(not very deep) thoughts
In the last year(ish), I've noticed engagement "announcements" (by which I mean facebook relationship status changes) trickling in through facebook. Most of these have been somewhat distant friends/acquaintances, or people I don't keep in very good touch with any more (I just facebook stalk them). They've all caused me a moment of "oh, wow!", but I hadn't gotten to the point of feeling overwhelmed by a deluge of friends getting married. In the past couple of days, though, the "oh, wow!" feeling has been a little more hard-hitting, though not overwhelming.
On Saturday evening, I logged into facebook to find that my cousin Sam had changed his status to "Sam is going to have a sister-in-law!" "What?!?", I thought, and immediately checked out my cousin Chris's facebook page. And yes indeed, his relationship status had changed to 'engaged.' I phoned my mother, who put me on with my sister, who apparently had known for over a week that Chris was planning to pop the question. There are eight of us cousins on my mum's side (including my sister and me), and the two oldest are married. When I went to the wedding of my second oldest cousin, in August of 2005 (right before I moved to Paris), one of my aunts or uncles turned to me and said, "you're next!" (I'm third in line.) However, apparently Chris, who is four days younger than my sister, and thus not yet 21, is next. (Though of course it's possible they'll have un long dimanche de fiancailles, and by that time somebody else will have wed.)
The other surprise came just now, when I - once again - logged into facebook, and saw that an acquaintance from high school had posted photos from a wedding he went to recently. The album title, 'Hoffman wedding,' and the fact that the few thumbnails of photos shown included some other people from my high school, caught my attention. I clicked on the album, and the very first picture was of another high school classmate (actually, from the class after me) standing at the altar with a young woman. Now, this person is someone I barely knew in high school, and certainly haven't kept in touch with since. However, it felt surprisingly strange to see a photo of him in the process of getting married, and not looking much older or different from how he did in high school.
That's about it - like I said, not very deep. I was just surprised that even though I haven't reached the stage where it feels like all my friends are getting married (recent studies suggest that this stage occurs the summer of the year one turns 27), I know enough people who are married or engaged to feel, well, surprised.
On Saturday evening, I logged into facebook to find that my cousin Sam had changed his status to "Sam is going to have a sister-in-law!" "What?!?", I thought, and immediately checked out my cousin Chris's facebook page. And yes indeed, his relationship status had changed to 'engaged.' I phoned my mother, who put me on with my sister, who apparently had known for over a week that Chris was planning to pop the question. There are eight of us cousins on my mum's side (including my sister and me), and the two oldest are married. When I went to the wedding of my second oldest cousin, in August of 2005 (right before I moved to Paris), one of my aunts or uncles turned to me and said, "you're next!" (I'm third in line.) However, apparently Chris, who is four days younger than my sister, and thus not yet 21, is next. (Though of course it's possible they'll have un long dimanche de fiancailles, and by that time somebody else will have wed.)
The other surprise came just now, when I - once again - logged into facebook, and saw that an acquaintance from high school had posted photos from a wedding he went to recently. The album title, 'Hoffman wedding,' and the fact that the few thumbnails of photos shown included some other people from my high school, caught my attention. I clicked on the album, and the very first picture was of another high school classmate (actually, from the class after me) standing at the altar with a young woman. Now, this person is someone I barely knew in high school, and certainly haven't kept in touch with since. However, it felt surprisingly strange to see a photo of him in the process of getting married, and not looking much older or different from how he did in high school.
That's about it - like I said, not very deep. I was just surprised that even though I haven't reached the stage where it feels like all my friends are getting married (recent studies suggest that this stage occurs the summer of the year one turns 27), I know enough people who are married or engaged to feel, well, surprised.