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I'm 20 Years Old And I'm Engaged

Yes, I'm getting married at 20 years old. No, I'm not ruining my life.

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I'm 20 Years Old And I'm Engaged
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Go ahead and tell someone that you're getting married at a young age. You know what most older people would say? "You're too young to know what you really want; you don't know love!" I scoff. I know love more so now because I'm not bitter to the world. Because I'm open and willing to love with abandon. Because I see the world as a fresh canvas just waiting to be explored with my special person by my side.

Even some people my age would look at me questioningly and say, "For real? You're engaged?" You may see me with a ring on my finger and think I'm tied down. It's quite the opposite. At such a young age, we have the world at our feet, so many adventures yet to behold and I get to spend it with the love of my life. Don't tell me I'm jumping the gun, because you know what I'll say? I am so lucky as to spend every happiness, every heartache, every financial burden, every new chance and adventure with someone who knows me like no other. I'm so lucky to have fallen in love at a young age because it means I don't waste time with undeserving men. I'm so lucky to get to share every experience with someone who knows me better than I know myself.

Of course the relationship isn't perfect, but how could it be? No relationship should ever be perfect, because to love someone for the rest of your life? It takes time, patience and compromise. To realize this at such a young age just goes to show every Negative Nancy out there that love knows no limits. Don't tell someone that they're screwing up their life by marrying young, because all you're doing is finalizing the fact that, for them, their life will be all the more sweeter sooner than the person who didn't get the chance to find their soulmate at that age.

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