To the wife who married young,
I know it’s not easy being in your shoes at times. You might get snide remarks more than encouragement and your friends likely think you threw away the best years of your life.
“What do you want from me, people!?”
I’ve just recently noticed that I don’t get quite as many scoffs when people put together my age and marital status. I guess that means that after three years of marriage I’ve finally reached a somewhat acceptable age to be married.
Does any of this matter?
I used to let it get me down, but let me clue you in on a little secret: it only matters if you let it matter to you. People love to look in and assume that deep down you’re miserable and wishing you weren’t missing out on the best years of your life. I think the general public think that most of “our kind” end up snapping at some point. Realizing all they missed out on, and ditching it all to go actually live their young adult life.
I say if you’re happy and enjoying life, let them think what they want to think. Let them speculate and hate and judge to their heart’s desire. You don’t have to prove why you got married young, why you enjoy it, or why you and your husband decided to start your lives together so young. This is your story, really God’s story for you, and the best thing you can do is ignore the judgment and simply reflect Christ’s love through your marriage.
Marriage, while a huge blessing, is hard enough as it is. You don’t need added negativity.
