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After seeing Miss Hummingbird's post about ex-boyfriends and how past relationships shape your current view of dating, I wanted to know how many people out there are marrying the only person that they have ever dated?  I have dated my FI for 10 years and he was my only boyfriend.  Our relationship was serious from the beginning and we knew that we could spend the rest of our lives together.  FI had a few GF's before but none that were really serious.  At the beginning, I was a bit jealous and wished I had dated other people too, but all those feelings are gone now.  When you already have what you want, why look for something else?  You don't have to go through a break up yourself to learn from a relationship.  I learn from other people's mistakes everyday.  For those of you who are marrying the only person you have ever dated, have other people told you that you should date around or have you had those thoughts yourself? 

I'm marrying my first love and could not be happier! FI and I both dated a few people before we met, and his relationships were more seriosu than mine, but I have never ever wanted anyone else since we got together!  We've been together six years (our dating anniversary was yesterday!) and though at times, early in our relationship, we both had thoughts about not having "lived it up" or missing our "wild" years, for us, being together is the only option! 

 Plus, it doesn't hurt that most of my friends are still single.  I love them and support them through their dating woes, but its a good feeling to know I'll never be there myself again!

I'm joining the first love club :-) My fiance had had one serious girlfriend before me (they dated all four years of high school), and I had only kinda-sorta dated a girl in high school (looooooooong story there). No one ever told me they thought I should date around, though I know my fiance's parents were worried about him being with one person exclusively. At least his dad was. His dad had been a bit of a player in his youth and I think he wanted his son to have a variety of experiences.

There have been times where I've wondered if maybe I was settling down too quickly, but really I can't imagine being as happy as I am now with anyone else!

I'm also marrying my first love.  We met when were 16 and started seriously dating when we were 18.  I had some worries at certain times about not dating other people before him since it the first serious relationship for both of us.  but I'd never change a thing, we've done a lot of growing up together.  I knew we were meant for each other right from the start... I have a entry in my diary from when I first met him that says "I'm going to marry him".  And now 10 years later that is what I'm going to do :) 

FI and I met the second week of college and have been together since then (10 years).  I agree, when you know you know.  We knew we would get married eventually but wanted to finish professional school first.  I think if you've found the one, embrace it.  You can't worry about the "what if?" 

I'm marrying my first love, he is my only serious relationship and he dated 1 other girl in high school for about 3 years but it never turned into anything serious.  We it started dating when I was 18 and he was 19 - so I had just graduated high school and he was in the Navy.  We've been together now for almost 6 years, and I think at first some people were skeptical because things started to get serious quickly and we did long distance while he was stationed in California for 2 years. 

The most memorable thing someone has said to me regarding us dating was right before I almost turned 21.  A gal I worked with at the time questioned my relationship with him and said I should date around, especially b/c I was about to be 21 and could go to bars and get hit on everywhere and asking what my fiance brought to the table.  Wow, I was appalled.  Let's just say that after that day she never said one more word to me about my relationship.

Some of the things I've heard were a little hard, but they didn't matter to me because in my heart I knew how much we loved each other.  I look back on everything we've been through together so far and can't imagine spending my life with anyone else.  Like others have said, I feel so lucky that we've found each other so early in life.

I'm marrying my first love as well. I was 20 and he was 24 when we started dating. I never had anything close to a serious relationship before him, though he had a few. I was pretty picky when it came to guys, and shy.

It's so nice to know that there are other people out there who are marying their first loves! We started dating when we were 16 and have been together ever since (10 years!) We both had a few other boyfriends and girlfriends before that but nothing serious, never said I love you to any one else.

Sometimes its hard to have people constantly asking you questions about your relationship, everytime we tell somone we are getting married they always ask how long we have been together and when we say 10 years the inevitable responce is "your so young to have been together that long!" or "wow so youve never dated anyone else?" really what business is it of theirs. When you meet the person you are supposed to be with you know it, you could be 70 or 16 it doesnt matter.

We have done a lot of growing up together and we know each other better every day. The only chalenging part is being so young we go through issues that people much older than us usually go through. Normally when youve been together for 10 years you are a bit older so its hard for our friends to relate to some of the issues we may have.

Does anyone else feel like their friends have a hard time relating?