look at you, you're young/having so much fun/gonna be a star/blah blah blah
due to the wedding of my high school friend to her beau of six months which is set to occur..hm, TOMORROW (as well as the recent proposal on the part of my ex to his girlfriend of 5 months) i'm compelled to exert my query-- why in bloody hell would anyone get married before they're 25?
studies suggest the human personality develops until 28 years of age. plus, why why why would you want to be potentially tied down to a lifestyle, a political view, a location, or a future before you even officially have a life to speak of?
frankly, relationships which necessitate grand gestures such as early marriage proposals are demonstrably weak. divorce before 30? doesn't sound too hot to me.
there is love without a ring. actions speak louder than words, yes. but sometimes, inaction speaks louder than action itself. if a couple can achieve harmony, if its parts can avoid the antsy go-go-go, if those two are content with merely being, as is, then that couple has, in my humble opinion, proven themselves strong and more likely to last. it's not to say that a long-term committment is unforeseeable; the two can approach that hurdle when they get to it... with ease.
let's all take a lesson from simon and garfunkle and just slow the fuck down. i just feel like it's a big race to appear more serious about your relationship than the next person. who the hell cares? why do we have to ruin our own lives in the process? just, this idea has been getting on my nerves in a major way as of late.. people making their boytoys change their facebooks to "engaged" when they're not actually engaged and stuff.
*bleghghghghg*
i dunno about you guys, but i don't want to miss this part of my life picking out swatches for reception table dressings. i'm not ready for a second mortgage.
studies suggest the human personality develops until 28 years of age. plus, why why why would you want to be potentially tied down to a lifestyle, a political view, a location, or a future before you even officially have a life to speak of?
frankly, relationships which necessitate grand gestures such as early marriage proposals are demonstrably weak. divorce before 30? doesn't sound too hot to me.
there is love without a ring. actions speak louder than words, yes. but sometimes, inaction speaks louder than action itself. if a couple can achieve harmony, if its parts can avoid the antsy go-go-go, if those two are content with merely being, as is, then that couple has, in my humble opinion, proven themselves strong and more likely to last. it's not to say that a long-term committment is unforeseeable; the two can approach that hurdle when they get to it... with ease.
let's all take a lesson from simon and garfunkle and just slow the fuck down. i just feel like it's a big race to appear more serious about your relationship than the next person. who the hell cares? why do we have to ruin our own lives in the process? just, this idea has been getting on my nerves in a major way as of late.. people making their boytoys change their facebooks to "engaged" when they're not actually engaged and stuff.
*bleghghghghg*
i dunno about you guys, but i don't want to miss this part of my life picking out swatches for reception table dressings. i'm not ready for a second mortgage.