30 Stories From Lucky Couples Who Married The First Person They Dated

14. She’s a very good person. My dad told me not to let her go. Our friendship was pretty effortless.

The only argument for letting her go was the fact that I was young(19) and hadn’t experienced other people.

She went to school in another state, we kept it going. Perhaps if either of us had met someone, we would have naturally broken up, but we didn’t. We rejoined, then did the long distance thing again. Then moved in together. Grew together. By the time we were married, we’d been together for 7 years. Marriage changed nothing.

The strength of our bond grew over time. It wasn’t like we were destined to be together forever at 19, but after years of really enjoying eachother, you ask yourself why wouldn’t you stay together?