Our first time, getting married young & how we met | Ep. 1

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Almost certain they're announcing a 2nd pregnancy in the next few episodes. Matt saying "your last pregnancy" and the look on her face lolol.

matt is so kind and the personification of a golden retriever, and abby is so genuine and smart ❤

I was married at 19. Literally 8 days before I turned 20. We will be celebrating 9 years of marriage this year and going strong with our two little girls ages 5 and 2 🎉🎉

Matt's voice breaking ever so slightly while talking about falling in love with Abbie is just precious!!!!

This relationship is so refreshing. No bs No romanticizing every single thing. It felt real, you guys felt real. Definitely not just some influencers. Love this and can’t wait for more episodes.

Got married at 20. Wife was 19. The amount of “is she pregnant” questions I got was absolutely insane.

It would be really interesting to hear your parents' perspective on that period of time when you were wanting to get married and they thought it was too early.

I’m always so amazed at Matt’s ability to be vulnerable. He shares his emotions with Abby in such a way I haven’t seen many men do. She’s is a luck girl atleast in that regard.

"When you get married, you marry a set of problems." "Choose your hard." Such helpful advice, that really puts it into perspective!! I enjoyed this podcast and hearing your beautiful story. It's fun to see you guys in a different way than on your Clip-Share channel!! Excited for future episodes:)

Me and my husband got married at 18 and 19 and will be celebrating 6 years in March. We have 2 toddlers and a set of twins. We keep God in the center of our marriage and that is what makes our marriage thrive ! ✨️

She was 17 the first time I saw her. She was 20 and I was 23 when we were married. I can relate to many of the experiences the two of you have had, and just wanted to let you know 4 kids, 11 grandchildren, and 47 years later, I'd rather be with her than anyone else.

This reminds me SO MUCH about my relationship with my husband! We met and started dating at 15
He was my first kiss
We got married on our 8 year dating anniversary
We are now 26 and expecting our first baby in 2 months ❤️

As an 18 yr old in a committed relationship for over two years this was so educating, like i feel so normal now, all my friends are out there partying but im already getting serious about things and thinking about marriage.

I’m just speechless they did this tbh. Abby seemed to be suppperrrr shy to just talk in general but to have a podcast and have conversations as serious and loving as these…. Is a game changer. Thanks guys for this!

The fact that you both would want to go back in time and do it all over again makes me cry is so wholesome you 2 were made for each other

As an engaged woman, this is SO full of things I needed to hear. Thank you!

I am 15 and still have never dated anyone 😂, but your love story is so sweet and I’m learning I just have to be patient because I will find the one because what you guys have is magical and one day I will have that. Love your family and man Griffin is growing up so fast but has amazing parents that love him sooooo much. Love the new podcast and thanks for putting a smile on my face when I really needed it. Can’t wait for more episodes this one was soo good

finally a married couple who actually should be doing a podcast.

I’m 44 and absolutely adore you both. You bring a very innocent vibe to how marriage should be. I been married for 23 years and I can say you both are my role models for a good marriage. It’s not easy! Today is my 23rd wedding anniversary. 5 kids and 1 granddaughter later, and here we are. It goes by sooooo fast! Enjoy it, love each other, don’t go to bed angry, communicate and become the best of friends. Griffin is an absolutely adorable baby. You guys do make a beautiful baby, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for growing your family. Fun fact, after we had our first daughter, we ended up having twins! 😊

The last ten minutes was something I didn’t know I needed to hear. How important marriage is. Thank you guys for sharing that

This is a sweet story! I appreciate how committed you both are to each other at a young age. The people I was with in my teens and 20s were not like that. What a blessing I did not marry them and got married at 33 😅. I love how we all have different love stories. Makes life so much sweeter.

is no one gonna talk about how matt is literally holding hands with his toes 😭😂❤️

I loved the part where you talked about wishing you could go back to that place of long distance and young love.
I'm in a long distance relationship (year 4 of it!) and I KNOW I'm so ready for marriage, but I also need to remember that this time is precious as well and not to waste it.

This is so sweet reminds me of me and my husband’s early dating days. We got married at age 20 and my family was sooo not into it, but we loved each other so much. My grandma said she wouldn’t pay for my college anymore and a cousin tried to bribe me, but we didn’t care we were going to make it work financially. Now we are 27 and about to have our 4th baby and I would never change any of that. I do miss those sweet dating days when strangers would come up to us and say how they knew we were so in love because we were! It’s so sweet to hear your story and I think it’s great that you guys waited till marriage what a blessing I hope some young people can be inspired to do the same.

