Is 19 years old too young to get engaged?

Hey guys, so I'm in a relationship with a girl that I've been together with about 2 and a half years now. More and more lately it's been going through my mind of proposing to her. We've got a great relationship and I want to make it official to spend my life with her.

The only problem is my friends aren't exactly the most supportive. They always tell me you're too young, don't go it. dont rush things etc etc. They always mock me and say that I'm just tying myself down. But see I don't care about that, I don't care about crap like 1 night stands and banging some chick I only just met. I like the emotion part of a relationship- the connection. In the end I don't care what they think.

I love her alot and somehow the thought of proposing feels so right. Back in Serbia its common to wait till you're around 30 to get married but thats wayy too long for me to wait. And I'm not sure how US marital customs go.

My friends say I disrespect the culture but I am in US now, so sometimes don't we have to forget about following culture so strictly and do what makes us happy? thats what i always thought anyways. My parents seem pretty supportive and they said that as long as I still continue pursuing my education they'd be supportive all the way. Which I am doing and will continue to do as I'm going for a degree in Law

Anyways a little advice? is 19 too young?

Yes, well at least for me. I need to whore around a little bit more.

Edit- LOL @ you 'falling in love' in only two years.

is 19 too young?

TheNewEraIcon

yes

Only you can answer that.

Edit- LOL @ you 'falling in love' in only two years.

Fightingfan

Whats funny bout that? lol as I said we have a great relationship and its 2 and a half years

Some ppl get engaged after 1

Edit- LOL @ you 'falling in love' in only two years.

Fightingfan

It depends, if you know she's the one and you know this won't ever change with her. Sure, it's fine.

But it'd probably be best to finish school, or whatever you're doing, and find a decent job.

Becaues for 1. If you survive throughout your schooling, you know you have a good bond.

And 2. you actually have a job and money to raise a child, pay for the wedding, and honeymoon.

So I'd say 19 is too young.

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Edit- LOL @ you 'falling in love' in only two years.

TheNewEraIcon

Whats funny bout that? lol as I said we have a great relationship and its 2 and a half years

Some ppl get engaged after 1

i didn't read the OP, but f*ck yes 19 is too young to get engaged

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Edit- LOL @ you 'falling in love' in only two years.

Fightingfan

Whats funny bout that? lol as I said we have a great relationship and its 2 and a half years

Some ppl get engaged after 1

I don't know everything, but imo do you need to know everything? some people spend their whole lives together not knowing everything about their significant other. To be honest I don't think knowing everything matters. What is important should be as long as you know the real them and that you guys have a chemistry

I have a car, I'm a student in college and I work as well. Good enough for an apartment atm, plus she has a job too and my income will increase after my internship begins

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Edit- LOL @ you 'falling in love' in only two years.

Pirate700

Hell, in high school, my science teacher married her husband after 10 days.

Though, on rare occasions, some people are happy to settle forever at such a young age it's far more likely your relationship will end within the next two to three years instead. Proposing would be foolish imo.

If you can afford it go ahead.

Don't you want to live a little!?Wilfred_Owen

"To live" is highly subjective.

Wait until you are able to financially support yourself.Lonelynight

19 is p. young. Virtually every 19-year-old is an idiot with no foresight.

The only thing I want to know is whether or not you are living with her. Until you have lived together (and on a side note, had sex), I cannot support getting married, no matter what the age of a person is. I must admit I'm a big supporter of love and deep relationships, and messing around with random girls isn't my thing, either, but you should not propose unless you can say yes to my previous sentence.

Yeah. You're roughly 6-10 years to young.

Trust me. I was in "love" when I was 19. That blew up in my face and it will for you.

Just move in with her for a month or two. You'll see exactly what I mean.

Hey guys, so I'm in a relationship with a girl that I've been together with about 2 and a half years now. More and more lately it's been going through my mind of proposing to her. We've got a great relationship and I want to make it official to spend my life with her.

The only problem is my friends aren't exactly the most supportive. They always tell me you're too young, don't go it. dont rush things etc etc. They always mock me and say that I'm just tying myself down. But see I don't care about that, I don't care about crap like 1 night stands and banging some chick I only just met. I like the emotion part of a relationship- the connection. In the end I don't care what they think.

I love her alot and somehow the thought of proposing feels so right. Back in Serbia its common to wait till you're around 30 to get married but thats wayy too long for me to wait. And I'm not sure how US marital customs go.

My friends say I disrespect the culture but I am in US now, so sometimes don't we have to forget about following culture so strictly and do what makes us happy? thats what i always thought anyways. My parents seem pretty supportive and they said that as long as I still continue pursuing my education they'd be supportive all the way. Which I am doing and will continue to do as I'm going for a degree in Law

Anyways a little advice? is 19 too young?

TheNewEraIcon

Hoestly yes. To be frank with you i believe you will just be contributing to the statistic of fail marriages right now. You are too young, i doubt you are financially capable of starting a family with her along with paying for school on top of that etc. If you really love her and she loves you at the VERY least id suggest finishing school first so you at least know that you both have some sort of education and then after that re evaluate your relationship with her.

Absolutely.

[QUOTE="Lonelynight"]Wait until you are able to financially support yourself.Fightingfan

Yes.

Yes, I think it is

Yeah. You're roughly 6-10 years to young.

Trust me. I was in "love" when I was 19. That blew up in my face and it will for you.

Just move in with her for a month or two. You'll see exactly what I mean.

Wasdie

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Yeah. You're roughly 6-10 years to young.

Trust me. I was in "love" when I was 19. That blew up in my face and it will for you.

Just move in with her for a month or two. You'll see exactly what I mean.

Lonelynight

Hmm, well personally I do think that's too young. If you love her just as much in a few years, when you have your life together with a career and whatnot, then go for it. Until then, the years following 19 people still do go through a lot of change.

Why not just wait until you two are older? You technically sound like highschool sweethearts who will wed one day so what's the rush? Marriage involves financial support and responsibilty to raise a family. As long as you're really close to each other and don't see that connection fade anytime soon then just wait.

The prophet Mohammed married a 9 year old, fact.Meinhard1