"You two should break up, you're too young to be in a long term relationship."
"Why are you wasting your young teenage years being in a relationship."
"You two won't last when college hits."
These statements and questions are something I hear almost EVERYDAY. But let me give you a background as to why I hear them and why I couldn't disagree more.
It was basketball season my freshman year of high school. My brother played and we traveled to watch him play at a school in our conference called Paint Valley. While he was playing, I noticed this super cute guy on Paint Valley's team wearing number three. So naturally I tell my mom and of course she knows his aunt. My mom messages his aunt and his aunt told him. A week later I received a direct message from Anthony, cutie number three, on instagram and the rest is history.
February 22, 2014 Anthony asked me to be his girlfriend and of course I said yes. Five and a half years later we are now in college together and I fall more and more in love everyday. I get to cheer for him while he plays quarterback on the football team and we have even taken a class together throughout our time here at Ohio Northern University.
Finding your person young has so many benefits, but apparently only the people that can relate have good things to say about it. I have been told more times than needed that I'm too young and I need to break up with him so I can live my life. But what people don't understand is, I hit the jackpot with boyfriends and I would never leave him just because I'm too young. "He's holding you back" is the most popular statement I hear from middle aged men and women, but in reality, the last thing Anthony is doing is holding me back. Anthony is my biggest fan and is so supportive of everything I do. I still get to travel, and he is just waiting for me when I come back. I still get to chase my dream of becoming a professional singer and he is in the audience cheering me on every show.
It's not about age or maturity, it's about how well you two match. I couldn't imagine my life with anyone different. I am blessed with the best boyfriend in the world and I wouldn't have wanted to meet him any other time in my life. Now I'm hoping to be planning a wedding in the near future and that's when I can prove to everyone, young relationships can and will work.
"Why are you wasting your young teenage years being in a relationship."
"You two won't last when college hits."
These statements and questions are something I hear almost EVERYDAY. But let me give you a background as to why I hear them and why I couldn't disagree more.
It was basketball season my freshman year of high school. My brother played and we traveled to watch him play at a school in our conference called Paint Valley. While he was playing, I noticed this super cute guy on Paint Valley's team wearing number three. So naturally I tell my mom and of course she knows his aunt. My mom messages his aunt and his aunt told him. A week later I received a direct message from Anthony, cutie number three, on instagram and the rest is history.
February 22, 2014 Anthony asked me to be his girlfriend and of course I said yes. Five and a half years later we are now in college together and I fall more and more in love everyday. I get to cheer for him while he plays quarterback on the football team and we have even taken a class together throughout our time here at Ohio Northern University.Finding your person young has so many benefits, but apparently only the people that can relate have good things to say about it. I have been told more times than needed that I'm too young and I need to break up with him so I can live my life. But what people don't understand is, I hit the jackpot with boyfriends and I would never leave him just because I'm too young. "He's holding you back" is the most popular statement I hear from middle aged men and women, but in reality, the last thing Anthony is doing is holding me back. Anthony is my biggest fan and is so supportive of everything I do. I still get to travel, and he is just waiting for me when I come back. I still get to chase my dream of becoming a professional singer and he is in the audience cheering me on every show.
It's not about age or maturity, it's about how well you two match. I couldn't imagine my life with anyone different. I am blessed with the best boyfriend in the world and I wouldn't have wanted to meet him any other time in my life. Now I'm hoping to be planning a wedding in the near future and that's when I can prove to everyone, young relationships can and will work.
McKenna, I love your interpretation of a topic that tends to be rather controversial. Relationships are such a personal endeavor, and it is great that you have found one that brings you such joy and has been a way to show that it CAN work!
ReplyDeleteMckenna your take on this subject is inspiring to say the least. I think it goes to show you may never know how or where or when you meet “the one”. You never know what could happen, but that’s the beauty of it. Hats off to the both of you for standing against all the negative comments or doubts and letting love conquer all.
ReplyDeleteMckenna, I think love has different phases. Sometimes it is burning red and sometimes it is golden. I'm glad that the love you share with Anthony is beyond golden but the people who comment on your relationship don't mean any harm I think. They probably have seen the dark parts of love and they don't want you to go through it. Next time someone says something you can tell them that what you and Anthony share is different from the love this world has seen. They might not bother you again.
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