WE’RE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PODCAST ❤

I’ve finally found a person/couple to relate to. I have a pretty serious relationship with my boyfriend and my mom is definitely my best friend forever, and sometimes I even feel guilty for spending time with my significant other, instead of with her. I know it’s kinda inevitable, because you grow up and find a partner for you, however I just do everything to keep the best relationship with my mother❤️

It goes SOOOO fast, my oldest just started college, and what use to seem so far away, became reality in the blink of an eye. Fun fact she is a theater kid, and misses it sooo much! ❤ You guys!!

My husband and I got married young and were in college. Everyone asks if we felt like we missed out on the college experience, but when you spend that time with the person you’re going to spend forever with, to me that was so much better than any party could offer. I’m definitely pro young marriage. I wouldn’t want my life any other way!
Also, I’m so glad you guys are doing podcasts now!! Bring on the long episodes! Love you guys!

I got married at 19 and my husband was 20, when you know you know. 5 years later we have a little boy who is about a week younger than Griffin 😍 being married young is such a blessing

I was married at 19 and my husband 21. Also we met and started dating at 14 and 16. I relate so much to you guys. Love everything about this podcast and especially when you said “you marry problems. There is no perfect marriage.” I can’t wait to watch the rest.

This is insane I’m so happy you guys finally made a podcast. The quality is really good especially since this is your first one. Congrats guys ❤🎉❤

I met my husband at 17, engaged at 19, married at 20. We were married for 23 years before he passed away. It definitely takes a lot of work, but I don’t regret anything. Loved you guys’ podcast!

Oh my goodness. I didn’t know I needed this. I love you guys so much and what you’re willing to share with us all. ❤️ You guys are so authentic and I love it

Idk why but I wasn't expecting your podcast would be this much FUN than lot's of other podcasts!!!! I'm just smiling and laughing for literally 32mins now. So excited for the next episodes!!!

I love that you don't romanticized relationships, and that you are fully aware that love is about being committed to you each other and working together to fix your issues as a couple. Also the fact that Matt said there is no perfect marriage is key. Nowadays there so many people who pretend to have the perfect relationship when that does not exist

This was so cute and I can really relate. My husband and I married when I was 20 and he was 19. We eloped (I didn’t even think of it like that back then but we definitely did haha) Looking back I can see how insane it probably looked to everyone and as a mother now I can only imagine how I would feel if one of my children did the same. It was the best decision we’ve ever made though, 13 years and three kids later and we’re still best friends ❤

I love how Matt is literally just holding his toes 😂

Absolutely loved this! My husband and I got together our sophomore/senior year of high school and then got married at 19 and 21 and we really related to your guys’ story❤️

My husband basically asked me to marry him before we officially started dating. We were friends and would talk often over the phone while I was away at school. When I came back home he told me he wanted to date, but that he didn’t want to date for just for fun, it was with the intention of getting married and if I couldn’t see that happening then we shouldn’t date. 😂 Now, we’ve been married 11 years and have 3 kids.

Oh my gosh I love this so much! You guys remind me of my parents- they got married at 19 and 20 and had their first baby at 23. Still happily married! I am so glad you started this podcast

I feel like I am hearing my hubby and I speaking about our young marriage 26 years ago! I’m following your content because it is refreshing to see young people look at marriage and family in a positive light and see you working hard to keep it going well.

I feel like I relate to y’all in so many ways. I was engaged at 17🙈 married 6 months later after I turned 18 in 2017. We had known each other since ages 8 and 9. Getting married young was the best decision. We’ll celebrate our 6 year anniversary in August and then our sons first birthday in September🥰 Thank you for this podcast!

