Comments on: Our Love Story: Be My Valentine. Forever

By: Shalee

Shalee — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:01:27 +0000

Mary,

I haven’t told you enough that I really love hearing your story. I’m a sucker for happy endings…

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:52:35 +0000

How did he propose? I love hearing about proposals.

By: Owlhaven

Owlhaven — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:05:57 +0000

Bea, John was living at home, but paying for his own college and vehicle expenses. I was paying all my own bills. The ironic thing was that after we got married John was eligible for all sorts of financial aid that he couldn’t get living while at home, even though his parents had not been paying for his schooling!

Mary

By: bea

bea — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:50:27 +0000

Were either of you getting financial support from your parents? Somehow I’ve always taken for granted that the reason people shouldn’t/can’t afford to get married in college is that they’re not self-supporting yet. And I guess on one level it makes sense to link marriage to the ability to support oneself and a family. But on the other hand it seems absurd for parents to say, “I’ll pay your tuition and put some money towards your residence costs, but only on the condition that you remain unmarried…”

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:40:16 +0000

Parents are funny. Even though I was 25 and my intended was 29, his parents STILL wanted us to wait longer than we did from engagement to wedding.
Rachel

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:38:16 +0000

Wow, Mary, I get a lump in my throat when I read this. I’m SO happy to know how it turned out! [:-)
Love, Rachel

By: Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:57:56 +0000

Our situation was similar, except that Ben’s parents were happy and my mother was FURIOUS. Not fun. (

By: katherine from senor elefante

katherine from senor elefante — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:31:45 +0000

what a great story! i’ve really enjoyed reading it.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:55:15 +0000

Oh, the cliffhangers!!
Love this story!

By: JC

JC — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:35:43 +0000

I am really curious to hear how this story turns out! I mean beyond the obvious of you two getting together. My husband and I were the same ages at engagement- and we had just done an entire school year of long distance (4 hours across 2 mountain passess). Luckily, our parents were supportive (though I’m not quite sure that would have changed anything ) and we got married 6 months later.