Posted by Mister Smosh at 204.6.91.246 on May 27, 2003 at 15:30:50:
In Reply to: Or perhaps worse... posted by jkm822 on May 27, 2003 at 15:26:12:
: : That's why women have that hangup of getting married before 30. I know so many friends of mine that are women who either pursuade or push their boyfriends at my age into getting married b/c that's what society has told us to do. Guys are starting to do the same thing. And you're right, sure, some couples are lucky enough to have a perfect relationship, but for every example of that, there's dozens of unhappy singles...
: ...Unhappy couples. Thank God divorce is accepted these days, I'll tell you that much. I have friends who were so desperate to conform that they married right out of high school, and things went horribly, horribly wrong. Unfortunately, they got pregnant ON the honeymoon, which can't have helped. But most of my friends who didn't go that route are not only scrambling to get themselves married, but ME married. And my family (not so much the nuclear, but the extended) are just as bad! It's like, hey! I'll make that decision when I'm ready, OK? Not when you, or my friends, or the latest Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks flick, says I should! If I haven't found it, I haven't found it! SUCK UP AND DEAL!!!
I would rather be alone and content than with someone and unhappy. Thank God my family isn't pushing it on me, but of course, I'm a guy and I think it's easier for guys b/c you don't see too many movies with guys scrambling to get married. Who wants to marry some asshole just so they can show off an engagement ring? Oh wait, alot of people do! Screw it!