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Any HighSchool Sweethearts?

My fiance' and I are high school sweethearts, actually childhood sweethearts. I have had multiple people look down upon us, tell us we wouldn't make it. But here we are! Anyone else high school sweethearts? What battles did you, as a couple, endure?

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  • I think that is amazing!  Kudos to you and your FI for your lasting love!  FI and I met in college, didn't start dating till after college.

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  • T and I met in Elementary school, on the playground. He threw pecans at me. :) Of course though, we fought like children do. In high school, we reconnected and its been this way ever since.

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    [QUOTE]T and I met in Elementary school, on the playground. He threw pecans at me. :) Of course though, we fought like children do. In high school, we reconnected and its been this way ever since.
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  • DH and I met in Spanish class our Junior year and started dating halfway through the school year.  We did a lot of growing up and maturing together.  We've been together over 14 years now and, at the end of this month, will be married for 3 years.
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  • FI and I started dating in 8th grade. Have been together all through high school, no break ups, and all through college. We haven't really encountered any real problems more just annoying people who have no filter and express that the divorce rate is skyrocketing and that we should date other people and experience things with other people to know if this is what we want. Though family never expressed this it was more or less people who were just meeting us who found out we were engaged. So I don't take it to personal. You know when what you're doing is right. You can feel it.
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  • I'm not with my high school sweetheart.  My FI and I met in college.  If you love each other there's nothing wrong with marrying each other.  Don't take it personally.  When you know it's right, it's right.  My FI and I are still somewhat young, so we hear all about the divorce rate for young marriages.  People will always have comments and there will always be some people who are just negative.
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  • FI and I started dating at the beginning of senior year. By the spring we knew we were going to get married one day. I stayed in town for college (which is sometimes a decision I question, because of the school, not FI) but at the end of college I felt trapped. I took off to Asia for a year. Needless to say FI and I didn't make it throught that. When I came home, he called me that night, told me he couldnt live without me. I was hesistant but eventually we got back together and 18 months later we were engaged. We're getting married in October, 2 weeks after our 8th anniversary.
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  • My FI and I have been together since the end of my freshman year (his junior). We've been dating for 6 years yesterday. So, we're basically high school sweetheart. He's the first person (and last) that I've ever dated, and same goes for him. I know exactly how you feel. Everyone thought we were just two kids that wouldn't last.
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    FI and I met in high school, but we didn't start dating until right after (well, we were both still officially in high school at the time, but both part time and there on opposite days...I had actually graduated, but was taking extra courses). We met on the school bus, but didn't really get to know one another until a party at a mutual friend's house a year later. We will be married just short of our 6th dating anniversary after knowing one another for 7 years. 

    ETA (I just forgot to write half the post the first time): Things have always come very naturally for us. My 4 years in university haven't been the easiest in the world, but we've made it through and we still love each other. The hardest was the first year and that adjustment, but once we made it through that, we were golden. No one has really ever doubted us. We're pretty level headed and I think it shows. Everyone is just glad we're finally getting married - 1 apartment, 2 cats, and a house later. 
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  • My FI and I are highschool sweethearts. We have been together for 7 years this coming Sept. and will be getting married next May 25 2013. We have definitely had our up's and down's (mostly on my end) but all that really matters to us is that we feel so perfectly right for one another. We met on the school bus our freshman year and although he was very interested in me I wasn't at first. We became really good friends about half way through freshman year and remained best friends until the beginning of sophomore year. Sept 6 2005 he "asked me out" haha. I said yes and almost 7 years later here we are! We have been through everything together and I think it has made us so much stronger as a couple.

    Just like most of you we have heard about divorce rates and other highschool sweethearts who didn't make it. However, what gives us hope is that 2 of our best friends parents are highschool sweethearts as well and over 20 years later they are still happily married. I love hearing about couples who have made it work despite the negativity of others. I am the first person that my fiance has ever dated and although that isn't the case with me everything has worked out just perfectly.
  • FI and I met our freshman year of HS, we shared an english class and he tells me he remembers seeing me in that class and liked me right away. I don't remember him much until our junior year when we shared another class. We flirted like crazy with each other but never dated. One of us always had someone else so the timing just never worked out. Fast forward 15 years we reconnected and started dating. 2 years later I agreed to be his wife.
  • So sweet!!! Everyone's stories are wonderful! T and I met in Elementary School. He was in 1st grade and I was in kindergarden. He would chase me around the playground, throw pecans at me. We were just kids, didn't think anything of it. My sophomore year of high school, we reconnected and just decided to give it a whirl. He still throws things at me (paper, pecans) and we still chase each other around the house. He is my bestfriend. He has been since Kindergarden. We've been with other people since elementary school, but my sophomore year was a great year. He asked me to marry him the night I graduated high school! It was perfect, it was us.

