Wedding bells

*HERE COMES THE BRIDE*
*ALL DRESSED IN WHITE*
*AND HER FRIENDS SEATED AT THE SIDE*
*ALL FEEL SORROW FOR HER PLIGHT*

This is really what I feel like saying to a friend of mine getting married soon. Ok, I'm pretty sure that she's not miserable or anything, I mean she's been going on and on about getting married for ages so it's great that she's ACTUALLY going to get married. But I can't help but feel that she's tying the knot a bit too soon. I mean we're young! And at the peaks of our lives! Why get married now? WHY??

Needless to say I do not comprehend that trend of thought. Everyone seems to think that I have commitment issues (which I probably do, but never mind) and they all think that it's about time that my closest circle of friends and I actually got attached. It doesn't help that we're being slapped with wedding invites left and right and have nosey relatives itching to get all the singletons married off. I swear it's like being single is a disease that has to be cured in order to fit into their mould of what constitutes being normal. Heck if being normal means having to get married, then I would rather be weird and strange for at least another 7-8 years..

I mean, once I settle down it's a lifetime commitment (hopefully, but I am rather sceptical considering the latest marriage statistics) to one person. That means that no matter what I do, I'm going to have to consider the other party, his family, my family and OUR family. I won't have the opportunity to do anything I want anymore! I'm sure we'll all say that yeah, we can maintain our ideal lifestyles and all, but c'mon. Who are we kidding here? The likelihood of that actually happening is like close to what.. zero?? Therefore, is it really too much to want to have a few more years to myself? Is it really?

Maybe what everyone says is true and that I might most probably sing to a different tune when I meet THE ONE.

*SNORT*

Oops, you didn't hear me do that. It was a cough.

*Cough- SNORT- Cough*

See, it happened again! I must be coming down with something.

The one. Somehow that sounds even more ludicrous than a perfect marriage.

The sceptic in me lives on!! What would I do without her??

But my ramblings aside, I do honestly wish my friend all the best as she walks down her next path in life. I know that it won't be all a bed of roses, but I pray that she'll remember the lovely scent of her rose patch when she gets pricked by the thorns and march on forward without dwelling on the pain and just concentrate on the good. I wish you joy and bliss from the bottom of my heart.

Although I don't quite understand, I'll still support you!!

Congratulations dear friend!!