Last time

This is going to be that last time I'm going to obsess about being 25, I promise.

So the other day, I was browsing this high school friend's blog. And he wrote that one of our mutual friend is engaged. Now, I've known this engaged guy since I was in elementary school, and I suppose it was a bit shocking for me to hear that.

To add to the list, a friend who also works at the bucks got engaged in December to my former boss, another old time coworker got engaged recently, and just then on facebook yvette announced her own engagement.

All I'm saying is, are we at that age already?

The age to be grown up, to settle down, to carve out a place for your own family and life? What's the rush? What's the incentive for marrying early? Combined assets and tax benefits? Someone else's last name after your own? Or God forbid, because of love?

Give me a break.

I suppose for someone's been single forever it's hard to comprehend the kind of commitment a person can have with another. So benefit of the doubt is necessary. However, seeing how the marriage is between my parents, I can't help but dread the "m" word, and its extention, the "e" word.