Maybe it's the weather...

I have a good friend, J, who has been excitedly trying to get ahold of me for several days. When we finally managed to connect last night, he announced that he is buying a house! Yay!!!!! Here's the problem...

I am never going to get to own my own place. It will always be "our" place. This occured to me several days before J's announcement, when I was pondering the impending loss of my apartment. This, of course, has woven itself into a much larger thought tumbleweed, and I'm going to let it roll. After the jump, of course...


Why is it that so many women give up so much to have a marriage? You always hear about women giving up college, careers, friends just to cater to her husband's career. Well, what about us? It really bothers me when people immediately say "Oh, so when are you going to have kids?" when they hear of an engagement. As if that's the only thing out there to do after marriage! I am going to get my MBA next fall, which is something I have wanted to do for a long time. Call me greedy, but I want to have the best future for my family as possible, and if that means more school to open more opportunities, awesome! I LOVE school!

Kids? What are those?

I realized that I have never given things up. I uprooted myself from my hometown and moved up here because I wanted to go to a better school than we had down there. My then boyfriend (ew) had the choice of moving with me or not. Staying there was never an option for me, even if he decided to stay. I'm honestly glad I'm so stubborn because I'd never be able to put up with Smitty otherwise. After all, I am residing with a future lawyer. I'd better be able to hold my own in an argument!

So, am I one of "those" women because I've never owned my own house? I've paid my own rent for years, so I guess that counts. I own a car. Ugh, why does this bother me so much?