Too young?

Maybe it has something to do with that giant snake wrapped around your neck in the photo on your profile page??? Just kidding, of course. Don't worry about finding a partner, you are still so young, and when the time is right you will find that special someone you are dreaming about. Many, many people make the mistake of settling into a relationship just for the sake of being in one, and those partnerships rarely work out well in the end. Concentrate on today, yourself and your career for now, and the rest will follow in due time. Patience really is a virtue sweetie.

Hm, well I'm pretty much in the same club. However, I can say I'm not actively seeking a relationship. I know people are joining dating websites, going out each night. Nope, not me. I'm not doing anything. However, like you I do think about getting married and having children. I don't think it's weird being single at your age, nor at my age, or any age. Perhaps your first step would be to go out and have fun. If you meet someone you like, all the better. If you're really serious set up a profile on those dating websites. Have a nice day, Ashley.

I think when you meet the right person, and the time is right, you will know, and I wouldn't worry that much about it ! My son waited until he was 26 yrs old to get involved, and he has done a whole lot better, than my other children who took on these personal responsibilities much too young !

I think your co workers may be right .I am 33 and I have never had a serious relationship and I am not worried and you are a ways off from where I am at .I wouldnt say that I am promiscuous either ,just never found the one who I would like to settle down with. I undserstand that you may feel the need to compensate for the lack of love in your family past but I think any such decision should be made for you and by you when you are ready .My reason for saying this is that any decision that is not made for the right reason will lead to disaster and I think that may be what is happeneing to you .You may be trying too hard to get a love that will take he place of the love you didnt have and not a love that is for your needs . It could also be that you are not ready and this could be what your friend are seeing and counselling you about .Whats the rush sweetie be single ,enjoy it ,flirt and have fun date ,explore and then when you are ready you can say that you have done it all and now its time for settling

Personally, I'm with you. I'm 23, the only relationship I ever had was about 6 months long, and not that serious. I don't think that you're ever too young to be in love or to be loved, but I think that marriage should come once both people are able to support themselves alone. Meaning that if I can support myself, and my significant other can support himself, we are ready to move to supporting each other. It's not so much about age as maturity. I have friends who got married at 18 and 19 and are still together. I get the same feeling that something is wrong witht he fact that my 17 year-old cousin has a longer, more committed relationship than me. But in the end, I feel that if it's right, it'll happen, otherwise I'll keep living my life as I have been and use this time to follow my professional dreams and goals...family will come later :)

I'm 19 and I'm telling you to stop worrying and never rush things regarding love. Time will come you will realize that waiting for the man God chose for you is all worth it. Honestly you won't need to search for the man you will marry someday, what I may advise is that you pray and pray harder. And yeah never lose faith.

If you ask me, I'd say never rush love. Never fall into the idea of love to just fall for anyone. I know you will be extra careful in this, so I'm going to give a general advice. It is indeed boring to not have someone in our lives whom we can call the love of our lives, but at the same time, that person has to have something that can bind our hearts for a long time to come. Think of permanent situation, so there's really no hurry. You are young, yes, but not too young. It's alright and perfectly fine to think about love at your age, and you will definitely have this wonderment in you whom your soul mate is going to be and all that. There's nothing wrong with you. I have friends older than your age but they are still not attached or married yet. Be patient, just cruise in slowly and your Mr. Right will definitely come in unexpected moments in your life, trust me. Have a good day and take care..

Hi Ashley, First of all I want to make sure that you've received a great welcome to mylot. I'm sure that you will enjoy your stay here. Now, on to what you really wanted to talk about. Now, I am 29-years-old and I've been married for the past five years. I do have two children now, a 7-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. However, I don't think that I was the ideal age when I committed myself to my lifelong relationship. If I hadn't had my daughter first and then gotten married later I think that I could have had a lot of living still to do. Since you aren't committed, you may as well enjoy your single life while you can and the right man for you and to be a father to your children will come along when you least expect it.

To each his/her own. Having said that I need to emphasise that your feelings are your own and that it is the gut feeling that one goes by and not by what others say. 24 is not so young especially in today's world when children outgrow their status earlier than thought necessary. When you say you want to marry and have a family what comes foremost in my mind is your financial status which includes a house, enough money in the coffers etc. If you and your prospective partner can take care of this what are you waitig for Ashley. Go ahead. You have my blessings!!

I was totally opposite you. I started a relationship my junior year of highschool and it lasted 7 years. Then I had a couple flings and eventually met my husband. I am very happy with my husband and I don't regret marrying him or meeting him at all. What I do regret is having such a serious relationship when I was younger for so long. There could have been so many men I could have dated if I would have pulled my head out of my butt and realized I was good enough. I wish I would have dated around more instead of wanting a serious realtionship. I pray that your judgement on men is not clouded by how badly you want a serious relationship, marriage, kids, etc. Have fun. Test the waters. When you find the right man, you'll know it. You wouldn't want someone to tell you they love you and not really mean it right? I'll bet the great guy will just fall into your lap when your least expecting it! You only get married once right?(well, should be that way I guess) I wish I could get married all over again. Just 1 day/night and POOF it's gone. Your the married couple now. I hate to tell you, but your friends are right. Don't rush into it. Go have fun. Travel. Hang with friends. Who knows, your man may not like your friends or your friends may not like your man and you won't get to hang with them like you used too. I'm so sorry this is jumbled or rude. I was trying to type this while chasing 2 toddlers around and one preschooler who keeps screaming how the toddlers are messing up his cartoons. Trust me girl, wait a while.... ;-)

Dont worry. Express ur feelings to ur beloved ones. It will solve most of ur problems