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icescream22 by icescream22 · Jul 13, 2004 · 372 views · Journal

So like every other person i know is getting married...literally. Even my friends friends. I was kinda just thinking it was the time of year..spring or whatever...but now i'm realizing it might be my age. 21..early 20's...when i was like 18 barely no one was getting married.... My plans were to get married at like 24 or 5. This was mainly because my mom got married at 29 so I didn't want to marry that Old but I didn't wanna be too young either, it seemed like the perfect age. I have things i wanna do & i honestly don't think i could do them if i were married. Dono why i think that way but i do... Maybe its foolish to plan for somehting as important/big as that. It probly won't even work out that way. Who knows..? I think a lot of our thoughts on marriage stem from what we see of our parents marriage. My moms against young marriages & tho i'm not against them I don't think i would marry young myself, so it does have some type of influence on me whether i want it to or not. ok, thats it...tell me what ur thinking ;)

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forrestina #1 forrestinaOG 2002

way to be fun and single!!

iwz #1.1 iwz

^^^ married within 1.5 years

forrestina #1.1.1 forrestinaOG 2002

do you know something i don't?

ilikebirds #1.1.2 ilikebirdsOG 2002

ian shut up

forrestina #1.1.2.1 forrestinaOG 2002

two words: princess cut haha i love you b!

web-toedchloe #2 web-toedchloeOG 2001

I didn't think I'd be getting married at 21. I planned on 24 or 25 too, after college, settling into my own life. But I fell in love with my fiance and now I want to be with him all the time. It's all about that one person you want to share your life with.

walkngplaygrnd #3 walkngplaygrndOG 2003

when you're a playground, all you really need is yourself - though the see-saw is kinda useless alone . . .

socalgal #4 socalgalOG 2003

i'm totally against young marriages. this is SOLELY my opinion and what i've observed and what i've gone through with my friends.

there's a time in you late 20's when you change. you think a lot differently, your tastes change. things you once thought were the absolute best suddenly become the worst and vice versa.

i have a ton of friends who are no 25, 28, 33 (everything in between) who got married between the ages of 18-22 and now are divorced or are getting divorced and its sad to say at 28, i've been married 8 years and divorced 2. its sad

only now do i feel like i'm coming around to somewhat find someone and settle down. No age is ever too old, it's when you know who you are and what makes YOU happy, then you can make someone else happy

again this is MY opnion

juicymango #4.1 juicymangoOG 2003

whoah you've been married? learn somethin new every day! Sorry to hear about it tho :(

i think it depends on each person, everyone's different, there are some very mature 20 year olds out there and some very immature 30 year olds. heh. I think it depends.

socalgal #4.1.1 socalgalOG 2003

OH NO! i've never been married....sorry if thats what you thought. it's just what has happened with friends and family members.

juicymango #4.1.1.1 juicymangoOG 2003

ohhhh haha the way your comment is worded confused me

haha i get it now... duhhh

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

i still dont get it, it sounds like you were married and divorced...

juicymango juicymangoOG 2003

i think what she meant to say was :

and its sad to say at 28, "i've been married 8 years and divorced 2". its sad

that it's sad to say that, at that age

not, it's sad to say, this happened to me

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

thank you chica!

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

HAHAHAHA i just re-read what i wrote and the last part I was speaking in the "third person" but i didn't use quotes. HAHAHA sorry for misleading.

I ALMOST got married, when i was 21, but now that i'm older i am SO thankful because i have been through so many changes. even though i was mature for my age, but there's a whole different level you reach.

ilikebirds ilikebirdsOG 2002

yea thanks for saying NO to me, jerk!

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

i'm sorry hun....ask again, with a bottle of cristal and i'll say yes!

superhero #5 superheroOG 2004

i only like chicken selects. not those "new nuggets".

flomojopoanode #6 flomojopoanodeFounder

alright, all I've got to say is that I have no regrets of not getting married young, but it's quite disturbing to see everyone get married so young--because that leaves no one for me :)

Not that I'm looking.

thefunkyfresh #6.1 thefunkyfreshFounder

i guess its cool that people are finding people they can be happy with. all i say is, learn to be happy by yourself first. cuz if you're not happy by yourself, you'll never be happy with anybody else either.

yay #6.1.1 yayOG 2004

really good advice

forrestina #6.1.2 forrestinaOG 2002

one of the things on my list of reasons for moving out =)

icescream22 #6.2 icescream22OG 2004

wow, that was the other thoughts i was having....whos gunna be left? of course now there seems like theres gunna be a whole lot of divorcee's around but i dono if i even wanna go there.....scary*

hunkpapap #6.2.1 hunkpapapOG 2003

it's ok, i'm thinking of starting the i'm never going to get married club. No such thing as a lifetime membership tho..

perrin #6.2.1.1 perrinOG 2004

The AAA club. ;)

socalgal socalgalOG 2003

HAHAHA all the brothers that would say that when i was young are all married now.

perrin perrinOG 2004

Yeah most of the ones I know that used to say it have all gotten married though there are still a few left.

socalgal #6.2.1.2 socalgalOG 2003

thats what i decided. i don't want to get married

beachbum #7 beachbumOG 2002

this system is so difficult that it really is best to use your youth wisely-find yourself, do everything you wanted to do, don't worry about being 'old'. And THEN, the right person will fall into your life and you will have no problem knowing. There is no age limit on when that happens. Be happy until then.

hunkpapap #8 hunkpapapOG 2003

do you think it's possible to be in love with someone else and not even know it?

web-toedchloe #8.1 web-toedchloeOG 2001

In this life, there are nothing but possibilities. :) Love that movie!

fivezero #9 fivezeroOG 2003

OTHER: almond

tinser #10 tinserOG 2002

you know, i used to always say the same thing...that i wasn't going to get married until i was like 25 at the youngest, because everybody else in my family waited until then. i think i've changed my mind, haha

modestjesse #11 modestjesseOG 2004

Where is cheese cake?

superhero #11.1 superheroOG 2004

menlo park mall. inside the cheesecake factory.

specialk #11.1.1 specialkOG 2003

CHEESECAKE FACTORY ROCKS!!!!

socalgal #11.1.1.1 socalgalOG 2003

OH YEAH, i love that place!

thatdarngirl #11.1.1.2 thatdarngirlOG 2002

Indeed it does. I had their avocado, tomato, chicken, lettuce, and bacon sandwhich. Heavenly!

katiedid #12 katiedidFounder

I think seriously looking for someone just because you want to get married might not be the best idea. Naturally falling in love with someone is another story. Marrying young will certainly have its downsides. It's a completely different life with responsibilities a younger person might not be mature enough to handle. Of course, waiting too long may make it harder to adjust to living with someone, esp. if you are used to living alone.

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