5 Advantages to Marrying Your High School or College Sweetheart

I met my husband in high school and dated him throughout college. We got married after graduation and will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary this October. Although there are some drawbacks, which I will explore in another article, here are some of the reasons why it can be great to marry your high school or college sweetheart.

Advantage #1 - If you start dating in high school or early college then by the time you graduate you will have a solid foundation to build from since you will have dated for quite a few years. The longer that you date before you get married, the more likely it is that you will have had the appropriate discussions about what you want out of your marriage and your life and what you expect of eachother. Although it is possible to get married soon after meeting and have it work out well, I do think that a longer period of time allows you more of a chance to really be sure of what you want. This advantage could still apply to people who meet after college, but generally by that time people are in more of a hurry to get married and are less likely to date for several years.

Advantage #2 - Your partner will have seen you at your worst. Unless you are one of those people who never leaves the house without being completely put together with makeup and perfect hair odds are that if you are going to school and attending early morning or late night classes with your significant other they will probably see you looking less than perfect. When you are seeing eachother only for planned dates you are more likely to put that extra effort into your appearance all the time. In our case since my husband saw me before school at 7am barely awake and with no makeup I never felt like I had to try hard to impress him. He had seen me at my worst and still found me interesting and attractive so I knew that there must be something solid to our relationship.

Our wedding - October 15th, 2004

Credit: Sonia Smith

Copyright: Kristina Montefusco