Are you getting married yet? Haven't you thought about it? What is taking so long? All these questions and more continue to shoot at me from the mouths of friends, families and strangers. Just because I have been with my boyfriend for almost 3 years doesn't mean I'm ready to "jump the broom." We love each other, but I don't think either of us is quite ready to give up the I's for the We's. At seems as if all my friends are married or engaged and they look down on our lack of direction in that area.
As I watch all the "female-driven" channels, smiling women in ominous white wedding dresses I think they are slowly brainwashing me. I start imagining myself walking down the aisle in a nondescript poufy gown and then I wake up. Everywhere I look, people are flinging there engagement rings in my face or a billboard is proclaiming my need to ask for a ring. I am in my early twenties and ten years ago society would have been telling me to wait and get my career started. Now, women and men are almost pushed into marriage at an earlier age and with a shorter period of dating. I would mind dating for a bit longer before I am committed to someone for life and their last name.
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ReplyDeleteYou have your whole life to get married, it’s also something that I wouldn’t rush into and shouldn’t be rushed or pushed. It’s your choice, not anyone else’s and you will choose to get married when you’re ready. Not when others think you’re ready.
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Thanks for the encouragement Brindlegirl! It is great to have someone on my side.
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