Young brides

Here is a pic of a very cheap and poor Courthouse wedding

@Paige-no, but I will have to put an order in at my local bookshop.

@JJ thanks... I pulled it off of pinterest. Lol my wedding will be on the beach.

I'm 23! I'll be 24 this month! But in all honesty I have gotten very positive comments! I have been with FH for 6 1/2 years and we have a child together! Planning is going great I'm loving it!

Kassandra is weirding me the fuck out!!!

I have never gasped so much reading a shit show in my life-

My ideal age to get married was ALWAYS 28, not sure what the heck I picked that age for, but here I am... at (just turned) 30 and I will be 30 at my wedding as well... *sigh* so because I am over 18-24 range, I am considered old....

It's funny though, I gotta tell ya, I still get 25... and it feels darn good!

BTW- FH and I have been together for over 5 years... we're actually getting married on our 6 year anniversary...

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I'm 23 and no negativity over here. Nothing but the most love and support from our families and friends. Been together for 2 years and nothing bad now. 3 more months and we almost there!!! Planning is beautiful!!! Congrats to you and have fun planning!!!!

Dropped in to lurk, but what the fuck!? And seriously, with the young brides defending their marriages with "it's what I want and I'm legal!"? I haven't had enough sleep for this. ETA: To clarify, because I just reread this comment and realized it could be read wrong. This was not about any adult here capable of behaving like an adult.

I'm 24 and haven't received any negative comments. We have been together on and off for 11 years so our engagement was not a huge shock to anyone. Happy planning to all!

I'm 22 and getting married but I haven't received any negative comments about it from loved ones. Also, considering one of my friends is getting married at the courthouse tomorrow and I'm more excited for it than my own wedding that isn't at a courthouse, I am going to have to say that courthouse weddings are the opposite of cheap/trashy/whatever other negative adjective used.

Yay @Flying! I was wondering where you'd got off to. I've missed you on the forums lately.

@Hammett- I'm dealing with a lot of personal stuff so I've taken a break. I check in every few days then go off again.

Hi Flying!

I'm a bit late here, but on the original question asked, I'm 22 and FH is 28. We've been together since we were 19 & 25. So it really hasn't been that long.

We met after both of our crazy, party phases, where we were starting to look for the big boy pants to put on. We balanced each other out incredibly. He pulled me to become more mature (find a career, dress like a woman, get a car, then get one that actually works, adult stuff), and what he lacked in financial stability and responsibility, I was able to help him keep on track. (He’s a huge mama’s boy who got into some credit card problems.) One of my biggest concerns when we started to get serious was us growing apart, like everyone here is talking about in the beginning. Everything around us was changing and we made, and still do every day, a conscious effort to not let that happen. We are both very supportive of everything the other wants to do. We are completely different people than when we met, and I’m pretty damn proud of that. I think it all depends on your willingness and the right person.

As far as the negative comments, we haven’t received any. We’ll be getting married on our 3rd anniversary. Around our first, people started calling it that we would end up getting married. So when we told everyone we were, they were all ecstatic.

It’s not in your question, but a few people are mentioning it, so…Yeah, we’re paying for all of this ourselves too. We’ve gotten a lot of offers to help (decorating, bouncing ideas off, cakes, advice, non-financial stuff) and appreciate that a lot more than money. To me, it shows they want more than to just throw some money at us.

@Flying: Hope everything is okay. We're here if you need us!

When I stepped away from the computer we had the lovely Diamin with her words of wisdom. Now I see we have Kasandra taking over where Diamin left off. So much side-eye for all her comments; especially where she said courthouse weddings are pathetic and poor.

ETA: Hi Flying!!

This thread has been a treat today! It's my birthday today. Turned 26 and am looking for a retirement home roommate.

I met FH when I was 15. We're getting married after I turn 29.

Graduating high school and college, getting full time jobs, established careers, buying a home .... these were all more important. I'm now working on grad school.

I could have married my FH at 21 or 25 but I didn't. I'm so glad I didn't.

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I was 19 when I first got married and we just grew apart from each other . I didn't like the man that he became especially around our children . Only good thing he gave me were my 3 beautiful children . When I was 19 I lived in this little land of imaginative happiness . Where I thought I knew what I wanted or needed in life. Ha Now that I'm older and on my 2nd marriage I know and understand what I want and need in a man . My only advice is to seek premarital counseling before you marry . Make sure to communicate even when you mad .