When I was in grade school, grade 2, to be exact, at the age of eight, our English teacher made us read a story about a couple with many children. I don’t remember, at all, how the story went but I remember what my teacher said regarding the lesson of that story. She told us that the lesson is that we should not get married early, or else we’ll have many children. At age eight, of course, my understanding of things around me was limited. I thought what she meant by “early” is “at dawn”. So, I told myself, "Do not get married early!" Haha! I didn’t bother asking my teacher for clarification about what she said because I thought I understood full well what she meant. I knew that babies didn't come from storks, you know silly things like that, yet at the same time I hadn't the slightest idea of how babies are made. Actually, I simply didn’t care. Now that I’m older, it makes me laugh at my naive thought of not marrying at dawn to avoid having many children. Hmmm… what made me bring this up, you may ask. Well, I've heard of cases of women who waited until they’re pressured into getting married because they’re getting older and older as years pass by. Many of them feel so pressured that they feel they must get married, no matter what. So, they end up marrying just anybody just for the sake of it; throwing all common sense away and ignoring all the writings on the wall (cliché, I know, but hey, it’s true). Most of them end up marrying men way younger than they are, almost half their age, and most of them end up unhappy because their husband is cheating on them with a younger woman. It makes me wonder what kind of lesson we can learn from stories like this. Hmmm… it’s better to be alone than be with the wrong person? Is that the lesson here? But who would rather end up alone rather than with someone? Most people I know are scared of the thought of ending up alone, so how much more if they ACTUALLY end up alone? My heart goes out to women who only want a companion in life, after years of living on their own, only to end up with men who don’t even give a zilch about them. I know that these things don’t happen only to women but I personally think that it’s harder on women because, when women age, people mock them for it, like it’s their fault they've aged. With men, most of the time, the older they get, the more attractive they become to younger women. Well, that’s only from my own observation of life. I don’t know about the statistics. Anyway, that’s the reason why I think it’s harder for women to find a suitable husband for themselves as they age. So, back to the main thought of this subject: If women are not supposed to get married at an early age, and they also shouldn’t wait too long to get married, then when is the best time to get married?
