When the newsfeed is filled with updates of everyone getting married and having kids, there's no running away from the reality being outrightly slapped at me; that I'm at that stage of this life when there's the indirect 'pressure' or anticipation to get hitched, settle down, and start having my own children. Turning a quarter of a century comes with that expectation, at least back where I come from. Much as the thought of a home shared with your significant other and all those little Juniors and Juniorettes running around the house sound so appealing, my firm belief is that I'd only settle down with my signifiant other when I'm financially, psychologically, and emotionally stable and ready.
I have never specifically singled a number as an ideal marrying age. For me, it's all about that aforementioned preparedness. You could be forty and still be unready, or be nineteen but have the chops and moxie to be settled already. Personally, I'm still in that phase of conditioning myself for that ultimate and perpetual commitment. So for such purposes, I decided to come up with the list of things I would want to do before being certified non-single. Marriage comes with responsibilities, obligations, and certain compromises. I'm well aware that there are all these what-nots that are to be expected once I tie the knot with someone. (Six because, well, uhm, the number sounds lucky?)
I have never specifically singled a number as an ideal marrying age. For me, it's all about that aforementioned preparedness. You could be forty and still be unready, or be nineteen but have the chops and moxie to be settled already. Personally, I'm still in that phase of conditioning myself for that ultimate and perpetual commitment. So for such purposes, I decided to come up with the list of things I would want to do before being certified non-single. Marriage comes with responsibilities, obligations, and certain compromises. I'm well aware that there are all these what-nots that are to be expected once I tie the knot with someone. (Six because, well, uhm, the number sounds lucky?)