Judged for getting married young

[BabyMummy2020]

I met my hubby at school when we were 16 and we got married 2 years ago when we were both 20. We've just had our first baby and we also bought our little terrace. I always feel like people are judging us for getting married young tho and I can't understand why. We pay our way own our house etc. We are really happy!! AIBU?!?!

I do know how people will and do judge young parents though. Hold your head up and keep moving on with your life. No one else is living it after all!

I think your own insecurity is making you feel judged. And YABU for caring so much about what other people think anyway - that’s not what grown-ups do

I was married and had a baby at age 19. He was 23. We never had any judging from anyone, although it was a long time ago, people tended to get married younger then, (late 80s)

I had 3 kids by the time I was 25. Still never felt judged.

Just ignore.

Met DH at 18, DD1 born just before I turned 20, married at 24 and DD2 born at 26.

If anyone judged DH or me, they never said it to me. I’ve had people make assumptions about our relationship. Someone at work assumed DH was DD1’s stepdad. I corrected her and we moved on.

If anyone is judging you, it’s their problem so don’t worry about it.

I was engaged at 18 and married at 21 and yes, I did feel the judgment. I went to university, whilst still living at home, and remember chatting to new friends during a freshers evening. When I told them I was engaged, they were incredulous, and I felt very self conscious after that and like I wouldn’t fit in.

This will pass for you in a few years, so try not to take it to heart. Cherish everything you have achieved; a lot of judgment is probably rooted in jealous anyway

People probably do judge you. So what? What does it matter? People judge me. Do I care? Not at all. Live your life and let people think what they like.