An addendum for people who are interested in history and longest terms of knowing each other before marrying:

My paternal great-great-grandparents who married 1875 (see above) were first cousins. This happened sometimes in families who were not the poorest ( f.e. in Calment-family). In former times one had to keep one´s resources in one hand.

So they knew each other since the birth of the bride in 1856 as the daughter of the personal doctor (in German Leibarzt. There is no special word for the exclusive doctor of a highest noble person.) of HH The Reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, Duke of Troppau und Jägerndorf and Count of Rietberg. Her husband was born in 1843.

My maternal grandparents were married June 25, 1960.

My mom was born on July 12, 1966. My aunt was born on April 24, 1970. 

My mom met my dad in 1989. In 1993, my dad married his first wife. My half-sister was born on December 28, 1994.

My mom married my dad on May 30, 2004.

My parents were married in either October or November of 1989, but they met in the early 1980s.  They’ve been married for 33 years.

i (their only child) was not born until January 3rd, 1999.

My parents have always known each other (since their earliest childhood). They got married at over 35 y.o. at the end of the year 1971. They have been married for about 44 years.

I’ve been married for just over 32 years.

Clearly my wife Janne is a very tolerant lady.😀

My husband and I met on 16 February 2012 (when he was aged 27 and I was aged 23).

We became a couple on 29 February 2012.

We were engaged on 5 May 2021. We were 36 and 32 at the time.

We were betrothed on 18 October 2021.

We entered a civil union on 21 December 2021 at 12:00 --> so 21-12-21-12. We were 37 and 33 at the time.

My parents were married on 14 August 1985, and they have been inseparable ever since.

My mother's parents were married on 30 July 1952. This marriage ended with the death of my grandfather on 12 June 2007. (Grandma is still alive at 94.)

My father's parents were married on 3 May 1950. This marriage ended with the death of my grandfather on 23 January 1965. (Grandma died on 28 January 2010.)

My great-grandparents (mother's mother's parents) were married on 17 October 1928. This marriage ended when my great-grandfather met his untimely death in Auschwitz in May 1944. (My great-grandmother died on 22 March 1997.)

My great-grandparents (mother's father's parents) were married on 29 August 1923. This marriage ended with the death of my great-grandfather on 19 March 1984. (My great-grandmother died c. 19 January 1990. (Her cremation was on 25 Jan 1990, when one of the heaviest storms ever hit the Netherlands.))

My great-grandparents (father's mother's parents) were married on 16 March 1905. This marriage ended with the death of my great-grandmother on 9 January 1958. (My great-grandfather died on 25 October 1965.)

My great-grandparents (father's father's parents) were married on 8 November 1900. This marriage ended with the death of my great-grandfather on 11 July 1940. (My great-grandmother died on 10 October 1949.) 

Male ages first, Female ages second

PARENTS

19 August 1989 (ages 23 and 26) - marriage ongoing (33 years).

GRANDPARENTS

1 August 1962 (ages 28 and 22) - marriage ended 9 October 2017 (55 years).

15 January 1955 (ages 21 and 20) - marriage ended 13 July 2004 (49 years).

GREAT GRANDPARENTS

7 August 1933 (ages 21 and 22) - marriage ended March 1952 (divorced, 18 years).

22 September 1934 (ages 31 and 24) - marriage ended 26 November 1974 (40 years).

5 April 1926 (ages 20 and 22) - marriage ended 15 August 1947 (21 years).

26 December 1933 (ages 30 and 21) - marriage ended 6 April 1942 (8 years).

It is great to read in your family-history.

Weal and woe are neighbours. Hopefully English speaking people can understand what I´m meaning. Joy and sorrow are next o one and another.

Marco, I feel very saddened when I read of May 1944... RIP.

A point very well made stoa-oid.

Those absolutely horrific and tragic times were not really that long ago and we should always remember the innocent victims. RIP

My parents were never married; I was the result of a short relationship between my mother and my father, who was 11 years younger. They split up when I was a baby and both have since married new partners.

Maternal Grandparents: Married 18 January 1969 (then aged 30 and 23), 54 years and counting

Paternal Grandparents: Married 1980 (then aged 25 and 27), 43 years and counting

Maternal Grandfather's Parents: Married from November 1931 (then aged 29 and 24) to 7 May 1960, when Great-Grandad died of a heart attack at 57. (28 years)

Paternal Grandfather's Parents: Married from 1 June 1943 (then aged 29 and 18) to ? - can't find death dates for either of them.

Maternal Grandmother's Parents: Married from 1938 (then aged 20 and 17) to October 1994 when Great-Grandma died. (56 years)

Paternal Grandmother's Parents: Married from 1950 (then aged 23 and 20) to October 1990 when Great-Grandad died aged just 63. (40 years)

Step-Paternal Grandparents: Married from 1962 (then aged 18 and 27) to 10 February 2015 when Step-Grandad died of leukaemia. (52 years)

I am totally keen how much dates you know and how long they go back in the past.

Maybe it is the begin of your personal ancestor research. The curiosity knowing more and more. Here in Austria we do have a very good source situation due (Catholic) parish records who started during or shortly after the Council of Trent (1545-1563). Not all of them are unfortunately obtained.

Before these records were written one can find documents belonging possessions.

This is one of my favourite hobbies since 1984 with the help of my grandparents. I extended old pedigrees which existed in our family. I also found new things when I was a child.

Genealogy is an ancillary discipline of history a n d of validating SCs. Maybe this is a wake-up-call for you to start your own family research.

