Originally Posted by galleryseek

see that is where you're completely wrong, at least in the sense of relationships.

my girlfriend and i both have heard it from other people the same line, "You're too young to be so serious!". we understand that many people our age aren't able to sustain a healthy relationship, we understand that a lot of people regretted later in life for not having been more "wild" in their youthful years. here is the point, regardless of what OTHER people think WE should do, we think we should do what we personally WANT to do. why ruin something that we both agree is so great, for the possibility that it might end up bad in the future? there is no reason to do this. sure, in response you might answer that question with something like, "to avoid the inevitable hurt the future will bring, and you will be better off doing so..." - but that is so cowardly on so many levels, ruining something that is good because it might end up bad. that isn't living life.

the only thing a person, a couple, can do in life is do what they think will make them happy. and staying with each other is what has in the past, and what we hope in the future, will make us happy.