Your two cents are actually worthless.

Sunday at work, the topic of my wedding came up with one of the nurses. We were just talking about what planning I had left to do , etc. Other people then had to throw in their two cents by asking how old I was and saying I was way too young to be getting married or to know what I was doing. One nurse was bold enough to tell me he got married at 21 and he's divorced now, so I better watch out. Someone even asked how long we had been together before we got engaged (a year and a half) and then said, "You hadn't even been together for two years and you got engaged?!?"

Unfortunately, this isn't the first time people have responded this way. I bet two people have something cynical to say about my marriage for every one person who has something nice to say.

How hard is it for someone to just be happy for you? Just because you're unhappily married or divorced doesn't mean you have to rain on my parade. I really don't care what people say about it (except maybe for the opinions of people who care about me--family, friends) because they don't really know me or Sean.

Although I don't try to defend myself to people, I know we are capable of making a marriage work. Sean is so faithful and steady. We are both grounded in faith in God and have a bibical view of marriage. We have always put a priority on this relationship, even when Sean was working 2 jobs and going to school and throughout my nursing school. We both work hard to provide for each other and our family we will have someday. And we enjoy each other's company.

I guess the point of this is that we should be really careful about judging other people. People are not all the same- what works for one may not be the best decision for another. And keep your negative opinions to yourself. No one asked for them.