As you all know, or should, I am 23 years old and I going to be 24 in a month (oh my god, I am old!). The good thing about it is that I don't feel 23 at all! It's like I've stopped at 21 (oh, I wish). However, sometimes I have the feeling that my life is not what it should be. I mean, I've completed my Master, something that I would never thought of doing a few years ago; I am living abroad and have a job (not the perfect one, but working on it), and I don't depend on a man. Living the dream right?
But then, I look at my childhood friends, and then that's when I feel like something is not right. Four of them are already mums, one of them is pregnant with the second child; one of them is married and the other engaged. So all starting to build a family. And it makes me think: "Should I start thinking about that?", "Should I start looking to settle down?", but then I think "I am too young for that, I still have a lot to live and a lot to do."
As I said in my last post, I have no clue of what is in for me this year, I have no idea how my life is going to be in the next few months, so why should I start thinking about that? I remember when I was about 16/17 and kept saying I will never get married and I'm only having children when I'm 30. The truth is, I look at my friends, they are really happy with their married lives and children, and I look at cute babies and think "oh my god, I want a baby." But then again, if I got pregnant now, I'd probably kill myself (joking, obviously). Besides not having the best financial situation for that, I don't even have the mentality for that! Sometimes I don't know how to take care of myself, imagine taking care of a baby.
But the question I ask is, "Is it getting married and having kids at a young age an obligation from society or is it postponing marriage and children and focussing on the career first a trend of nowadays society?"
In my opinion, there is a lot of pressure for both. For women to have children and also build their career. So what are your views on it? Do you agree or disagree?
In my opinion, there is a lot of pressure for both. For women to have children and also build their career. So what are your views on it? Do you agree or disagree?
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