In this day and age, everyone will always pop in on your relationships- whether that be your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.

It almost seems as if someone always has something to say.

The thing that I've heard the most at 19 is, "You're still too young to know you want to spend the rest of your life with someone" and my question to that is "why?"

See, here's the thing. Young love is amazing. It's amazing to find someone who is right for you at such a young age and know undoubtedly that they're your perfect half.

I don't have to be 30 years old to know what I want in a person.

And, don't get me wrong, I know that I have my whole life ahead of me and everyone is completely right when they say that, but why not be with the person of my dreams for my life journey?

When our grandparents and great-grandparents got married at 16-18, nobody questioned it. Nobody thought it was an awful thing. Everyone was happy for the newlyweds and nobody batted an eye.

But, for some reason, everyone is totally against couples getting engaged/married in their 20s.

I know that being young and engaged will not be an easy path. I'm sure we'll learn our share of hard lessons very early on, but I wouldn't have it any other way. We get to essentially grow up with each other and I think that's a wonderful thing. We get to hit major milestones together and watch each other achieve their goals.

So, instead of telling people that they're too young and that their brains aren't actually developed until they're 25, just be happy for them. There's nothing worse than being so happy to share news about an engagement only for someone to have something negative to say.

Our lives aren't over because we're engaged. Our lives aren't over because we're getting married before we're 25.

Thank you for the advice, but if it's something negative, keep it to yourself.