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May 29, 2005
Friends and Weddings
Recently, my good friend DSD wrote about words she dreaded to hear in conversations. I agree with her blog entry as those were words I am quite tired of hearing too. However, I feel that I must add my own disclaimer. Its not that I do not feel happy and joy when I hear of friends getting married. I get excited when I hear such news and my congratulatory messages are always sincere just in case the friends whom I have recently said such phrases start to think otherwise. But it seems like most of the time, when I meet up with friends these days, somehow, the conversations will be focused entirely on HDB flats, wedding packages, hotel banquets etc etc. Of course, I must add that not all friends who are getting married are like that. I still have "balanced" conversations with many of my soon-to-be married friends.
Maybe it freaks me, that not very long ago, these same people used to share the same interests as me such as where the restaurants with nice food were, which movies/books/art exhibitions were good and where did they buy that new gorgeous watch/bag/accessory from etc etc. Maybe because I can foresee the conversation turning into about kids and mortgage re-financing in five years time and into complaints about school teachers, their kids' mean classmates and how stress school kids are in ten years time. Its scary, "ARE WE TURNING INTO OUR PARENTS!!", that is the question I want to shout sometimes!!!
Maybe because it not happening to me, which is why I see all the wedding conversations differently. Of course all this does not mean that I do not want to get married and have kids. It just means that I do not want to think about such things NOW! But I know if the time does ever come, I will have no lack of research sources to tap!!! Ha ha ha.
Posted by Fatgirl at May 29, 2005 12:12 PM