Ugh. UGH! Today is just UGH. It all started when I put my contacts in and apparently managed to dump an entire bucket of sand into my eyes along with them... I look like I've had no sleep and a few too many drinks last night (I'm actually quite well-rested). I think I'm going to go after the division meeting this morning and work from home, because these contacts need to come out.
I'm also slightly irritated (my sorry physical state has greatly reduced the amount of patience I have today) because, after I wished my co-worker a good morning (and I meant it!), this co-worker (Peridot) asked me when I'd be getting married. Oh, this old thing again; it never fails to come up at least once every couple of weeks at work. I attempted to disguise my ire with tolerant humor, and let Peridot know once more that I'm in no hurry and quite honestly not even focused upon it at the moment. I thought that'd be the end of it until P had to add, "you know, you're getting ooold..." Grraaah! Why do I get so much crap from traditionalist women?! Do I have a big neon sign over my head that reads, 'ATTENTION: 26-year-old Straight Single Female, PLEASE ASSIST'?! I tell these women my age and get responses like "Oh, I was pregnant with my 3rd child at 26!" Bah. Yeah, and you were also overweight with a sagging bosom and a decaying sense of fashion, dragging your pregnant ass around in the wake of two screaming ninnies.
Forgive me my bitterness, I really don't mean that. Especially the day after Mother's Day. My mom just happens to be petite, gorgeous and stylish. I can only guess at how hard it is to be a mother. But not every woman is destined to be married at 21 and pregnant at 22, thank-you-VERY-much.
1 year ago
7 comments:
Amen, sistah! Just wait until everyone starts asking when you'll have children.
More than anything, I'm guessing it's because they can't comprehend how such an intelligent, beautiful, talented, and punctual woman is still available. It's just downright jealousy. ;)
-RH
Gah!!!! I never had anyone say something like that to me. How utterly horrid. While getting married at 20 may work out OK for some people, it sounds like a pretty risky idea to me. I had no idea (although I thought I knew exactly) what I would want for my life in the years to come when I was that age.
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE being married now. But I certainly wasn't out looking for a man when I met D. And having babies can wait for a while (fingers crossed).
Phil says he gets that at work too, so maybe it's a real world thing. Thankfully, as I student I get to escape that for semester longer.
But it is annoying and I feel like everyone accepts that it's annoying. Why do people still do it?
I agree with Anon...jealousy and boredom with their own lives, so why not disect yours?? I get that all the time too...But I'm sort of loving the Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn thing at the moment =)
waaaaay to rally ladies! :D also, way to cheer me up with your stories and insights. I need to spend less time around OLD WOMEN, and more time with you guys!
yes, I think marriage is definitely in my future; I feel a pretty strong desire to have A Companion in my life - but what is with this timeline crap?!
RH...
punctual?! heeeeeee
Not to beat a dead horse (I hate that I'm using that statement!) but, timelines seem really old fashioned...Its one thing if our life expectancy were as it was in the past (say 40) but now-you've got a good 65 years to be married!! Yikes!
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