I Married My High School Sweetheart And Couldn’t Be Happier!
High school sweethearts share some of the most fragile and intense times of life — the teen and young adult years — when the hard stuff of childhood gets sorted through and faced head-on, and when your voice as an adult is being shaped. Chances are, you shaped that voice together, and that can be an incredible, unifying force that defines your relationship.
I certainly don’t think partnering up with your high school sweetheart is something that everyone should do. Some people need more time to explore and find themselves before settling down that young. And for some, their high school girlfriend or boyfriend is just the wrong person for them to spend their life with, even though it may have not been clear at first.
To be honest, I think it’s pretty rare that people find their “one and only” in high school. I still sometimes think of it as some kind of fluke or dumb luck that I did. And if my son were to bring someone home in a few years claiming that he’s going to spend his life with them, I’d probably brush it off as just a fling.
But the thing is, you never know. The person you meet at 14 years old just might be the one you are meant to spend your with life. And if they are, you hold onto them and never let them go.
This article originally appeared on Scarymommy.
