I am not your traditional girl, nor is my relationship with my boyfriend traditional. I am 20-years-old and planning my wedding. But here is the kicker… my boyfriend and I are not engaged (queue dramatic music).
My relationship with my boyfriend has never been “traditional.” We can be considered a fast moving couple. I met him at work and we hit it off instantly. I passed up an amazing opportunity to go back and work for Walt Disney World doing the Disney College Program that I had done previously. If anyone knows me knows I love Disney World more than anything. I ended up declining the chance to see if him and I would work out. I really took a huge risk on us.
Then my closet ended up making its way into his closet pretty soon into our relationship. I still had a place but I hardly ever stayed there. Around our three months, we decided to get a puppy together. Now that is a huge responsibility between two people, especially early on in a relationship. I continued to stay with him at his place until we signed a lease and moved in together. We honestly had not even been dating a year before we did that.
I saw my boyfriend go through a lot of personal issues. He had just found out his father was diagnosed with Glioblastoma and that the outcome was not looking promising when we had met. He decided to continue with school while dealing with the stress of his father, even though almost everyone told him not to. It was hard and his father eventually went to paradise and my boyfriend kept up his grades through all the struggles.
Really, we have not been apart for more than a few days since our two months. It is weird; I get lonely and feel like something is missing from me when he is not around me. We honestly do not get tired of each other, which I know sounds odd. Do not get me wrong, we do bicker and get on each other’s nerves but I have never felt the love in my heart that I do for him for any other person. Ever since our six months, I knew I wanted to marry this man.
A little before our one year anniversary we ended up talking about getting married. We both have big ambitions… I want to go to law school and he wants to pursue graduate school. We both will be extremely busy and we agreed that why not get married after we graduate college. In all honesty, if we did not get married we saw it as delaying the inevitable. Plus I really did not want the stress of planning a wedding during law school or when I started a career.
My boyfriend assured me that I would be proposed to before the wedding date. We both asked our families what they thought and they supported us. My boyfriend now has our venue booked, my dress bought, our caterer, a website, and so much more done within a month. We are getting married June 2017 at our favorite place: the beach. Words cannot describe how excited I am to tell my boyfriend how much I love him and have our friends and families witness our love.
Who says you have to be engaged to marry someone? Who ever said that you have to be engaged to someone first before planning a wedding? Who said you have to be engaged to know you love someone so much to get married? I love my boyfriend and I know I want to marry him. I am glad we are doing this and people can express their views but nothing can rain on my parade!
