I got engaged on 12-24-07, and since then I have had a good and bad relationship with companions. Whenever my boyfriend asked me to marry him, I was so happy that I could have lept out of my shoes. He and I have been together for a year and half, and I could not ask for anything better. However, not everyone is happy about our engagement. My family is happy for me. Mom and Dad are grateful that I found someone like him, but their opinions are not the ones that cut me. It is those who I see everyday. My friends, my teachers... One of my teachers, whom I look up to with the upmost respect, was disgraced whenever I told her of my engagement. It was like I was throwingmy life away. She would tell me that I needed to go to college and not get married. But I am still going to school. I have been accepted to a highly respectable college and I plan on becoming a Guidance Counsler. But this, she would not hear. She would just give me these looks that seemed like she could run right through me. I know I should not take heed to what she says if I am happy, but it frustrates me that she believes I am throwing my life out the window. It is hard for me to go to class without remember the hurtful words she said to me. Someone that I had once looked up to, tore me down. Should I care what she says? Take it into consideration? There is no doubt in my mind that I will be getting married in July, but I just wished that there was something I could say to her to make her understand. She is not the only one that disapproves of my engagement. A few of my friends disapprove also, and this hurts me the most. People who are supposed to be my rock and the shoulder I can cry on believe that my marriage will shatter within a few months. They want me to stay single just because they are. I guess they are the kind of people who if they are not happy they believe no one should be happy. But I've made up my mind already. I will get married in July. It's my decision..Not theirs..Right?
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Engaged at 17. I cannot even imagine being engaged right now(I'm 17 to). I think of all of my relationshipd that lasted a year or more. They all ended. Love is a constatly changing thing. Overtime some people lose it and other keep it. I think the only way to insure that you will remain together forever is to have a long engagment. Wait until you've graduated from college then get married. If you really love each other it can wait/last.
I've thought about waiting. I really have, but it seems like there is no way possible that I could. I love him with all my heart and I know he feels the same. I'm excited about marriage, and I know it will be tough and first, but I think it will work. I know I'm young, trust me everyone keeps telling me that, but I feel like if God wants it to be, it will happen when he wants it. Thank you so much for your comment...
*K*
As long as you are convicted that this is the right thing to do, then congratulations! It doesn't seem wise to me, but you've obviously given it a lot of thought and hey, each to their own. What's right for me isn't necessarily right for you.
Cheyenne and Van survived, ya? [I watch too much Reba . . .]
I love Reba too..lol..The only difference is is that I'm not pregnant..
Are you sure he was serious about it. A lot of guys just say that to make girls hearts turn to mush. :P
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Yes..He is serious. We had talked about getting married even before he proposed. And he is not the type of guy that would just ask to make my heart mush...but thanks for the concern..
First off, congrats! A lot of people may not think that it is "smart" or anything like that, but it is your choice. You know yourself that you are going to continue school... and you're right, it's always gonna be hard at first. But if this love is true, then it is the right decision. Guys may say things to make girl's heart mush, but generally those things are just compliments. They know that marriage is a serious thing and wouldn't propose if it wasn't for real. Don't let anyone get you down. It's your life and it's what makes both you and him happy. I truely wish you two the best of luck. (: