Next month is mine and hubby's 42 anniversary we were married when I was 16 and him 21 both kids and we have had to do a lot of growing up those first few years and no it wasn't always easy but it was always worth the effort. 2 of our children have been married for over 20 yrs and the baby who is 33 has never been married yet but the girl he is with now I think is a keeper . My best advise is marry your friend because a love is great but sometimes you just need a friend that is easy to talk to but tell you that won't work and why and love you when you go ahead and do it your way