We were best friends and joked about getting married if we were still single when I hit 30.
Fell in love when I was 22 instead!
Theyve been together for 24 years.
Derek Thomson
2.My best friend since middle school and I made this deal after I got out of an abusive relationship.
3.My husband and I were best friends in middle and high school.
We lost touch in our early twenties for about ten years.
4.My husband and I met playing FFXI (an MMO) when we were about 14 years old.
We lived one state over, and became good friends chatting online and on the phone mostly.
At age 20, finally both single and capable of traveling, we went on our first date.
Did two years long distance (USA JAPAN).
Continued dating, married at 26 (two years late!
), and went back to that steak restaurant and got the most expensive steak.
Still married and happy.
5.I met someone once who did this for tax purposes.
6.I know a couple that did this, she left her ex-boyfriend to be with the guy.
They each promised to marry one another if they werent in a relationship when they reach a certain age.
7.I had this with a girl.
The 30 years of age deadline.
We hooked up at 25 and got married at 30.
8.Said wed get married if we were both single and 40.
Fell in love anyway.
Got married at 29.
Still together at 31.
Love of my life.
Sometimes though, waiting til 40 still seems like it would have been the right move.
9.I uhhh, married him.
We were best friends and joked about getting married if we were still single when I hit 30.
Fell in love when I was 22 instead!
I bet she doesnt even remember that.
Today were almost 40 and were amazing together.
Maybe well carry out that old plan by accident.
He turns 30 this year.
Ive got another year to see if that happens, hopefully not because her BF is a nice dude.
13.Not successful but I think its worth mentioning.
I made a pact with a boyfriend I had at 17.
We said if we somehow broke up but still werent married by 21, we would marry each other.
We broke up 2 months later and lost contact.
A few years later, my parents and I moved to a new home.
The note was from my ex, asking me to call him.
He asked me to meet him for lunch so I did.
Thats when it occurred to me that he had JUST turned 21.
After that day, he pestered me online for a few weeks but eventually let it go.
I had a friend who pestered me with personal questions about my relationship right after the breakup.
His parents are the ones that heard the message and then played it for him.
14.When I was seventeen, I had a friend, B, who was basically a twin in personality.
She used to come to my bedroom window with buttercups (which was her nickname for me).
Anyway, the point is, we were close.
I was a coward.
I was a friend and not eager to screw that up, so I played along.)
I think we were serious, too.
(Its a long story.)
The things contained on that scroll were sacred to us.
I still have it in my keepsake box, somewhere.
I never did tell her how I felt about her.
I dont think we ever seriously brought it up.
We havent talked in a long time, but I wonder if she remembers that particular pledge we made?
It was sort of an informal pledge to stick together and see it through.
And in that, it worked.
We found other people to be with in the end, and that was probably for the best.
Well we did end up getting married.
16.She got married to someone else and so did I.
We dont talk anymore.
She asked me to marry her by 30 when we were both 19.
I said sure because I had a huge crush on her anyway.
We still see each other, are both in our late 30s.
18.We met when we were 5 years old.
We met again in 9th grade and became good friends, but he had a gf.
For years every time one of us was single, the other was in a relationship.
So we stayed as best friends, and only kissed once during senior year.
Fast forward to 10 years after that, and weve been together for almost 2 years.
Not married, but still very happy.
19.We agreed many years ago if we were still single at 40, wed get married.
Had a 1 year relationship with her at 30, and it ended badly.
She is still single, and I wish I could go back and fix the problems.
20.Ill answer in a couple years… friend and I are planning to do this.
21.I made this pact with a very good friend.
23.I made this pact with a girl.
Shes really special in my heart although Ill probably never even see her again.
She was one of the few girls of my life that I felt I really was in love with.
24.I had it set up with a coworker.
We agreed that when I hit 30 or 35, we would get married.
I ended up getting married 3 years before.
Well shes been happily married and Im turning 26 in two weeks.
We still manage to talk almost every day even though were 11 hours apart.
We both think its pretty funny.
Maybe when we turn 80.
He decided to stay and marry me instead of joining.
Got married last September!
28.Made this deal with a guy I dated in high school.
The timing was always off when we tried to rekindle.
Eventually we both started seeing other people, I got married and he planned to do the same.
Fast forward two years, to NYE 2019.
We are both single and rekindling things, or attempting to.
An awkward night plus awkward sex = the end of the mystery of what could have been.
29.I knew a couple that sort of did this.
But if the PhD thing doesnt work out, we can start dating again.
Years later, they reconnect on FB.
Her kid has started college at this point.
The PhD thing didnt work out for the guy, so he went into IT, but never married.
So she packed up, and moved to his city.
When I last saw them, they had been together for seven years.
We dated on and off for 10 years.
I got married at 28, and he got married at 30.
We still talk now and again.
He is married overseas with a new baby and I have 2 kids.
His wife hates me.
