Everywhere we look we are surrounded by young couples. Yes many of them do not last. In fact, 59 percent of married couples who were married before the age of 25 end in divorce. Those aren't very good odds! My husband and I were married at the age of 19. We had been together for three years. We had a two year old son. We were doomed to fail. Now we are 21 and happily married with good jobs and our own home.
We met in eighth grade. he was dating my friend at the time. We weren't interested in one another at that time. We didn't start dating until our junior year of high school. He was friends with my best friend. He asked our friend for my number and we started talking. On December 13, 2011 my husband asked me if I would go out with him. We were only 16. Who would have thought we would ever last?
My husband is the most selfless person I know. He stepped in when no one else would. I was a pregnant 16 year old with no boyfriend in sight as he had fled as soon as he heard about the baby. It wasn't his job to help me, but he didn't care. Everyone thought he was crazy I'm sure. I mean who's wants to raise someone else's baby at 16? My parents didn't think we would last. They were protective and they had a right to be. They didn't want to see me get hurt again. It took a lot of convincing on his end for them to accept him, but he was there.
He was there when I was a pregnant, hormonal mess. He was there when I gave birth. He was even there when I was a mess of day old clothes, messy hair and dried on throw up. He has always been there for us, never once backing down from his newly found role of daddy.
My husband truly is my hero. He works long shifts in a hot sweaty factory where he works with itchy insulation all day. He comes home dripping in sweat and covered in gunk from work. His boots are all broken in and worn out. His shirts are crispy from the good they put over insulation, but he never complains.
I will be honest, I am a terrible house wife. I only work about 15 to 20 hours a week, so it falls on me to clean the house. As it should because my husband works too much to bother with the house. I try my best to keep the house picked up on a daily bases but a 4 year old lives there, it could never be spotless. There are clothes strewn all over our room, dirty dishes in the sink, but our house is full of love. My husband never complains.
We have a very healthy respect for one another. Respect is the key to a healthy relationship. Without respect for one another, your relationship can't have solid ground to stand on. It is with this respect that I have faith in our marriage being what it should be, a life long commitment. Sure we will fight, who doesn't fight with the people they love, but it is with our love for one another that we can get through anything.
