Engaged Couples that are High School Sweethearts

Because we have so many of our engaged couples that are high school sweethearts, we wanted to interview and highlight one of our couples. Continue to read as Musette shares about their relationship and how her fiance, Chris, purposed after more than a decade of dating.

High school is often the scariest and hardest place for people to get through. Four years of entering new chapters in life. While some of us look back on high school and cringe, others look back and smile because that’s where they found their first and only love. At The Bridal Finery, we have so many brides who are high school sweethearts! We wanted to learn more about their love story and share with you a real high school sweetheart love story. Meet our bride, Musette, and her fiance, Chris. After 12 years together, he asked her to marry him on their 11th anniversary. Continue to read as she shared their beloved story.

Meet engaged Couple and High School Sweethearts: Mussette and Chris

1. How did you and Chris meet?

My other half and I met when I was just about 15 years old. I was the new girl in school and he was a seasoned senior when I transferred school my junior year. Funny story is I was miserable with the thought of me transferring that far into high school until I saw this tall, handsome boy walk into my homeroom class. The rest was history. Little did we know we were both asking all our classmates about each other until one of those classmates blew our secret and we realized we were mutually crushing on each other.

2. what is the secret to a long lasting relationship?

PATIENCE!!! It’s so easy to give up when things get rough. The hard part is sticking through it. Trying to understand your significant other’s point of view & agreeing to disagree. Love with all your heart and never let your emotions lead!

3. Did you know he was the one right away?

Not at all. At the beginning, of course, I was infatuated with him and thought this man can do no wrong. Until I got to know him and I’m like “okay, maybe he can. LOL!” but we decided to love each other for our flaws. We’ve had many bumps in the road, as you can imagine after 12 years. Some moments I never thought we’d be here but we truly make each other better & complete one another. I can now say he’s the one proudly. Always has been, always will be.

4. what is something you want people to know about high school sweethearts?

It’s not always as beautiful as it looks and takes lots of hard work, perseverance, and communication. Understand that people grow up. Our biggest hurdle we faced was getting to know our grown-up selves. Think about it, we met when we were basically babies. Never having experienced anything in life. We were carefree teenagers. As we grew we changed drastically, we wanted different things, had different goals, looked differently. I remember about 6 years into our relationship telling him “let’s go on a date” and I didn’t mean a normal date I meant a let me get to know you date. I know it sounds bizarre. But I wanted to get to know the grown-up version of the man I fell in love with. We never laughed so much in life. We truly decided to love each other not just for the convenience or memories but for the people we had become. Being able to experience all those moments together just made it that much more of a blessing.

Mussette & Chris are celebrating their wedding day in May 2020. Stay tuned as we share their wedding on the blog this summer!