   Marietta, GA

    Most of my friends are a bit older then me.... Pretty much everyone is within a 3-4 year range though. 

     
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    takemyhand    July 27, 2012   Ontario, Canada

    I'm 24 and most of my friends are my age or older. None of my friends think I am too young to be getting married (25 when I say I do, and that's a pretty common age). I'm not worried about what my friends will do once I am married because my SO and I have lived together for over a year and been together forever and a day. As a result, we are pretty much married without the wedding at this point.

     
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    7mom    August 4, 2015   MD

    I'm 25 and most of my friends are my age or a little bit older. All my single friends are so excited that I'm getting married; FI & I have been togther since we were 13.

    I doubt if my relationship will change after we get married, if anything I hope we grow stronger.

     
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    ladyartichoke       UK

    Generally older.  SO is almost 12 years older than I.  A lot of my peer group find that a difficult pill to swallow.  Close friends generally 3-8 years older I guess.  Our couple friends tend to be older, and my peers never invite us out as a couple.  I once said, "do you mind if I bring SO?" and they said no.  It was a house party and 50 or so people were going, they didn't want him there because he was too old!  So frustrating! I'm bored of going to things on my own now, so I rarely see that group anymore.

     
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    kate169    May 21, 2011   Virginia

    I'm 24. My best friends are also 24, but I have close friends who are 26 and 27.

     
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    gmcurtis    June 30, 2012   Langford, BC (Wedding in St. John's, NL)

    I'm 25 and my friends are within 3-4 years on either side of that. I know people of all ranges (just that sort of job I'm in) but my good friends are all close to my age. That said, I've lived away from these friends for the last few year and am moving even further in about 10 days. Lucikly we stay close still.

     
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    jocember    August 17, 2013   Syracuse, NY

    Most of my friends are either my age or older (but all are in their 20's, save for a handful in their 30's-50's). I have many single friends, and most think it's pretty natural for us to be engaged because that's the road we've been on for a while now.

    I do have several married/engaged friends, though most are from my high school days. Only one of my college friends is engaged (my best friend and maid of honor).

     
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    AmeliaBedelia    March 3, 2012   Georgia

    We're the same age or younger than most of our friends. The only younger people we hang out with are siblings, basically. I have a few married/engaged friends, some with children. There are also quite a few single. It's a good variety/balance.

     
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    DestinBride85    September 15, 2012   ATL (DW Destin, FL)

    I'm 26 most of my friends are 26 and 27. I do have friends in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. My best friend who is my sister is 38. My best friend since I moved to GA is 49.

     
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    Anniebo    October 21, 2011  

    I am 22, and most of my friends are in their late 20's and in their 30's  . I have always associated with people older than me , and have more in common with people in that  age group, being that I am married and we have a babySmile

     
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    Miss Godiva    June 1, 2012   California

    Most of my friends are older, and it's been like that since high school.

    In my grade school, there were only two classes per grade, so you were with the same 20-25 kids all day long, just rotating between classes/teachers.

    Once I hit high school, I couldn't stand most freshmans, so I hung out with juniors and seniors. After graduating, I still kept up that trend, and have to this day, just magnified. Hell, my fiance is 14 years older than I am!

    Age is nothin' but a number ;-) 

     
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    Anriya    August 18, 2012  

    I'm 22. My friends were the same age as me, but after I moved in with my FI I've been hanging out with his friends more so now who are in their late 20s and early 30s.

     
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    I'm 24 my friends that I see the most are 23-28. It doesn't matter when we are all hanging out and never really comes up. Until I joke around and complain about turning 25 next year and my friend that is 28 tells me to shut up haha.

     
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    daybyday    November 11, 2006  

    Most of my friends are in their late 20s, no kids.

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    I'm 25 and most of my friends are 25-28

     
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    futureMrsCPT    January 26, 2013   Mesa, AZ

    I'm 28.  All except one friend are older.  My best friend of 20 years is the same age as me.  My other friends all range from early 30's to mid 40's.

     
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    Booknerd    March 14, 2015  

    I seem to socialize with those either older or younger than me. Finding friends my own age has just never really happened for me. lol
    I'm 22 and my friends are either younger than 21 (or recently 21) or 27 and older.

     
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    Aure    October 6, 2012   Las Vegas

    I'm 23 and almost all of my friends are 30+.

     
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    globalmargaret    August 25, 2012   Alaska

    I live in a super isolated small town that does not have much of an 18-28 year old population. As a consequence most of my friends are over 30. Infact, the last few times I have had a get together at my home I was the youngest person by at least 15 years. I feel like age doesn't matter as much when you have limited options of people to hang out with. My SO is 30 also and I can't wait for him to come home in April so I feel less akward in all these groups of couples around me. 

     
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    MrsWrangler    October 2, 2010   Florida

    I'm 22. I work as a postbac in a lab, meaning I'm the baby, so mostly my friends are older just by job circumstance - 23-30ish. My friends back home are in the 20-24 range.

    My "older" friends don't think it's weird to get married because they forget I'm younger and we are kind of on the same track - my "younger" friends from home don't think it's weird cause they know us well and that we've been together 6 years and that it's just a natural next step.

     
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    MrsSl82be    October 24, 2009  

    I'm 28 and most of my friends are my age or older. One of our closest couple friends are in their early 40s, but you would never realize there is an age difference that big between us. We got married when I was 25 and he was 26, so no one was surprised when we got married.

     
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    kerri13    September 8, 2012  

    I'm about to finish nursing school. When I'm around my nursing friends, it was almost WEIRD when I wasn't engaged. When I'm around my non-nursing friends, it's almost weird that I AM. Of course my non-nursing friends know that it is different for us, we've been together forever and everyone has always known we'd get married, but it's just hard for them to believe they will have a married friend because none of them are even close. I think we will still hang out and have plenty in common after getting married, though.

     
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    deathbydesign    February 18, 2012   Lives in Ontario, married in Quebec

    Most of my friends are around our age. We're 25, and our friends are between 20-28, with a few exceptions.

    I actually have many friends who are already married, so they do not think our getting married is odd at all.

     

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