One of my friends got engaged last week. How do I feel about this? Ridiculously happy for her, and, well, kind of old. I've obviously known other people who got engaged and/or married, but this is different because Kim and I grew up together. We were practically joined at the hip during the awkward teen years, partaking in all the time-wasting activities common to our generation (or at least the more innocent ones). We learned how to drive together, our families pretty much considered us their adopted children, we crossed state lines and back multiple times... We even lived together for a while after college. We were inseparable.
Kim turned 26 last Friday, I'll be 26 next Friday. Are we finally at the age where marriage and babies and careers and life begin? Two of my friends who started dating in college are heading down the aisle in July, and that seems weird enough, but this is someone I have known for more than half of my life. So, who's next?
Note: If you think this is an attempt to get a proposal of my own, you're wrong.
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who would think that?
You know it's so weird because everyone thinks that girls want to rush out and get married and have no feelings other than ridiculous joy. Like it's only the men who have to give up parts of themselves and have doubts about joining into such a major union.
For me, at least, that's not the case at all. In the time leading up to the question, I had to think a lot about if i was ready for this, or if I EVER wanted to be married. Now it's not just me, it's me and him (and two kids). I can't do all the wild adventures that I had planned, or consent to starving myself for a year to get my MA (which I am thinking of doing). I think I have to blog on it (even more than I already have) because it's surreal. It's like, I never dreamed for a minute that I would feel anything but the pure joy society told me to expect, and I felt bad for having to think about it....
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