A follow up to a rather old post

[marworth]

So a while back I posted to lj about a bunch of people getting engaged. I said that I had a feeling like fate was trying to tell me something. Well after a few days I never figured it out and the feeling went away so I guess I was just halicinating. However, today I found out two more of my friends are engaged. I really didn't expect to respond the

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[far_wanderer]

I think it's also important to remember that no matter what, you're going to miss out on something. This is especially true of marriage - there are people who marry young and never experience adult single life, or who end up in a divorce because they weren't ready and ended up wasting some very important years. But then there's the opposite side, the people who will never know the joys of a 60th anniversary because they married too late.
Also, don't worry too much about being jaded, the world really is a bad place. That's why the people who make it better are so good. Always expecting the worst of people isn't necessarily a bad thing unless you let it go far enough that you can't see the good. Introspection is the same way - so you've got a dark side, some things you don't like. I have a dark side too, one that would probably come as quite a surprise to anyone that knows me, but because I know about it I keep it from being a problem, and I know that you can do the same. Everyone has flaws, it's how you deal with them that counts.
I also think innocence is overrated, but that's a point I shall have to argue sometime when it's not 4am.