The Worst Thing Ever?
Posted by Muffin Usagi | Posted in My mum thinks i'm a loser | Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Gotta love this meme. It perfectly personifies the feeling of utter despair and loneliness, yet... still makes you giggle a wee bit as well. Look at it. Derp. The eyes. Lol
Anyway
My dear, sweet mother. I love her to death. But sometimes she does things which really irk me to no end. So apparently, she found some rich malay doctor and decided that she would set me up on a date with this complete stranger, who my mother herself, has only gotten to know at some religious function.
If there is a God...
Why, God, WHY.
I'm not saying i'm perfectly happy at this stage of my life, given that i've had 2 relationships end horribly, a broken engagement, complete betrayals of trust, disrespect towards me and my family, etc. But so far i've been single for almost half a year and i still have no interest whatsoever to go into another relationship. Much less... going out with someone my mother has chosen for me. Of course it sucks, seeing other people, especially friends, who are attached and in their own dream world of utter blissfulness. But after going through a lot of things which have really discouraged me from being with anyone else, i don't think i'll ever be ready to do it all again, at least not for the next couple of years.
There's a lot of pressure on girls to marry young - especially within the malay community. You gotta be married at least by the age of thirty or you'll get so much flak from relatives, especially the older ones who'll nag at you non-stop. I'm not even at my mid-20s yet and there's so much pressure, even more so from my family since both of my sisters got married at 25 and are now living on their own.
Men? They can get away with getting married at an older age. My brother is almost 40 and he's only now having his first child. He's married to someone who's a decade younger. How is that fair?? He gets no criticism, no nagging, nothing. I on the other hand, get nagged at for dating outside my race, get nagged at for putting my trust in the wrong people, get nagged at for not knowing how to choose better men.. etc, etc.
Sometimes i just want to date a young boy, exactly a decade younger, just out of spite. But it's illegal. So that plan's scrapped.
Just kidding. But really, what's wrong with women who get married after the age of 30? Or even those who don't get married at all? Marriage isn't for everyone, just as to how having kids isn't necessarily for everyone either. I used to think that i really was ready for marriage back then, and was even willing to agree to have children even though i have a massive fear of getting pregnant, but looking back at it now, it was just utter foolishness born out of that deluded state some people get in while being in a relationship, it's the feeling that you think is deep, strong love, but it's really not. It's just a sick need to please others, putting their feelings ahead of yours.
I already have so many regrets at my age. Seeing some of my younger friends, or even friends around my age, who are still pure when it comes to relationships, does make me a little envious, makes me wish that i had waited till i was a little older before getting attached. (I misspelled that as 'attacked' at first.. wtf) But then, seeing some other friends who've had more negativity in their life than i ever had to deal with, some who have gone through physical abuse or even divorce, makes me feel a little better, not as in me gaining happiness off their misery, but just through the fact that at least i'm still somewhat ok, because things could be a lot worse. I was verbally abused, but never physically abused, at least not in a really violent manner. The stupid cliche'd saying about how physical scars heal but emotional scars run deep, is actually true. It took me a while to get over the deep depression i was in, but that's why we all need friends, good friends, who will be by your side and help you move forward instead of going backwards, going back to the sick relationship which you should leave for good. My horribly bad memory actually is a plus when it comes to relationships - in school, that just means i'm screwed - i forget things easily and quickly. Some things are hard to forget though and it still upsets me from time to time but these memories are usually of the verbal abuse i endured. I put that away and think of something else. Works all the time.
Imho, everyone, men included, should just wait before plunging straight into a relationship, giving your all to someone who may or may not give the same back to you. It's better to wait until you're ready, and even then, you may still make a few mistakes and that's okay. Learn from it and move on. It's better to wait and be sure of everything and perhaps be committed to someone else at, say 33 years old, instead of being in a relationship with someone for a short while, thinking you're madly in love then getting married at the spur of the moment, which was what i almost did. Things happen in life, be it positive or negative, and these experiences shape you as a person. Changes the way you think and act. And you'll learn to become a better person as well as to find better things and better people to have in your life.
Wow. That's a whole load of psychobabble and shit advice
I can never be serious anymore.
Thus ends another ridiculous post. Now it's time for me to play Call of Duty:Black Ops.
At 1am. Yay!

