After realizing how much weddings cost, the author and her partner decided to take a loan to pay for theirs.Kenji Lau/Getty ImagesMy husband and I were high school sweethearts but we married when we were 25.Our finances weren't great, and we realized we couldn't pay for a wedding.We took a $15,000 loan for our wedding that took us five years to pay.My now-husband, Adam, and I are high school sweethearts, so although we got married young — we were both 25 — it didn't feel like we were getting married early.While our love for each other may not have been teenage love, our view on finances definitely was.