I have some of my closest friends that already tied the knot and most of my not so close friends also want to go down that road too. I've been bombarded with questions lately by family members and mostly friends, either long time or just acquaintances, and every time I am asked that dreaded question my almost automatic answer would be "It's not on my 5 year timeline but I'm considering of getting there someday", and sometimes I just answer them back with a question "Is there one for sale?". And most times if not every time after I answered their question they have this look. the weird look., the what-planet-are you-from look! I must say that I'm amused of their reactions but often times confused. When a girl my age (23) is getting married some assumes that maybe that girl is knocked up, and if not they would question why is she doing it at such a young age, but on my case and cases of women like me who happen to be career-oriented we get raised eyebrows and lines like "You are not getting any younger", "you need to settle down". So it sometimes get really confusing. The people around us just need to figure where they stand.
Speaking for myself, I never really imagined myself getting married, even a sa kid. Ok, I think I had, when I had my first serious relationship that lasted longer than my affair with Karl Marx (Sociology 1). That time, dare I say it I was deeply in love, that's what I thought before he dumped me for a girl that his mom wants for him. And he said he's considering taking her as his wife even if he didn't like her because he didn't want to disappoint her mom. And to think he was only a Junior in college! And I think that marriage planning of me and him jinxed it all (but thinking about it now, I'm still thankful. I can't be with someone who can't decide for himself). So that was my first and only in 10 years I hope (6 years down). I can't really say that that that's the reason, but maybe it all boils down to me afraid of de javu, I came from a broken family and getting over your parents break up is a tough call. And I never want to go that road in this lifetime again. Call me selfish but I just happen to love me, and doesn't want me to get hurt again.
Maybe you're wondering why the serious post? Nothing really serious happened, I'm just turning 24 next month and within a week I got asked with that dreaded question more than 5 times in just a matter of week. Also I just happen to finish reading Lauren Weisberger's Chasing Harry Winston.
I'm not chasing *Harry Winston, not anytime soon. But I'm open to the idea when the timing is right and with the right person. Why not? But the much bigger question is when do we know if the person and timing is right?
*Harry Winston Diamond Corporation is a specialist diamond enterprise with premium assets in the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. The Company supplies rough diamonds to the global market from its 40% interest in the Diavik Diamond Mine, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The Company’s retail division, Harry Winston Inc., is a premier diamond jeweler and luxury timepiece retailer with salons in key locations including New York, Paris, London, Beijing, Tokyo and Beverly Hills. Thus they are known for their engagement rings.
Speaking for myself, I never really imagined myself getting married, even a sa kid. Ok, I think I had, when I had my first serious relationship that lasted longer than my affair with Karl Marx (Sociology 1). That time, dare I say it I was deeply in love, that's what I thought before he dumped me for a girl that his mom wants for him. And he said he's considering taking her as his wife even if he didn't like her because he didn't want to disappoint her mom. And to think he was only a Junior in college! And I think that marriage planning of me and him jinxed it all (but thinking about it now, I'm still thankful. I can't be with someone who can't decide for himself). So that was my first and only in 10 years I hope (6 years down). I can't really say that that that's the reason, but maybe it all boils down to me afraid of de javu, I came from a broken family and getting over your parents break up is a tough call. And I never want to go that road in this lifetime again. Call me selfish but I just happen to love me, and doesn't want me to get hurt again.
Maybe you're wondering why the serious post? Nothing really serious happened, I'm just turning 24 next month and within a week I got asked with that dreaded question more than 5 times in just a matter of week. Also I just happen to finish reading Lauren Weisberger's Chasing Harry Winston.
I'm not chasing *Harry Winston, not anytime soon. But I'm open to the idea when the timing is right and with the right person. Why not? But the much bigger question is when do we know if the person and timing is right?
*Harry Winston Diamond Corporation is a specialist diamond enterprise with premium assets in the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. The Company supplies rough diamonds to the global market from its 40% interest in the Diavik Diamond Mine, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The Company’s retail division, Harry Winston Inc., is a premier diamond jeweler and luxury timepiece retailer with salons in key locations including New York, Paris, London, Beijing, Tokyo and Beverly Hills. Thus they are known for their engagement rings.
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