Marriage. In today's society aka entertainment, marriage is just a title to wave around until that person cramps your style and you divorce them. As we've all heard by now, over 50% of marriages end in divorce. I guess attending a friend's wedding this past weekend made me think of a lot of things. While I am not against marriage, I am a little concerned of young people who are my age (20) and a yr or 2 older getting married. Being a college student, marriage is the furthest thing from my mind. I would love to meet a great guy and settle down but I can't see myself doing that for another 5 or 6 years. Some of my friends are on the other side of the spectrum. One friend has only dated a guy for only 2 months and is already planning her marriage to him. While that sounds sweet and all, this girl has thought two previous guys were the one. While not trying to sound pessimistic, I try to advise her to take it slow. She has already told him that she loves him. For me throwing the big L word early is a bit dangerous especially if you've had your heart broken before. Then, I have another friend who has been with her boyfriend for two years, but it has been rocky for majority of their time together. Sadly, she believes because he was her first everything in a relationship, she is obligated to stay by side even through marriage, if it ever happens. I'm not trying to put down females, but why the need to rush. What happened to enjoying life especially during the college years. I remember one time I had a teacher in high school who one said, "Some girls just went to college to get a MRS degree." As of now, I feel that these two friends fall into that category.
So that was my first post here. It was more of a rant, but a good rant in my opinion.
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I could not agree more. My friend is 18 years old as of last month. She will be married this July. She will have graduated high school in June. Another friend of mine will be 19 when she weds in December. I have been with my boyfriend for over 3 years now which almost doubles the length of their relationships. I don't understand the rush either! I can't handle it. I'm in college and I feel like everyday I learn new things about myself about who I am and who I want to be, what I want to do, where I want to go. Marriage is for me, but later. I'm almost 19. I'm not ready and I think that a lot of the younger people that get married around that age aren't ready either. Everything happens so fast and they get caught up in the rush and it seems so right and so exciting. I pray that things don't change for them and they love and care for each other and live a happy life together but I know my friends, and the chances are fairly slim. I absolutely love your rant, if your hadn't been posted, I'd be posting that as my first one too. Hoo-rah to you.
Thanks!!!