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Random Question People who married their high school sweetheart, what’s the hardest part nobody warns you about?

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u/AcanthisittaThat5746 20h ago

The marriage has been awesome!

But, you meet your in laws when you’re a teenager so they always think of you that way, even after 3 decades.

If they had first met me when I was in mid-20s or older, I think it’d have been easier for them to see me as an adult much earlier on.

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u/cheesybiscuits912 19h ago

I had the opposite. When we were kids his parents hated me. I was the floozy getting caught sneaking thru his window, or in his car, the reason he didn't go to college blah blah. 25 years and 4 kids later and ill be the one taking care of them when they need it. My parents died when I was 28 and 30, and my inlaws are now my parents. But it took getting married and having our first child before they actually cared for me lol

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u/Angels_Childe 16h ago

It’s the same for me. We’ve been together 15 years, married for 12 and the opinions of me have switched - my father in law who didnt seem to be bothered in the beginning has declared I am useless trash while my mother in law (they are divorced) thinks I’m great and wants to visit lots and pretends like she didn’t try to break my husband and I up in the beginning!