What do you think of couples that get married at an early age?

yeah it sounds like you really love your boyfriend, so if you realize the level of commitment you are getting into, then i say go for it because everyone deserves to be happy

Thank you for your answer, it gives me hope about young marriages like yours. Right now my boyfriend and I are 19 and we've been together over a year. We've always talked about one day getting married..we just don't know when yet since we're still so young. But now he's going into the air force and he might have to move. If he moves I'd go with him but it would be easier if we were married since the air force would pay for us to live and I could still go to school. I think it takes certain relationships to make it last and these types of relationships can get married young and still make it work.

I know what you mean. As long as the two people are committed and realize what they're getting into. And yes, there are many, many marriages between older couples and they end up in divorce a lot. You really never know what will happen but you should always see marriage as a lifetime commitment. I wonder if that's why some of the younger marriages last...because they got married thinking they were in it forever whereas an older person just sees divorce as a way to get out if things don't go as planned. Thank you for your opinion, it seems pretty much the same as mine. I just wanted to get an idea of what other people thought about it to see if it was just me that thought that way since I'm young and in a serious relationship that will end in marriage but maybe a little sooner than expected if my boyfriend has to move to another state when he joins the air force.

Well yeah, I don't think 16 year olds should really be getting married either. I was talking more along the lines of being in your early 20s. I know couples that got married at 21 and they're still married 15 years later. I think that with the right relationship, age doesn't matter

That's the same with my boyfriend and I. We met when we were 17 and our relationship became really serious. I'm not one of those immature teenage girls who's boy crazy and always after boys. I waited and waited to meet someone like my boyfriend and he finally found me. I've always been shy with guys and senior year I started to come out of my shell and actually try and get to know guys that I liked. They seemed great at first but then I realized they were jerks and some of them only wanted one thing. By that time, I was completely done with guys for a while until I became friends with my boyfriend. He was always a sweetheart and I could tell he really liked me. I just didn't want to get into anything because of previous guys and when I found out they were jerks. My boyfriend was patient and never rushed me into a relationship. After being friends for months I finally decided to be with him. We've been together for over a year now and he is one of the most amazing guys I've ever met. The both of us do talk about being together for the rest of our lives, and when you have that kind of love, you can just feel how honest it is and that it's real and not some crush

It's going to sound corny, but my dream is to be with him for the rest of my life. Emotionally, I think the both of us could handle it. But I'm still going to school and I have a few years left. He's going into the air force and if he has to move, then I'd be going with him. If it came to that, it would almost be easier to just get married because then the military pays for a house and everything. I wouldn't get married just for that, I really do love and we had both planned on getting married in the future anyways.