And Now Thou'rt One

relationships are a funny thing. when i was younger my mom always warned me not to get into romantic relationships too early, cos i wasn't old enough, i had to concentrate on my studies etc etc blah blah blah knick-knick paddy whack. now she's so worried i can't get a boyfriend, cos i'm too unladylike and whatnot.

when i told her that a lady friend of mine wanted to introduce me to a 34-year-old doctor not knowing i was 19 and not 23 like she thought, my mom said, "why not? go for it, a doctor's a good profession and makes a lot of money. who cares how he looks as long as he listens to you and gives you his money?"

can you believe that?

i look around me and almost everyone i know are attached. my best friends are attached, my little cousin is attached, classmates are attached. those who aren't attached have had a previous relationship or two. well, at least my brother isn't attached.

my dad said to me a few days ago, "well, you're a university girl now. all you need to do is to pass your 4 years well, find a rich man and marry him, and mission accomplished."

DAD!!!!!! HAVE YOU SO LITTLE AMBITION FOR YOUR DAUGHTER?!?!?!?!

see i have weird parents. i hope they are joking though, but that's unlikely.

i like a man when i like a man. not for his looks or his money but for what he is as a whole. so you'd hardly hear me say, "i like him because he has such beautiful eyes." cos that's bullshit. how can you like a person simply on the basis that he has attractive ocular organs?