Hi Emma,

I'm almost 35 years old and I still remember the way I felt about the boyfriend I was with at your age. I ended up pushing him into marrage when I was 18 and he was 20. Well, not quite pushing him because he was the one who asked me because he didn't want to loose me. I had made the decision to move to Washington DC when he was in bootcamp and he really didn't want to loose the control he always had over me so he asked me to marry him knowing that's all I ever wanted. But still we did it for the wrong reasons. Hind sight is 20/20 when you get older and look back. I have to say that I would go back and do it all over again the same way because we wouldn't have our son today if I didn't but I was misserable!! If you can make the best decisions now you will be so much happier. I remember just how much I loved him back then. He was my WHOLE life. What I would do is take it slow. Men can sometimes be closed up because they don't know how to talk to us about how they're feeling.(Sorry guys, LOL) Let him know that you're there and that you care. Things will work themselves out. Your both young. You might find out that he's not the right one for you. I wish you the best of luck.

Love,
Wendy