    His mom and dad are high school sweethearts, and so are his brother and sister in law. My parents were married young, 18 and 23, and unfortunately, divorced in 2000. Both are remarried and happy. I guess it just goes to show that it doesn't matter how young or old you are, love is love. You will face challenges along the way, and it isn't how YOU handle those challenges, its how you TWO handle the challenges, together.  
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  • I hear you! My Hubby to be and I knew eachother from about third grade on. We got together in our Junior year in Highschool. People thought we wouldnt last and it was just a thing abd College would probably seperate us.That was about 6 1/2 years ago and our wedding is this September! I can't believe how fast the time has flown, he is my best friend and my soul mate I can't wait to be his Wife and start our lives together. Forget all the haters out there, you know when youre in love and when its right its right!!
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    We are high-school sweethearts and have been together (no breakups) since October 3rd of our Junior year. It will be 11 years dating and 1 year married this October. He proposed on our 8 year anniversary and we got married a day before our 10 year anniversary. We also had a long distance relationship for 4 years. We made it work and could not be happier. He is my first boyfriend, first kiss, first love, first everything. He had a couple other girlfriends before me but he knew I was the one. He calls me his one and only because I am. We both knew we would be married one day shortly after we started dating. We gave each other promise rings that we wore until I got my engagement ring  and him his wedding band. I still can't believe we have been together for so long. It really feels like yesterday we just started going out. 

    His mom was not thrilled with me for 7 years. Down right mean at times. She finally saw I was here to stay and realised I really wasn't bad once she gave me a chance. Most people kept telling us it wouldn't last. We did have a few people (including my entire family) that could see how we were meant to be. The first major thing we experience shortly after we started dating was the loss of his Grandfather. We got to be apart of the birth of my youngest brother. Experienced more loss over the years. We grew together and enjoyed what life has to offer. He was and still is there for me when I am having a hard time with my depression. We have our ups and downs but we know how to handle what ever life gives us. 

    If you want to know details of how we met it's in my planning bio. 
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  • Fi and I are also high school sweethearts:  he was captain of the soccer team, I was captain of the cheerleading team. LOL.

    I noticed him my junior year but he had a girlfriend.  I had a major crush on him but kinda put him out of my mind that summer.  My senior year I got the nerve so asked his friend to 'hook us up' LOL.  I wrote him a letter and we met face to fac to talk and I was so nervous.  I thought he was the hottest guy ever and I still think that...he is So HOT!  

    We are each other's first love and well, first LOL.  We have been through a LOT... to hell and back.  And almost 14 years and 3 kids later, we're finally getting married.  Our families could not be any happier.
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  • C and I have met through our families. When we were little, our parents used to let us play together. Our brothers, his cousin and us were like the Peruvian Rugrats(lving within 5 min of each other). Our mothers grew apart but we stayed together. We went to the same elementary school, middle and high school. Our brothers were even in the same class for special ed because of their mild autism. So they were together a lot. I was in a long term relationship at the time, but I couldn't help knowing that something was wrong. This wasn't the man I did'nt want to be with for my whole life. 

    So I asked him out the night at his house after his step-brother's baptism during junior year of high school. We have been dating ever since. We are going to the same community college, and he will transfer to my new school I am transfering to. We will marry may 7 016.
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    [QUOTE]My fiance' and I are high school sweethearts, actually childhood sweethearts. I have had multiple people look down upon us, tell us we wouldn't make it. But here we are! Anyone else high school sweethearts? What battles did you, as a couple, endure?
    Posted by Britt1893[/QUOTE]



    My fiancé and I met and began dating when I was in 9th grade and we dated throughout high school...but we have been through everything from childhood infidelity, him having a baby when I was 17, my mother hating him, etc. And yes everyone said in a few years we would not even be concerned with one another. But we maintained a close friendship after he has his baby for several years throughout our time in college and around 2006 we lost touch because as we all know life happens. And despite it all, fate would have it that we reconnected last November and we have been inseparable every since! He has always completed me and vice versa. We couldn't imagine a lifetime without each other and so 15 years later despite the naysayers we are engaged to be married and have set a date for 2013. Congrats to you and your FI and stay strong!
    Cheers, The Future Mrs. Rackey
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