You married a 15 year old? How old were you ?
No. She was 14 and I was 19.
Though we will be married 39 years next August and have had a good and happy marriage and love each other very much we certainly don't recommend it as a norm. No we didn't have to.
Actually we really never had a date as you would call it. I know it's strange. Seemed right at the time, so far so good.
Had been engaged to a girl my own age for about a year and a half who wasn't near as mature as my wife, if you can call any one that age mature including myself.
Had two friends in the same city high school who grew up together next door from the time they where toddlers who got married in the eleventh grade at sixteen.
They finished high school and he was already working as most of us back then where and eventually opened his own successful business that they had planned in high school and they still have today.
They've been married 41 years. I guess maybe people where little different back then with different expectations. I don't know.
Congratulation on finding the woman of your dreams so early in life.
Back then,most early marriages took place after high school.And yes,I know some people who did that.
I got married in '67,and yes,we were older than you and your wife, when we got married.We're happily married and looking forward to celebrating our 38th wedding anniversary next spring.
As to expectations...I think people did have different expectations,regarding marriage,back then.
*smiles* You sound like us. We were 19 and 20. . .no we didn't *have* to get married, but wanted to. We hit 13 years on Sept 20.