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Neglectful Blog Owner

Belated Happy Valentine’s Day & Happy Chinese New Year!

I don’t think I am any smarter or mature than any other 19 year-old. I don’t believe I am any more ignorant than any 40 year-old. What difference does it make of my age if I am married at 19 or 35? At 15, I had committed myself to a goal of obtaining a career as a graphic designer. By 16 years-old, I had already invested  into helping my husband develop his freelancing business. At 18, I was already surpassing others who were established years before I could even walk. Today at 19, I co-own a successful, and still upcoming graphic design and web development studio with my husband. If I can do what it takes to make things in my life a reality, who can judge me for committing to someone I love?

No, I don’t know what the future holds. However, the same can be said about the car you just bought or the company you just invested in. Nothing is guaranteed to you in this life. Why am I still receiving judgment from other people about my marital status? The one thing that holds no value to my character or the potential I carry.

I believe the thing I hate most is that being a Christian and marrying young, everyone assumes it’s to justify some type of virginity issue. Do I look ignorant enough to sign to commit to someone else because I have raging hormones? That’s ridiculous. Why is it so hard to believe that we both made this decision based on our goals and level of respect in our relationship.
My second favorite assumption is that I’m with child or have a child. I don’t think there is anything wrong with people getting married due to pregnancy. However, it’s not why I got married. Why can’t anyone ask? Why are there always those two assumptions? What is even more ridiculous is that people are bold enough to approach you with these ideologies.

So to answer the question, why did I get married at my age? It was a mutual agreement based on the commitment, career goals, and life goals my husband and I share. Oh, also because he asked. ;)

I believe this post was long enough, too long for me to cover the next part of this series: What is Being in Love Like for You? So, for those married people, why did you get married? For those who are planning to someday, why would you like to get married? Also for those of you who never want to get married, why not?

Since then, I have been mentally designing the layout of our apartment. After a few hours of planning, I decided to take each space one by one to create a home. It will be our first “place” together so I want it to be great. One thing I came across while searching for something to put in our entryway/foyer was the idea of having a bench. I would like a bench with maybe storage to place things and a nice patterned cushion. I decided to put together a post of great benches in homes, not only in the entryway but in other places as well. I hope you guys enjoy! They are amazing.

I love the simplicity and the storage capacity of this bench. It’s small and doesn’t take up a lot of space while adding a lot of function.

This bench has so much potential. I love the idea of having a few pillows thrown on top. Maybe a little mix-and-match with patterned pillows. Great idea.

This bench is to die for. It’s sleek, modern, and can fit anywhere. It’d be great with throw pillows.

Here’s a very ornate bench located in a master bedroom sitting area. It may be too formal for my idea but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it. So nice! It looks great against the wall color.

A chic, stylish bench located in the bathroom. After seeing this idea, I thought of having a bench in the bathroom as well. A girl can dream.

I love sitting areas that are built in. If I could, I would create a bench like this one in a heartbeat. It’s so roomy and a perfect reading spot.

This is probably the closest bench to the one I’d like! It’s only missing the storage space at the bottom. Since this bench is a part of the kitchen dining setup, it doesn’t need much storage space at all. I love the pillows, amazing.

Here is another great bedroom bench I couldn’t help but admire. I probably would have never noticed this amazing bench on its own. The owner did, thankfully, and it looks amazing in her bedroom. Very nice!

I did think of putting a small bench on the end of the bed in our bedroom. This amazing turquoise bench looks great against the gorgeous bed frame. I could spend a day or two in this room.

There’s so much love I have for this bench. It’s sleek, modern, and minimalistic. It probably wouldn’t serve much function in our place, but I still love it. I just need a great excuse to get one.

I hope you guys enjoyed these benches as much as I did.  Do you have a bench in your home? Share it with me! I’m always looking for inspiration.