Me... I didn't want this. I got sick of the crap so first things first after 3 weeks of dating her I just laid my cards on the table and revealed EVERYTHING. Take it or leave it.. she took it, and it felt like a glass sheet was lifted. we could communicate about anything discuss things.. change things without getting into fights. We've never had a proper argument or break up because we've discussed so many things. We knew we were gonna get married in the first year alone.. It just felt right and we saw how things were going. So being engaged felt no different for us. We literally have an antiquated mindset when it comes to our relationship. The first thing a person asked us when we started dating was this
"So when are you two going to break up?"
First thing said to us... Which pissed me off to no fuckin' end mind yeah. that person's relationship lasted 2 more weeks before that thing crash and burned. We've outlasted everybody esle who questioned our relationship. I was a senior and she was a sophmore (I was 18 she was 15 I didn't know that at the time I thought she was older. Now we're 21 and 18 ) People inquired on how I was going to dump her after graduating I told them point blank
"I'm going to wait for her."
And they had that classic cartoon eye cross and smoke coming out of the ears thing going on. I told them I was going to wait for her and support her. People were shocked. When I proposed to my fiancee People asked her mother "when is the baby due?"
People couldn't grasp we were getting married because we wanted too. So many people were screaming at us that we were too young, at my work only one person said something that baffled me. It was an old lady who is a hard core christian and decorates the cakes. she asked me "So why didn't you ask earlier? You two are a perfect couple."
I showed people a picture of the ring ahead of time. I didn't buy a diamond ring. I told her point blank in the relationship I'm getting her an opal ring (because I believed diamonds to me empty, colourless, and cold the opposite of what our relationship is ). I found a 1920's pearl ring in the exact design I planned on having made for her, with opals used as a complimentary stones. I spent an entire paycheck on it (278$) But it was worth it. I hid it in a 1950's kodak dualflex camera I have and I took her down to spot we have by the river just one day on a whim. No planing, just had a shitty day, one of the worst ones. So I stuck the ring and its heart shaped box it came in, into the camera. Gave her the camera told her I modified it to work now, bla bla something technical, So I stood in font of her and had her "Take a picture" it didn't make a sound so I told her "Huh it didn't work. Check the film." She opened up the back and saw the box and looked up at me I was already on my knee. She handed me the box and before I could finish the question she answered yes. There was even a sun set going on behind me over the river... Not bad for a proposal I did because I had the ring and I wanted to just do it to brighten my day and my life. Turns out she loves pearls.. And the ring is so old its a natural pearl. Even the opals were real opals, 6 quality opals with a beautiful flash and colour change. (Went to Australia and i learned quite a bit about opals.) The ring even fit her perfectly. It was a size 6 yet one of the rings she has is a size 7... so I thought i'd had to change it. Nope it fit perfectly. Everything just fell into place.
Even then many people couldn't be happy for us. The people who were most upset were people whose relationships were in the spot light, and now we took it from them. (Like we want the damn spot light) People weren't happy with our LOGIC to get married. And stated we need to have a better REASON to get married because we're far too young to make important decisions like this. Even my family asked me what would I do WHEN she leaves me in college.
I learned form every old book I have, every old couple i've seen a story about that after awhile you have to make the CHOICE to love somebody. You have to fight for them, me and my fiancee work so well because we've fought tooth and nail to get to where we're at. Our love isn't a petty feeling that is just an excuse for sex. we're each others firsts and we purposely chose it this way. We were active for a year before we could even get birth control but we were able to control our selves and have no damn kids, unlike every other highschool couple in our damn school 47 knocked up girls in her grade level alone. there was 9 in school when I graduated and 3 more happened in the summer. We were careful level headed. we've talked about stuff discussed stuff made plans and we've gone through with said plans.
So yes I do look down upon the way the world is with a bit of shame. I've seen so many people who've rolled their eyes at us tried to give us relationship advice, and latter their's crash and burn while we just are skipping through the antique fairs dressed up in steampunk attire enjoying life, while the others are dealing with cheating, and other social bullshit.
Every day, week, month, and year doesn't feel like it's adding up, or weighing us down. Its hardly feels like 3 years have passed but they have. I'm lucky to have the love of my life in my life and arms. i feel sad that most people will never know this type of love or rather will not be able to allow themselves to experience this love. We don't care about money or social standing... we could live in a hole in a nuclear wasteland and be happy that we have each other. She isn't my lover, or my partner she is my Mate... the english word for love doesn't describe how we feel.
I'm concluding my rant on love, society and my life here....