I haven't been around lately mostly because I couldn't figure out what to say. I have finally figured it out but I did want to mention I went to the Dodger game on Tuesday (8-17-10) and got my Matt Kemp Bobble Head!
It was a lot of fun and the Dodgers won! So now I have Ethier, Loney and Kemp bobble heads ... if I had a Russell Martin one I'd have the sexy core four. Three of four isn't bad though.
So now on to my thoughts.
My friend Johnny got married on the August 6th and I must say, it was a good time. But I still can't believe Johnny's married. He's only, like, 22. It was crazy seeing this guy who's had me laughing and been like my little brother ever since I met him when I was 16, get married and start a family.
Honestly, he hasn't changed much since we first met. He still makes me laugh and he introduced me to his new wife and her family as his sister. It was really sweet of him, especially since he's been in New Jersey for a year and the wedding was the first time I'd seen him since he left.
But afterwards it got me thinking ... a surprising amount of my friends are either married, engaged or in long term relationships.
In the past two years I've had 10 friends marry before or at 25. I have 4 friends currently engaged (2 to each other) who will likely be married before they are 25. It kind of freaks me out.
Of the 10 people I know that are married I went to 4 of the weddings (was invited to another but couldn't make it) and the other 5 I found out about after we'd reconnected via Facebook. Still, that many weddings of people my age or younger is pretty intense.
Is there a trend going around with people marrying younger again? I thought the trend was to wait but with a lot of people my age it seems to be happening.
I don't know what to make of it, really. It's just kind of freaks me out.
I guess one reason for this is this really weird trend with the women on my mom's side of the family. My great-grandma got married when she was 24 (considered old for her time actually), my grandma got married at 24, my mom got married at 24 and, two years ago, my cousin got married at 24; my aunt didn't get married at 24 ... she's never been married. However, she is quick to point out she had my cousin at 24 and therefore had a life-altering event happen at that age.
I am currently 23 (will be 24 in November).
See why I'm a little freaked out?
When I was younger, I'd always pictured myself being married young but now that I'm 23, and absolutely no where near getting married, I don't want to be. I don't think I'm really even a grown up yet so I don't think I should be getting married any time soon and I definitely don't want a kid in the next year.
But one day when I'm established and less insecure, I would like to get married. I don't want some freaky age-trend on my mom's side of my family to curse me. And since I'm really not the type to rush into things I have extreme doubts about this happening before I turn 25.
I don't know what is in the air lately, but it's freaking me out. I mean, I'm 23; I shouldn't be having to think about any of this right now ... right?
'Nuff Said,
Crysania
