I’m laying in bed watching all this snow and I’m wondering if Spring will make an early entrance. I hope because this snow is driving me mad! Anyway I was thinking (surprisingly) about marriage. I gotta be honest. I’m not getting any younger so I had to give myself a new threshold/time limit for when I want to be married by. I upped it to 50 years old LOL. If I’m not married by 50 then I will resign myself to a life of spinsterhood. I know some of you are thinking that 50 is kinda old and I’m thinking the exact same thing! BUT, I’m figuring it might just take that long for a man to say, “I want to marry you. ” I’m not the easiest woman to love – I admit it! I’m picky, and moody sometimes and excitable, and mellow and Intense. It’s rough I know, but hell – if all of those women on Bridezillas could find men to marry them so can I! I’m just accepting that it may take a little while longer. Or maybe a lot of while longer. But if I believe in the eventuality of it…well let’s just say anything is possible lol. I’m having all these thoughts of marriage because I went to court and was speaking to a colleague who is getting married. She showed me a color swatch of her bridesmaid’s dresses and I was all gushing because it was purple satin. Then she told me her date (late March) and she asked me if I had chosen mine. I was a little taken aback but realized that my pseudo engagement ring had thrown her off. I explained that it’s simply a deflector for all the loser men who approach me every day. But it made me think about what if I were getting married? To be quite honest, I cannot imagine it happening at all. Like I can’t even imagine someone proposing and keep in mind that I’m a writer. This is what I do – I IMAGINE things and create the picture with my words but I can’t imagine being proposed to, or marrying someone. It’s the oddest thing. I know some will say that I don’t believe it will happen for me and I believe anything can happen but I struggle with conjuring up scenarios of a proposal. My colleague tried to make me feel better (I think) when I revealed this to her by telling me her proposal was very low key and it took place in her apartment. And she said she knew her fiancé was going to propose because they had spoken about it. I think I’ve discussed marriage (in an abstract sort of way) with every man I know LOL but still no proposal. HA! I wouldn’t say I’m overly concerned or even moderately concerned about it though. If it doesn’t happen in like 10 years from now then I guess I might start feeling panicked. I’m more concerned about babies and my good ‘ol bio clock ticking louder and louder each day. I want to be married before I give a man the best gift ever (a child) so let’s hope that marriage happens before my eggs turn to dust LOL!!!!
January 27, 2011 at 3:52 am
LOL you are so funny. Girl God has someone for you. Your perfect image, your perfect half you just have to wait. You know what? When I say this I am talking to myself when I say this to you. I think God is trying to wait until we are not paying attention as to what others have and don’t have. He is waiting for us to stop comparing ourselves to other. He is waiting for us to stop questioning ourselves and just live. I think once we stop doing all of this thinking about others He will send us ours. Learn patience and just wait on Him. He has designed someone who is going to take your breath away. Someone that when you wake up to in the mornings you just look at him as that blessings, Gods sent King to you. He is going to send you a devine work of art. Wait and see.. When it happens let me know. Love you.
Peace & Blessings
January 27, 2011 at 1:15 pm
spinsterhood is very exciting and sexy! you get to sit at a spinster and spin stuff. Why don’t you propose? Also bridezillas is a tv show. Who knows if those women are 1) really that ridiculous 2) actually stay married.
Tone down your demands and your demanding nature and you will find an above-average man very soon.
Good luck.
January 27, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Nope I’m not “toning” down my demands. I don’t have a problem finding a man. I just have a problem finding one that I want to marry HA!
January 28, 2011 at 1:45 pm
my god-mother got married at 50. for the first time.
purple satin – wow 🙂
pseudo engagement ring – seriously. 😛 wow.
discussed marriage (in an abstract sort of way) – ur funny. 😀
have you thought about doing it yourself. as in, asking a guy.
or is that too unconventional for you?
marriage is a fickle topic nowadays, cause so many are fallin apart…
i think it will happen… in time… 😀
don’t lose hope.