<p>Both of my parents married young. My dad married right out of high school (they were both 18) and my mom married at 20. My dad had a daughter at 19 and then he and his first wife divorced before he was 25. My mom’s first marriage lasted until she was 31. My parents then married a few months later and have been married for 18 years. </p>
<p>My sister was married at the age of 17, but widowed at 19. I can’t say how their marriage would have turned out if my brother in law had still be with us, but I can say that they had been together since they were 12ish so it wasn’t a whirlwind thing. I guess it’s one of the “what-ifs” in life. They had grown up together and I think that it would have lasted because they had a bond that went beyond just marriage, it was more like they were two people living one life. It’s hard to explain.</p>