Easily one of the most annoying parts of planning a wedding was the unsolicited advice you start to receive from absolutely everyone you encounter. Sometimes I was shocked by the things people would tell me, especially when I didn't feel that they knew anything about Luke or me. We were told how our ceremony should be, how inappropriate it was that we were living together pre-marriage, and the list goes on and on.
However, the one thing that we received the most "advice" about was the fact that we would be moving to West Virginia, far away (and farther away) from both of our families a mere month after our wedding. People wondered if we would be lonely, or if it was the right decision to be that far away (hello! I've lived 1000 miles away from my parents for the last 4 years!), or if we'd get sick of it just being the two of us. The last one always got me because isn't that what marriage is, tying yourself to one person forever? That's why we chose to spend the rest of our lives together.
It really frazzled my brain, and after hearing it all, I honestly couldn't wait to move with him! A good friend of mine reassured me that when her and her husband moved right after their wedding that it brought them closer together than they ever realized it could...because it was just them. Depending on each other the way married couples are supposed to, learning more about one other everyday, and enjoying every second of it.
After living in West Virginia for almost 4 months now I can say that, while I have gotten lonely from time to time and have wished that we were back home in Minnesota, I truly love being here with him. Everyday is something new, and at the end of the day we have each other.
Turns out, not all advice is helpful.
Have any of you ever moved far away when you were newlywed? Did you get any "helpful" advice about it?
xo eden
Have any of you ever moved far away when you were newlywed? Did you get any "helpful" advice about it?
xo eden
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