In ten years I will be a year away from thirty. Do you remember that movie, “13 going on 30?” It’s all about this 13-year old kid’s wish to be “thirty, flirty, and thriving.” Honestly though? I picture 30 to be the end of my youth and a new age slowly promising wrinkles, weight gain, and saggy boobs. I don’t want to be flirty at 30. To me, that’s just gross.
This sounds ridiculously retarded, but in ten years I would like to be old, preggers, wearing an apron, and making awesome sandwiches. Y’know, the kinds without the crust and cut into triangles.
Right now, I’m sure many guys can think of so many “woman” jokes regarding this subject. And I bet a lot of women (mostly the feminists that like burning bras and not shaving their armpits) hate me right now.
Women seem to love the idea of the cool, independent, and hip woman. But you know what? That’s not me. I’m un-cool, relatively dependent, and unhip (but I do have hips! Har, har, fail.). In all honesty, I think I’d be perfectly happy with my medium-sized house, my mommy Honda CR-V, and friends to invite over for Labor Day BBQs. And I won’t mind sharing my bed with one person, cuddling through thunderstorms and making stupendous love. It’s not that I don’t like excitement; I’d be willing to “experiment” to keep marriage life exciting. It’s just that I place family, security, and appreciation beyond most things in this mundane existence. For me, that’d be happiness. Kids to kiss good night, a hubby to kiss awake in the mornings. But hey— if you’d like to see yourself in a mansion, convertibles, and involved in sexy threesomes at 30—by all means, go for it!
Sometimes I feel like I'm betraying the feminist in me when I know that I want to be a wife and I desperately NEED to be a mother. (I like to think that it explains why I ask my friends to please put a jacket on, dear, I don't want you catching a cold!)
ReplyDeleteI think I worry about that. Will I put my career that I've worked my entire life for before my family? 99% sure I won't. But how much could I give up for my family without feeling some regret or bitterness? Not sure.
Do you really want to be old in 10 years though? XDD I want to be marriage-bound, kids not scaring away whoever I am marriage-bound with, but being old? I'm too young to be old. =P
you're older than me! but this entry makes you seem too old :D
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