So the other day I was feeling really happy (random) and decided to put that as my status on facebook. Not ten minutes later I got a text from a friend asking if I'm getting married.
It's really annoying that that is the only reason a female in her twenties would put up a gleeful status notification. In my friend's mind, that is. I know she meant well, and wanted to go all "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" on me, but thanks, but no thanks.
This is exactly why I haven't told anyone about the wedding. None of my friends, I mean. I've told my parents, and the BFF. But that is it. I abhor all the squealing, the wanting to know every detail, the assumption that they'll of course be invited to the bachelorette party. No. No, no, no!
I don't want any of that. The reason we're doing it up in the Motherland is for our parents. If I had it my way, I'd elope. Groom said this long ago, and I always said (prior to being engaged anyway) that it would be better to have some traditional wedding to look back at years later. Hell no! But it's not up to me.
What IS up to me is who I tell, and when, and how. I thought about how this friend would probably feel offended that when she asked me, I was misleading in my answer (I said I definitely would some day, haha!) But the thing is, this wedding, it's not for her. It's for me. And though I have few things in my power to control, this is one that matters to me, and no one will know for a while!
It's really annoying that that is the only reason a female in her twenties would put up a gleeful status notification. In my friend's mind, that is. I know she meant well, and wanted to go all "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" on me, but thanks, but no thanks.
This is exactly why I haven't told anyone about the wedding. None of my friends, I mean. I've told my parents, and the BFF. But that is it. I abhor all the squealing, the wanting to know every detail, the assumption that they'll of course be invited to the bachelorette party. No. No, no, no!
I don't want any of that. The reason we're doing it up in the Motherland is for our parents. If I had it my way, I'd elope. Groom said this long ago, and I always said (prior to being engaged anyway) that it would be better to have some traditional wedding to look back at years later. Hell no! But it's not up to me.
What IS up to me is who I tell, and when, and how. I thought about how this friend would probably feel offended that when she asked me, I was misleading in my answer (I said I definitely would some day, haha!) But the thing is, this wedding, it's not for her. It's for me. And though I have few things in my power to control, this is one that matters to me, and no one will know for a while!
No comments:
Post a Comment