SO EXCITED FOR THIS NEW CHAPTER ❤

I love this!!! I remember how you both used to say that you had nothing to talk about in a podcast and yet here you are both being so real that I couldn’t stop listening. I’m a young adults counselor and I listened to your first episode today after work. Listening to both of you talk about your young love experience has honestly made my day. I’m so happy that you guys changed your mind about doing a podcast. 😊 Best wishes to you both and baby Griffin! ✨

I loved hearing that Abby’s parents were not on board with being married young because I had the same experience! It’s so comforting to know that happened to other people

So cute. I met my husband at 25, he was 35. Almost 30 years together & his kiss still melts me. ❤

My husband and I got married at 19 and 20 (we’re 22 and 23 now and expecting our second child) and it broke my heart how many people just straight up told me I was making a mistake. And it was adults that I knew who had also got married young and were still married so I thought they would be on my side. The only people who were super excited for us were my husband’s parents and an older couple we became really close with which helped a lot. But it really hurt my relationship with all of those people, because it didn’t make me feel like I was making a mistake or cause me to reconsider. It just felt like no one was on my (our) side and like no one trusted my ability to make a decision because I was positive 1000% that marrying my husband then was the right thing to do and what God was leading us to do.

This is sooo amazing! I'm so excited to see what the next episode is about. Me and my boyfriend really want to get married young, I think you two are such an inspiration and can't wait to see what new joys the future brings:) Also was it just me or did anyone else crave pizza after this episode;)

Their is definitely a maturity to you both, and knowing and having the commitment to each other, within the sanctuary of marriage, for it to last forever. Wonderful how you both are experiencing new ventures together and it is certainly working! And also, you are aware of the impact you may have, in discussions you choose to have, to make a difference in other young people watching your podcast, who are admiring and looking up to you. Your keeping it grounded and real with life for others in your age group and even older to see.

This is amazing! I’m 20, I’m getting married in June. My fiancé is 25. We are also waiting until marriage. I love that part about choosing your hard 🥰

I was 17½, he was 18. Believe me when I say, the "is she pregnant" questions were maddening.
No. Definitely not pregnant.
Yes, we really did get married.
No, it wasn't a spur of the moment decision.
Yes, we actually meant to do it.
We had plans to get married. He was going on a mission for two years. He ended up not being able to go. We decided to get married, knowing it was what we wanted. We just celebrated 8 years strong and he is the Matt to my Abby, my everything.

I've been watching Matt & Abby for a while, and watching this podcast has really made me feel normal about young love and marriage. My boyfriend and I are 23 and 24. We've been dating since 2021(making two years in a weeks time) but we have literally been ready for marriage about 6 months into dating each other. We both admitted to being in love with each other a month into the relationship and he's even told me if he was financially stable enough, we'd already have a kid or 2. What I am trying to say is, Watching Matt and Abby's relationship really makes young love feel real. We aren't the majority. Most people want to 'enjoy' their young ages by playing the field and whatnot but I feel like when you know, you know and I am glad that my boyfriend and I don't have to feel like we're the only ones in the world with this mentality. Espeically in this day and age where love and relationships seem to be fading... our plan is to be married on December 12, 2026

I love hearing your story! Reminds me of being 17 myself and falling in love with my now-husband :) Slightly different because while I was finishing up high school, he was a little older and living on his own, working, partying, etc. Two weeks after we met, I went to his 20th birthday and we have been inseparable since. We were non-traditional college students - went (together) almost 3 years after getting married. We chose similar degrees and had a lot of classes together which was SO MUCH FUN. I enjoyed doing it with my best friend! Coming up on 10 years married, dating for 13, and due with our second child in June. Beyond blessed.

What I love about you two is the level of maturity that each of you have, which btw is way beyond your years. Your understanding of commitment, give and take and marriage is something that takes some people years to grasp ... if ever. I've been following your adventures for about a year now and I look forward to each new post. Sometimes I feel guilty ... like I'm prying into someone's personal life, but I just can't help it - your both so darn adorable! Thank you for sharing a part of your lives with us. May you never lose the spark that you have for life and each other.

I am so happy you have a podcast. I completely felt the unplanned no schedule part ! You are such an inspiration and honestly I love your relationship and how open you are !

My favorite thing about you guys is how easy you are to relate to! I was laughing with you guys the whole time!!

Gosh, I love this. I can't wait to have a relationship like this.

You guys are simply the Best and such a Blessing to watch! Thank you for sharing!

I am rewatching this for the 2nd time. Thank you for reminding me what it's like to be young and in love. It's been a while. Hubby and I have been together for 25 years now and sometimes life passes by, so don't forget how these days feel regardless of what happens.

My fiancé and I are going to be 20 when we get married this July! We have been together for 4 years now and been friends since middle school. I love to hear your guys’ story and how you guys made getting married in college. So excited for future episodes!

The lighting, the sound, the vibes, the content…. AMAZING. 🎉 Congratulations on episode 1!

