How will you feel if you “settle down” in life later than your friends, close friends or relatives who are your age or almost your age?
Do girls feel conscious if they are still unmarried at say 29, while most of their cousins and friends approx their age are married with a kid or two ?
Or if someone who used to go to school with you, now has finished his degree- two years or so before you.
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Now just wait for aggressive & judgmental posts coming your way 
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I refuse to talk to unmarried people who are past the age of 25.
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^Ouch!
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^ Yes, and if your unmarried and past the age of 30, I will constantly throw teabags at you. :D
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well hte marriage thing, doesn't matter to me (bc I got married young.. at 21), but the career/work thing....it does kind of bug me. I know everyone has different circumstances and ambition and all but yeah.
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^ Yes, and if your unmarried and past the age of 30, I will constantly throw teabags at you. :D
lol, you will sure need a lot of teabags... I know many unmarried people past the age of 30.
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I'm not bothered if I know thats my friends and cousins are married before me, or getting engaged maybe because i'm in no rush yet and partially because been through a bad experience in last engagement, but when it comes to education, career and all that it kinds hurts sometimes because it reminds of the mistakes i made in college. Its all good though always think positive and follow your dreamssss
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Naah, doesnt bother me. I learned from their experiences to be honest. I was always the immature out of the crew anyways..took me much longer to grow up and take on responsibilities than a lot of my friends. I was pampered like a kid for a very very long time.
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@rosedreams You can not compare your specific situation with other people. I know many people who are settled down, but still single. It does not mean they dont want to change their status of singleness. They have different issues in life.
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well hte marriage thing, doesn't matter to me (bc I got married young.. at 21), but the career/work thing....it does kind of bug me. I know everyone has different circumstances and ambition and all but yeah.
teddy bears don't have to work.
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I have colleagues around me who are above 27 and all still not married. I think nowdays it is very common for women to be unmarried even at the age of 29 or above because of their own issues. When they are young they tend to be real picky or focus only on their career and when they become older then its just too late which makes it even harder to find the right guy.
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Among my cousins i was the one who got engaged the last but it didnt bother me much.
Among my classmates i was the first to get engaged and it still does not bother me much. :-p
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Among my cousins i was the one who got engaged the last but it didnt bother me much.
Among my classmates i was the first to get engaged and it still does not bother me much. :-p
exactly, same person but different social circle.
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I got engaged first out of my cousins and friends (from school) so I will most likely be married first too. But as far as my degree goes, I will be one the last few. It dosen't bother me one bit :)
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How freaking odd. I was talking with a friend while she and her fiance were out shopping for a wedding ring. In my line of work the issue is not marriage itself. It is of stability. My life is unstable, unpredictable and unclear. I truly enjoy it :D But it makes it difficult to manage the very basic things in life. Most of my friends are in steady relationships, with their own places, focusing on career development. I am on the other hand living with enough stuff that fits in a run bag with a constant watch out for any security hazard the world can throw at me.
Do I have my perks? Absolutely. But there is always an opportunity cost.
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30 and a half...single... no boyfriend / prospective groom in the picture. Not worried and makes no difference. In fact two other friends are really paranoid about it and sure it does rub off on me from time to time but I brush it aside and am back to being normal about it.
The ONLY thing that scares me at times is that I won't really have patience with my kids when and if I have them coz I will be in my mid to late 30's at tht time. The other thing is that I'm afraid to make big decisions like buying a house coz god know really IF I get married tom and have to move will I still be able to continue my loan etc etc....... so basically the "stability factor"
So besides that its pretty ok. Thankfully no filmy scenario's have taken place wherein busy body aunties ask my mom ki " haaw abb tak shaadi nahi hui"
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Neither is getting married a huge accomplishment nor are most 30 year olds single by choice. I don't see how a 20 odd year old can be financially stable enough to raise a family. I'd rather take my time and find the one I am sure I can spend the rest of my life with.
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No, not really. I agree with Noodle here. Them being married doesn't make me feel like I have to rush something or that there is something missing from my life.
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womens have biological clocks to worry about…and they should
PS…don’t come here quoting one off,exceptions about so and so got kids after 40 or soemthing…they are ‘exceptions’…