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# Why I Chose to Marry Young - Revisited
- URL: https://dd.malinoix.com/why-i-chose-to-marry-young-revisited/
- Published: 2016-11-03T15:00:30.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-16T14:06:44.000Z
- Author: Maggie
- Tags: Devotionals, Family, Relationships, Relationships, #wordpress, #Import 2026-10-12 13:59

This post was originally published on Devotional Diva on June 8th, 2014\. I decided that since my husband Brandon and I will be celebrating 5 years of marriage this month, I wanted to rework this post since I (personally) feel it’s one of my most important. Also, there will be no new Devotional Diva posts next week because we will be off celebrating our anniversary!

(side note: Devotional Diva founder Renee Fisher also recently celebrated 5 years! Congrats!)

**I chose to marry young — at 19, to be exact.**

Brandon and I have a fairy tale love story – with some major kinks thrown in.

We had a lot of opposition going up against us the whole time we were dating.

For one, I was in a horrible place mentally and physically in the beginning. I talked about this in that post I mentioned, but it really was a struggle. **My mom knew that Brandon was the one for me because of how he stuck by me through it all.**

I mean, I was severely depressed and Brandon stuck by me. He supported me. He showed me love. I know that I was not able to show him the same kind of love at that time, just because I was going through so much.

### But we got through all that stuff. I got better. Things were going great, and we were happy.

*Then Brandon decided to join the Navy.*

At first, we didn’t even consider getting married before his boot camp. But as we went through his recruitment process, *marriage actually seemed like a pretty good idea.*

## I knew I loved Brandon and wanted to be with him forever. He said he always knew that I was “the one.”

It soon became clear that we did want to get married before Brandon would leave for basic training.

**But I was so nervous about what my parents would say.**

I felt like they would disapprove, because I was only 19 after all. Now-a-days, that is *young.*

It wasn’t like getting married so young was in their (or my) plans for my future.

I worked up the courage to talk to my mom about it first, and she eased my dad into the idea. They were accepting, more than I thought they would be. **They supported us.**

Brandon formally asked my dad for my hand in marriage in June, and a few days later he proposed to me. In November, we said our vows at my childhood church.

## My mom said she felt the presence of Jesus so strongly during the ceremony.

We’ve been married 5 years now. We now have an 18-month old son. Our marriage has endured several moves, cross-country and international. It has endured health scares. It has endured distance. It has endured seemingly unending uncertainty (#Navylife). No, we weren’t always perfectly happy. But we always loved each other and were willing to work together.

I see how God had these plans for me, and there’s no doubt in my mind that I was always supposed to be with Brandon.

I followed my heart and ended up with a great man. But getting married at a young age is not for everyone. Honestly, everyone’s situation will be different. **When you find your mate is up to God.**

I still get surprised reactions when people find out I got married at 19\. That’s okay, *but I wish there wasn’t so much judgment.*

It’s not just people who marry young – I know those who wait until their later 20’s or 30’s are judged too for being “old.”

# Bottom line is that everyone has a different path; Let’s get over expectations.

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