A couple weeks ago I got my hair cut. I must say, I love my hair stylist and the only reason I pay $60 for a haircut (besides the fact that she does a fantastic job and my hair looks great....at least until I wash it), is that I really enjoy talking to her. Our small talk quickly turns into heart-to-heart discussions. Motherhood, working out, balancing marriage and kids with a career .... these are all things we discuss in length during my therapy session...er...I mean haircut.
The conversation went something close to this:
Hair Therapist: So are you guys going to get away for spring break?
HT: How fun! Do you like the guy she is marrying?
HT: (look of surprise) Oh...so you aren't very close with your sister?
HT: How many do you have?
HT: (even more surprised) Wow. Well....how long have they been together?
HT: (surprise has turned into eye-popping shock) You mean they've only been engaged for two months and they are getting married in April?
HT: (trying to recover...) Wow. That's really fast. (She mulls this over for a few seconds). How old is your sister, anyways?
HT: That's really quick AND young! I hope they at least wait to have kids! (I bite my lip and decide against telling her that this is actually my sister's second marriage and she has an adorable 3 1/2-year old son.)
And that I was also married at 25 and Ed was 23. And at 25, as ridiculous as it sounds, I think many in my congregation and my family had lost hope that I would ever get married.
4 comments:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! *breathe* AHAHAHAHAHA!!! Love it.
I enjoy when Scott and I take Miriam out while the kids are in school. People ask how old we were when we had Miriam. When I say 34 and 39, they almost always say "What a perfect age to start a family!"
This is hysterical. I used to get this all the time, except in regard to motherhood (as a matter of fact, I still do, understandably). I didn't want to get married until I was 27 and had a career. . .and see how that worked out! Sometimes God just knows better. I'll get my career, just in a different order.
I'm really surprised she didn't make the religious connection. Peculiar people, indeed.
That is a funny story, Melissa!
Elise, the older I get, the more I think it makes sense to have kids and then have a career. Depends on the person, for sure, but it's not a bad route to take at all.... I feel like I have so much more confidence and life experience doing the whole career thing this time around.
I feel as though you did when you were 25. However, I am not yet married and feel as though I and others have lost hope. We will see if it every happens..... But I do really, really want a husband and children--- preferably in this life and not the next.
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