I love all of these stories. Everyone is different! I love the variety of stories!
I was pressured into marriage by my boyfriend when I was around 21, and we got married at the courthouse after less than two years of dating. Big mistake! And, I
knew it at the time, too! He used the, "You must not love me if you don't marry me!" line. At the time, I did love him, and, as everyone knows, love makes you into an idiot.
We separated less than a year later, and are still to this day. I've only been in contact with him a few times, since. The most contact was at the bar, where he was very lucky I was very drunk, and in good spirits. We've both been dating other people since separating.
I plan on getting divorced from him this year. We never had any property, or children together, so, it should be relatively easy. I'm excited!
I will have been with my boyfriend for two years at the end of April. We've never discussed marriage. I, being a typical woman, do think about it, though. I once blurted out something along the lines of "When we get married!" without thinking, and it was very embarrassing. I could feel my cheeks burning. Of course, he slipped up while we were looking at pictures of outrageous wedding cakes, and he blurted out, "That's the one we'll have!" I laughed at his slip-up, and decided not to say anything about it.
I just feel like if he wants to marry me, he will ask me. I'm not going to pressure him, or anything like that. I'm in no rush to get married, again. Not necessarily because of the first one, but, that's just how I feel about it.
Our relationship has been far from perfect, but, after a lot of fighting, learning, patience, and even some counseling on my part, I think we are definitely at a point where our relationship is strong, and we are both willing to work on any problem that may arise.
Since I don't have much of my own marriage story, I will tell you all about my two best friends in the world.
They met when she was 18, fresh out of high school, and dated for 8 years before they finally got married this last November. She's now 26, and he's in his early 40's. They have the best relationship I've ever seen between two people, and they are a huge inspiration to me, despite their age difference.
We "dated" for 2 years before making a lifetime commitment to each other and have been together for almost 20 years.
