Damn old folks.
Oct. 16th, 2001 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
batskeetsI have come to the conclusion that there are an assload of people who are already married or are getting married, and I normally wouldn't give a crap if it weren't for the fact that A) they're in my age group, and B) I actually *know* a few of them. Those two things make it hella, hella weird.
I guess part of what makes it startling is that a lot of these folks are still in college, or would still be in college had they actually gone to a 4-year institution. I guess I always envisioned marriage being a strictly post-college thing, cos I feel like that's when you really make the transition from kid to adult. I mean, when your elders look at you knowing you're still at uni, they're thinking you're a "college kid", but when you're out of school and working for a living, it seems to command a lot more respect.
And, well, there's the whole thing of marriage "turning you into an old person," and I already feel pretty old *without* being married. ;pppp I'm in my 5th year, I'm not the hot slice of girlieness that I used to be... but that is, of course, assuming I ever *was* a hot slice of girlieness.
It's kind of funny, cos it's likely that I'll get married within the next couple years, but I'd almost feel like a follower if I did it now. I feel like I'd take some flak for waiting (which is ridiculous, I know), but I don't want to do it for the wrong reason either. I want to be 100% ready for it when it comes, and with all the things that are going on right now, I don't think that constitutes readiness.
And besides, I don't think that's an age transition I want to make juuuust yet. I'M NOT OLD, damnit! It's bad enough that the freshmen are romping around campus and I have to remind myself that they'd have been jailbait less than a year ago. ;p Let's not help it along.
Okay, back to work, shutting up.
I guess part of what makes it startling is that a lot of these folks are still in college, or would still be in college had they actually gone to a 4-year institution. I guess I always envisioned marriage being a strictly post-college thing, cos I feel like that's when you really make the transition from kid to adult. I mean, when your elders look at you knowing you're still at uni, they're thinking you're a "college kid", but when you're out of school and working for a living, it seems to command a lot more respect.
And, well, there's the whole thing of marriage "turning you into an old person," and I already feel pretty old *without* being married. ;pppp I'm in my 5th year, I'm not the hot slice of girlieness that I used to be... but that is, of course, assuming I ever *was* a hot slice of girlieness.
It's kind of funny, cos it's likely that I'll get married within the next couple years, but I'd almost feel like a follower if I did it now. I feel like I'd take some flak for waiting (which is ridiculous, I know), but I don't want to do it for the wrong reason either. I want to be 100% ready for it when it comes, and with all the things that are going on right now, I don't think that constitutes readiness.
And besides, I don't think that's an age transition I want to make juuuust yet. I'M NOT OLD, damnit! It's bad enough that the freshmen are romping around campus and I have to remind myself that they'd have been jailbait less than a year ago. ;p Let's not help it along.
Okay, back to work, shutting up.