This podcast brings up so many memories with our relationship like for real. This is so authentic and so worth the watch 💕 Love it

I can’t even explain how happy i am about this podcast!! I started watching you all in your tiny apartment right after college. It’s so fun to hear you guys talk about your story thru high school and college. Ah love you guys!!

This was great!! I was 18 and my husband was 22 when we got married, and we will be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary this year! 🥰💗

My absolute most favorite podcast!! Love you guys and your insightful wisdom! I got married young and I can relate to everything you just said. Being married is a blessing and a commitment that is so so worth it

I absolutely love this ❤️ My husband and I got married at 19 & 20, so I relate to this a lot. We've been married 14 years this year 🙏

i’m super excited for the both of you! this is such an amazing step in your life!

Thank you both so much for this. You guys have been so encouraging and inspiring to me. I'm 21 and my fiancé is 19 and we are getting married in May. We have been dating almost 5 years. I have always felt judged and sometimes unsupported for being in a committed relationship since high-school and for wanting to get married young. My fiancé and I grew up together and we knew we wanted to get married pretty quick into our dating relationship. We starting dating when I was 16 and he was 15. It's been hard to find people to relate to. I really resonated with what you guys said about your parents sending you to talk to people to basically talk you out of marriage so young. I felt like the same thing happened to me. It's such a blessing to watch you two love and respect each other. It's encouraging that you built a healthy marriage so young in your life, I'm learning so much from you both. I'm very thankful for what you all do. You guys are awesome, thank you for taking the time to share your life with everyone, I know that's not always easy. Love you guys, God bless:)

so nice to see people falling in love and sticking on to it no matter what :) Wish you guys stay so forever

Me and my husband got married at 24. We’ve been married now over 32 years never been happier. When you find the right person it just works… the funny thing is our daughters I think give us the most criticism about getting married at 24. They are just getting married at 29 and it’s not because we hold them back. They did that on your own.

your guys relationship reminds me of my husband and i! we started dating in 2016, said i love you one month into dating, got married in 2018- i was 18 and he was a few months away from being 20. we knew super early into our relationship that we’d get married (our parents also thought we were crazy, especially since i was a senior in high school when i told then 😂) love y’all’s love and family! 🥰

I love hearing you guys talk back and forth so authentically and it’s so refreshing. I think this really allowed your guys true personalities to come out more than the edited videos(:

Please, never stop doing Podcasts! This is so wholesome!

New to you all but for being such young people, you all have a great perspective on marriage. Keep being great role models for this future generation❤

I have never been a podcast person, but this was the first podcast I have ever played all the way through. You guys are so genuine and I love it! ❤️

The iconic podcast you did not know you needed but here we are 💗💐

I cannot express how much I love and appreciate you guys and the content you put out. You’re relatable, inspiring, and you honestly just feel like my friends 🥹 thank you for sharing your life with us

This was so entertaining, you are so perfect for each other. I’m 18 and engaged so it’s nice hearing your story as a young married couple 😁 I’ll be following along for the next episodes!

My husband and I met when we were 14 & 16. Got engaged at 16 &18. Then got married at 19 & 21. We have been happily married for 31 years, have 4 children and now 4 grandbabies! Sometimes, it works out to do it young! I wish you both a lifetime of happiness 😊

I absolutly love this! My husband is 26 and I’m 25 we got married in 2015! We were 19 and 18. We met in 2012 my freshman year of highschool, he fell in love with me the first time we talked. I had though he was very cute and very funny and we became best friends! Talked every day for 2-3 months he then asked me out! We were off and on through highschool. Dating other people but still best friends through it all, still constantly talked! He joined the army summer of 2014 right after he graduated highschool. I switched to virtual highschool to get my deploma since I was getting bullied in highschool for us talking about marriage. Everyone started rumors that I was pregnant. I left school. Finished my junior year very quickly!started my senior year in the summer and was graduated on my 18th birthday Dec 2015. I got married 20 days after my 18th birthday. Got my licence 2 months after that and moved from MI to NY with all of our stuff to the townhouse he had found for us to live in where he was stationed. He then deployed for 7 months. He got very sick, got out of the army and We are now living back home in MI in my husbands childhood home with our two children we have a 3 year old and a 4 month old baby. We often think back to the time we had before kids and when we lived in NY even talk about us dating in highschool. It’s really wild to think back on but my heart completely melts every time I think about how young and in love we were❤

The beginning of your relationship totally reminds me of mine and it’s good to find people that are older than me that can relate to wear I am in life. ❤❤

Love this podcast! So glad yall are doing this i feel like im hanging out with some besties! I got married young too! ❤

I love how relatable this all is. I got married 4 months after I turned 21. Been married 11 years now. Marriage is SO much work. Looking forward to the upcoming episodes!

