First off, I want to say, to each their own. I don't want to be ethnocentric in any way (meaning I compare everyone's lifestyles and beliefs to my own, my own being superior). I realize different things make different people happy, but there are some things I can't understand.
Why are people I went to high school with, having babies, getting married, and building houses ?
This is 2000 flippin' 10. We have an unlimited supply of choices in life's great pursuit. The world is only becoming more accessible everyday, yet people who are barely 22 are settling down.
Making any kind of commitment of that nature would just be a nightmare for me. I feel so young, and so alive and there are 10 million things I want to do before I start worrying about birthday parties and scrabble night. I realize people fall in love, yes, but why the rush to be locked up in legal and financial vows ?? To me it just seems like giving up on so many things in life.
Maybe people are following religious or cultural traditions, I don't know. But to the people I went to high school with, our home town is but a sliver, a miniscule ant of what's out there. I'm sick of hearing, "Oh I'd love to move away, and I'd love to get involved in this, I'd love to do that.... but I could never, I'd be too scared!" Scared ? Really ? Do you really want to be old and gray wishing you spent a little more time on yourself in your 20's ?
Trust me, I'm not hating on ANYONE'S lifestyle choice, I just feel most people could really get a lot more out of life if they wanted to. I'm not saying marriage and all those things aren't amazing. But there is SO much time to build a nice house, have beautiful children, and go on family vacations, why miss out on the best years of your life ?? Are your crazy high school parties going to be the only thing you'll be able to talk about when you're older ?
To all the beautiful, young, liberal people out there pursuing their dreams and reading this blog, Rock the fuck on. People say life is short, life is not fucking short, it is long as hell. It's time to DO YOU, chase your dreams and settle down when the time is right.
Thoughts ?
This is so true! I think most people are too scared to do something exciting or different, so they stick with the norm.
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