There’s a meme that’s been going around facebook that reads “Getting married at 21 sounds a whole lot like leaving a party at 9:30.”
Well, Being someone who’s engaged, and will be getting married at 22 years old, I have to disagree with this. I love my fiancee, and I think I’m beyond lucky that I met her when I was so young. I get to share my youth, my adulthood and my old age with her. I get to experience college with her by my side. I get to go on road trips and spontaneous adventures. I get to go on my 21 run with her, and enjoy our you before we’re in a rush to have kids.
My fiancee and I have been together for two and a half years, If we were 25, people would be annoyed and asking “When are you going to get engaged/married?” or “When are you going to have kids?” There’s this stigma against getting married young, there’s a stigma that you don’t know what you want or that you’re “settling” but At the end of the day, I wouldn’t want to be with anyone else. My mom was 20 when she married my dad, but at the end of the day, they’ve been married for 35 years, and they are happier than ever.
Everyone we know, who knows about our wedding, is beyond excited for us as they’ve seen how well we work together, but those same people were sharing this Meme? I understand that young love, isn’t always what it seems, but I feel like if you're willing to make the commitment of marriage to this person, you’re pretty committed to them and to the life you’re building together.
Getting married at 21, to me, sounds a whole lot like leaving the party, changing into your comfy pjs and then making breakfast for each other in our underwear in the morning to avoid the hangover. So, I will happily leave the party at 9:30 for that.