This was a wholesome story , and I genuinely enjoyed it. It’s amazing how i feel how unfiltered it is cause I get it , and you’ve reached a thousand of hearts …. In this social media world, people are being shown that toxic relationships is a new thing but with you , there’s genuine love and respect and patience.. Going through everything with the person you love is definitely worth it ♥️

LITERALLY BEEN DREAMING OF THIS PODCAST FOR YEARS!!!!!!!!❤

Realllly enjoyed your podcast! You two are so relatable and down to earth it’s beautiful! Matt was saying how hard it was to wait right? My husband and I dated 7 years, got married in our 7th year and waited until marriage…that’s a longgg wait. 😂 Can’t wait for next weeks episode. God bless your union. ✨

Oh my gosh, this whole podcast is dopamine. I laughed and cried, loved it! The part when you talked about griffin going to college, I started thinking about my kids going to college and falling in love 😭😭

This podcast is so good ❤ I knew I would like it but I didn’t realize how much I would love just hearing you two talk!!! Thank you for doing this!

As a new mom, I’d love to hear about any struggles you’ve had with parenthood and breastfeeding! Most people on social media make the adjustment seem so easy when it’s really not. Would love to hear how it really has been for you!

I loved this episode so much!! It was so sweet and special! Can’t wait to listen to the next one! Send you lots of love dudes!!❤❤

Although, we’ve known your story because we have followed you two for a long time, I loved listening to this! We have a similar age / timeline for our marriage and my husbands parents didn’t want us to get married young either. My parents had draw backs but they kind of accepted it haha. We Started dating at 17 our senior year of high school, said I love you after a month, talked about marriage a few days later. We just knew and were committed to marrying each other. Because of our parents we ended up getting married 4 and half years later after I graduated and my husband had 1 more year of school due to a transferring credits issue. I truly do feel like we could have gotten married at least two years before that! But the timing worked out and we grew a lot in our dating relationship. And I totally felt like people judged us getting married young so I understand where Matt was coming from but we simultaneously were so proud to be married. We live in CA and young marriage is not so much the culture here and also it’s super expensive in CA so that comes with it’s own road blocks lol. None of our close college friends are married or even in relationships so we made it a point to join a small group at church with married couples and it’s been such a blessing! But we did see a good number of young married couples in college because we went to a Christian school. And we love you guys because we relate to you and you’re just honest and real! I’m super excited about this podcast even though I’m not much of a podcast person. I totally wish I could be your friend in real life!
-Erica

This is so good omg! You two are the cutest, I love your love :)

This was great - seriously, it was one of the best podcast episodes I've heard in quite a bit! Ya'll were genuine & engaging, plus the flow of your questions and how you spoke to each other were remarkable! I'm so glad yall decided to do this! 🤗❤️

I loved listening to this! I've been following your channel for almost a year now, and my favorite videos of yours have always been when you're just talking and hanging out, so this is super enjoyable and great to see
So happy for you both at this time in your lives

Duuuuudes!!
This was freaking awesome, I love a podcast and I'm so happy you guys have started one!
Saying you feel old at 24 makes me feel so old, I just turned 30 lol. But life is better than it ever has been and I hope what Abbie said about your 30's being your best years is true!
Anyway, super excited for more episodes. Love you guys ❤️

I just love how candid this podcast is. Thank you for sharing your story. It's so magical ❤

My boyfriend and I are wanting to get married this summer after his high school graduation. Thank you guys for talking about how y’all met and fell in love. It makes me feel better knowing that I’m not crazy for wanting to get married so young 😂 I love him and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him.

That was me and my fiancé. I remember the first time we kissed and then once we started dating, it was wild 😂😂it was absolutely amazing. We still feel the same way today. Almost 7 years later, getting married in December. Yall are so cute❤️

I can relate to you guys on so many levels. My husband and I met when we were 17, engaged at 18 & 19, and then married at 19. We’ve been married now also 3.5 years and we had a baby boy just two-ish weeks after Griffin was born! So cool.