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what’s the youngest age that someone you knew got engaged? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by alexsystem to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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as like a “teenage engagement” sort of thing, since it wasn’t a legal thing and they could always break up if they didn’t work out, a freshman (15f) and junior (17m) at my high school agreed to get engaged.

I recently got engaged to my fiancé at age 18.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I knew a girl in elementary school that would always say she was engaged, and that her fiance went to a different school. Needless to say, nobody believed either claim.

Until high school, when it turned out to be true.

There was no telling if it was originally just kids playing pretend and turned serious, or if they were serious all along, but they stayed together all through school, and got married not long after graduation. Still together, last I heard.

I want to say she first mentioned it in the sixth grade, but it could have been fifth. I know it was sixth when she would show off her ring, which was a silver band with a tiny little stone in it. Again, nobody really believed her, and there's no way to know if that really was an engagement ring, or what.

So I believe it realistic to say she was engaged at 12, or was at least claiming to be.

[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Was this some sort of arranged marriage?

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

No, they were just sweet on each other.

Totally fucking adorable tbh. The parents supposedly started out thinking it was one of those puppy love crush situations, and went with it. By the time they all realized the kids were serious, they had also shown they were willing to obey rules around it, so the parents just shrugged and let it be. Again, that's supposedly; I didn't know either of them outside of school beyond the occasional birthday party with the girl back before that.