So me and my boyfriend have been together for around 8 months now, and I know many statistics claim that highschool relationships don’t last. I have experience with some other relationships that clearly didn’t work out, even long term ones like 10 months, and right now I feel that my current boyfriend is the most perfect boyfriend I could ever ask for. Although he has flaws too, such as being a bit anxiously attached and worrying a lot, I never found it a bad thing and we get along so well, we are best friends, our parents are very close, he becomes sweeter every day, respects me, we argue healthily, we are 100% committed and love spending time with each other. Ive never felt this before and I am sure he is the one, but the internet statistics, my parents and a few friends keep telling me that I should be realistic and that highschool relationships wont last so I should not post him or hang out with him too much as I will regret it. I know when we both graduate we will enter the real world and so on, but I really wanted to keep him and grow together than apart. I am not sure if I’m simply being too influenced by others or are they right about that we wont likely last because we are too young.. What should I tell my boyfriend? Although we are willing to put in effort to this relationship, I’m really worried and I’m not sure if i can lead him on so maybe I should make it clear that we don’t take this too seriously. Regardless of whether we have good communication, compatibility, respect and everything, is it really too much to be all in and serious with this relationship as we are only 18? We were even planning on telling our parents about this in a serious manner (although they very much know we love each other very much and want to marry each other), but external sources are causing some doubt and Im not sure what to do. I don’t want to risk going through the worst heartbreak ever but I also want to be realistic. How can I make this relationship really last, or else where do I go from here?
TLDR: I love my boyfriend and he is the most perfect, but we are 18 and soon graduating but want to eventually get married. Is this too much of an unrealistic hope for highschool sweethearts, and if so, where do I go from here?
edit: obviously he is not “perfect” in all aspects and we have gone through so many arguments and breakdowns, and also I am aware that we have been only together for 8 months but I feel that we know each other so well like every part of us and we don’t feel the need to hide anything. So I’m not sure if were rly “blinded” by love, cuz I feel like our commitment is a rational decision.