Every girl wants to get married. We dream of the day we day, "I do." For some girls this day comes early in their lives and for others it comes a little but later in life. I know what you're all thinking... how old are you? Well I am 31 years old. I know, not that old right? But you have to remember that when you come from a culture like mine being a 30 unmarried and childless woman almost never happens and if you do turn 30 and are unmarried, you're then considered too old.
I remember my 26th birthday. I had been single for many years, my younger sister was going to have a baby and here I was still single. My mother and I had a conversation about marriage and kids and she tells me, "I guess you're never getting married or having kids." Imagine my shock... I am 26 years old Mother! Not 46! Not that women can't have kids at 46, I mean, nowadays, women in their fifties are giving birth. So you can imagine the pressure I was under.
I met my fiance in March of 2008. After dating for a year we decided to move in together. I year into us living together the questions about marriage came. Not that I was trying to pressure him but when you're about to turn 30 you start thinking about a lot of things. How long before it's too late to have kids? Will I ever get married? Is this relationship for the long haul? Some men say that getting married usually comes from the pressure they get from their girlfriends to propose but they have to understand that we are under a lot of pressure too... biologically. :)
I never doubted that my relationship was strong but I guess sometimes a girl just has to know.
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