Weddings
My "wedding season" this year got off to a late start. Usually it seems like my weekends are a steady flow of weddings/wedding related activites through the summer, but this year all the fun didn't start until today. Today one of my first friends at work is getting married, immediately followed by another next weekend and yet another in a few months.
The wedding today is exciting (as all weddings should be) but this one is a little strange for me. When this particular friend and I started at our current place of employment (same training class), we were similar in many ways - one of which was our general feeling towards career and men. That feeling was that marriage would come eventually with the right guy, but we're not tripping over ourselves to find it. Meanwhile, on the work side of things, we were hard at work towards advancing our careers...and didn't want a relationship to get in the way.
You know the story. Then she met THIS guy, and things changed, now she's moving to where he lives (which works out well for her job, don't get me wrong) but her fire for success in her career is somewhat tempered, and generally had a disclaimer involving what works for the soon-to-be hubby.
I'm not saying this is a bad thing, far from it - a good relationship is precious, and I'm unbelievably happy for her. But I can't help but wonder if I'm going to be like that...meet a guy, and suddenly put subjectivities on the ends of my career/school aspirations. Maybe, and maybe that would be good for me. I'd like to think not, but time will tell, I suppose.
Posted in: wedding on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at at 7:30 AM
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