Marriage
what's the problem? marriage isn't for everyone. I've gotten way past the desire to be married and get involved in that whole "husband and wife" thing. my friends look at me with that whole "don't you wanna be happy like us" attitude. no thank you. not when I've seen married couples stay together until the kids reach 18 and split. or not split just out of convenience but sit in unhappiness. or split not long after being married for one reason or another. that all sounds like stuff I can go through without the whole big grand gesture of an aisle, a sea of white and a bill the size of a car loan. there's no one I see myself doing any of that madness with. and again why? plenty of couples survive for years without marriage. and if they part ways? no big deal, because they didn't take that step. I've been able to let go of the worries of finding someone, affording a wedding, hoping my dad lives long enough to walk me down an aisle, and all the "ever-after" just by taking myself out of the field of it altogether. I'm happy, very happy, for my friends that have opted to go that route. but it's just not for me anymore. I'm over it.