My wife and I were married on 9 March 1991 in Waipawa in Central Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. We’re still going strong and have two daughters aged 28 and 27.

My mum and dad were married on 9 November 1961 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England and the marriage finished when my mum passed away on 17 Dec 2008 in New Zealand.

My paternal grandparents were married in late 1928 in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England and divorced in 1947, so circa 19 years.

My maternal grandparents were married in Opunake in the province of Taranaki in New Zealand in July 1908 and the marriage ended in 1930 when my grand mother passed away from a badly poisoned tooth at just 42.

Noting stoa-oid's interest above I can go back further, but only on the direct paternal line.

1. My great grandfather Joseph Redman married my great grandmother Annie Greenwood in October 1896. 

2. My 2 X great grandfather George Redman married my 2 X great grandmother Elizabeth Walton in Heptonstall, Yorkshire (my ancestral village) - date not known. 

3. My 3 X great grandfather John Redman married my 3 X great grandmother Hannah Greenwood (not sure where - but highly likely in Heptonstall), on 2 November 1817. 

4.  My 4 X great grandfather (also) John Redman married my 4 X great grandmother Jenny Greenwood in Heptonstall, on 27 December 1791. 

5. My 5 X great grandfather Simeon Redman married my 5 X great grandmother Hannah Spencer in Heptonstall, on 14 January of either 1751 or 1752 (two dates conflict). 

6. My 6 X great grandfather Thomas Redman married my 6 X great grandmother Martha Greenwood in Heptonstall, on 19 June 1715. 

7. My 7 X great grandfather Simeon Redman married my 7 X great grandmother Martha Widdope in Heptonstall, in July 1689. 

8. My 8 X great grandfather William Redman married my 8 X great grandmother Mary Jackson in Heptonstall, on 23 May 1650.

9. My 9 X great grandfather Symeon Redman - don't know who he married.

10. My 10 X great grandfather  Jonas Redman married my 10x great grandmother Sally Wortley on 25 September 1578.

11. My 11 X great grandfather Robert Redman married my 11 X great grandmother Mary Maria Tayler (not sure where), I believe in circa 1554.

12. My 12 x great grandfather (also) Robert Redman (born 1510) don't know who he married.

That as far back as I've managed to trace to date. The Redmans came to Yorkshire in the 1100s and I can trace a few generations down from there - but I have  about a 250 year gap from there to Robert in 1510.

My parents became a couple in 1987 and they married in 1995 (then aged 28 and 26), 27 years of marriage and counting.

My mother's parents became a couple in 1960 and they married in 1964 (then aged 24 and 22), almost 59 years of marriage and counting.

My father's parents were married in 1962 (then aged 22 and 20). Their marriage ended in 2003 when my grandfather passed away. (40 years)

My great-grandparents (mother's mother's parents) were married in 1948 (then aged 33 and 30), after they've had all their kids (born between 1938 and 1947). Their marriage ended in 1982 when my great-grandfather passed away. (34 years)

My great-grandparents (mother's father's parents) were married in 1939 (then aged 28 and 22). Their marriage ended in 1962 when my great-grandmother passed away. (22 years)

My great-grandparents (father's mother's parents) were married in 1941 (then aged 24 and 21). Their marriage ended in 1997 when my great-grandfather passed away. (56 years)

My great-grandparents (father's father's parents) were married circa 1934 (then aged circa 30 and 25). Their marriage ended in 1983 when my great-grandmother passed away. (circa 49 years)

My great-great-grandparents (mother's maternal grandmother's parents) never got married. My great-grandmother's father was married to another woman and had an extramarital affair with my great-great-grandmother (she died aged 93, unmarried). 

My great-great-grandparents (mother's maternal grandfather's parents) were married in 1914 (then aged 32 and 29). Their marriage ended in 1916 when my great-great-grandfather passed away. (2 years)

My great-great-grandparents (mother's paternal grandmother's parents) were married in 1921 (then aged 24 and 22). Their marriage ended in 1952 when my great-great-grandmother passed away. (30 years)

My great-great-grandparents (mother's paternal grandfather's parents) were married in 1907 (then aged 25 and 20). Their marriage ended in 1967 when my great-great-grandmother passed away. (60 years)

My great-great-grandparents (father's maternal grandmother's parents) never got married. They were a couple between 1917 and 1929, when my great-great-grandmother passed away.

My great-great-grandparents (father's maternal grandfather's parents) were married circa 1907 (then aged circa 29 and 20). Their marriage ended in 1935 when my great-great-grandfather passed away. (circa 28 years)

My great-great-grandparents (father's paternal grandmother's parents) were married circa 1905 (then he was aged circa 28). I don't know when my great-great-grandmother was born or died. 

My great-great-grandparents (father's paternal grandfather's parents) were married circa 1902 (then he was aged circa 38). I don't know when my great-great-grandmother was born or died. 

For me, getting a girlfriend or getting a relationship partner, or getting married is the most difficult and unrealizable thing in the universe. Even reaching the age of 125 is much easier.

Especially people living East Asia countries like South Korea, Japan, North Korea, and China are conservative... plus recent covid-19 pandemic, etc. That's make the situation more worse.

@record_116 don't be so pessimistic...

At 24 there is plenty of time for you Record116 so don’t be in any hurry at all.

@record_116 I am sorry to hear this. Nowadays it seems to be more difficult for the younger generation to find a good partner. I am observing this phenomenon in the cohort of my daughter. You can be sure to find somebody sooner or later. You will see. The less you are searching the more you will find;-).