Five more years...

[ido]

I would like to think that I will re-marry at some point during the next 5 years...and maybe even pop out another little flnativegrl (a girl version would be nice...).

 

[deliciousBass]

I would like to think that I will re-marry at some point during the next 5 years...and maybe even pop out another little flnativegrl (a girl version would be nice...).

Awww that's cute I'd like to maybe have a girl someday too.

 

[BoarderDave]

Yeah.. I want me a couple mini-me's.. a boy and girl version.

 

[overit]

Well, it wouldn't bother me to still be single in 5yrs...though I would like to be in a relationship...marriage? bah...I can take it or leave it...more leave it lolIn 5yrs my boys will be 12/13yrs old...and I'll be so swamped dealing w/transitioning into teenage years and sports, etc....probably won't have much time to even think about it hehe.

 

[trOlliJokinen]

30,000 isn't nearly enough to choose from. :o

Actually, it's true that it doesn't seem like there are many guys to choose from around here. And the girls WAY outnumber the guys. There are probably about four girls for every guy here, in three different social circles that I travel in.

Maybe I need to relocate.

As I like to say "If I had a shotgun, I'd fix this problem."


I dunno how I feel, right now I'm so dang sick of everything 5 years seems like torture. Then agian, I'm 26 and the longest I've had a relationship is like 4 months, so I'm used to it.

 

[GuacaMolly]

I voted other, because none of the choices gave off the right vibe.

There is part of me that is freaking out over the fact that I'll be turning 23.... in three months.... on September 23rd, when I feel like I JUST got used to being 21! Where did the time go?

As far as the OP, I would be frustrated and maybe a little whiny on occasion (lol) if I was single in five years, but I really don't see it happening. If it does, no biggie. That must mean that I'm supposed to do something great single before I get married.

God has great plans for me.... I truly trust in that completely. Whether those plans include someone else right now or not, that's okay. I just want wherever I am and whatever I'm doing to have God's blessing all over it; He knows what's best for me, and I rest in that.

Oh, and I just wanted to say that I find it strange that people are giving falling in love and getting married a five year minimum..... personally, I can see myself getting married a lot sooner than that. Then again, I can be impulsive. I just hope that everyone leaves a little room for spontaneity in the schedule.

 

[deliciousBass]

Oh, and I just wanted to say that I find it strange that people are giving falling in love and getting married a five year minimum..... personally, I can see myself getting married a lot sooner than that. Then again, I can be impulsive. I just hope that everyone leaves a little room for spontaneity in the schedule.

Who is doing that ??? I'm not setting a time table for anything, I'm just saying that It'd be nice to be engaged/married by 30 and heck, that can happen at 29 and we could be married at 31. I'm not saying I want to find somebody now and get married at 30. And it's fluid, like you said. I wouldn't want longer than a 1 year engagement.

 

[GuacaMolly]

I'm 25 now, in five years I'd like to be in a serious relationship or engaged.. maybe married. But I could only see the married part happening in the next five years if I were to meet somebody within the next year or so and if we are darn near perfect for each other. Which is highly unlikely lol. Now that's what I'd like but if it wasn't the case, I'd be okay with it. At 30 I hope to have my nice car and house and flat screen TV and I'd be able to travel so yeah.

If in five years, you were still single and had no significant prospects for marriage, would you be okay with that?

I'd be pretty down about it yeah.

I mean its hard for me to say if it will be ok or not because obviously I have little choice in the matter so its not like I can change it by saying "not ok".

But I would prefer to be married before I'm 30. But I think you are right, if my current prospect doesn't turn out like that then I may not be married before 30.

Voted for the second choice. I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately because I'm about to turn 26, which is closer to 30 than to 20. I always hoped I would be married by 30 but now that looks like it's not going to happen. A bit disappointing, but I can deal. I certainly don't think it means there's no hope left.

Who is doing that ???

Seems like everybody to me

All I'm saying is that I find it strange that so many think that they probably won't be married within the next five years, even if it is something they want, just because they're single now.

 

[BoarderDave]

5 years is a long time. A lot can happen in 5 years.

 

[deliciousBass]

Seems like everybody to me

All I'm saying is that I find it strange that so many think that they probably won't be married within the next five years, even if it is something they want, just because they're single now.

Ahhhhh... I'm sorry I misread/misinterpreted what you said. I thought you meant that we all believe we need to be dating for 5 years before getting married. What I'm assuming you mean by what you said is thatvyou could find somebody and get married in less than 5 years. Which I believe, especially considering how much you like Rob and all

 

[GuacaMolly]

Ahhhhh... I'm sorry I misread/misinterpreted what you said. I thought you meant that we all believe we need to be dating for 5 years before getting married. What I'm assuming you mean by what you said is thatvyou could find somebody and get married in less than 5 years. Which I believe, especially considering how much you like Rob and all

That is part of it, and the same would have been true a year ago, before I ever met Rob.

I guess I should have just not said anything..... I was just hoping to encourage everyone to keep an open mind.

 

[GuacaMolly]

5 years is a long time. A lot can happen in 5 years.

very troo

 

[Luther073082]

Seems like everybody to me

All I'm saying is that I find it strange that so many think that they probably won't be married within the next five years, even if it is something they want, just because they're single now.

You have to pay attention to the word though. . . Married

None of that happens overnight. If Melissa and I turn out, we still probably wouldn't be married til we where 27 or 28 years old at the minimum. (Probably more like 28 or 29)

Even if both of you are financially and in all other ways in a good position to be married. Most people would still prefer to be dating for a year and engaged for a year before any of that happens.

 

[deliciousBass]

Even if both of you are financially and in all other ways in a good position to be married. Most people would still prefer to be dating for a year and engaged for a year before any of that happens.

Yeah, that can also happen in less than 5 years like GuacaMolly said and your example illustrates.

 

[Lady Bug]

I would not be ok with it, because I already feel like my biological clock is beginning to tick. I really care about having my own children before it is too late. You never know when you could get a reproductive cancer or something. I would feel really bad if marriage couldn't happen for me in 5 years.

 

[traingosorry]

I would be ok with it. I was supposed to have been married by now, but the fact that it did not work out and I am still here to tell about it proved to me that the world really does go on.

I'll just throw myself into a career and enjoy being single.

 

[deliciousBass]

I would be ok with it. I was supposed to have been married by now, but the fact that it did not work out and I am still here to tell about it proved to me that the world really does go on.

I'll just throw myself into a career and enjoy being single.

But you're not single.

 

[Sketcher]

That would be a cause for concern. If I'm not going to have any prospects in 5 years, I had darned well better be in much better shape financially and socially at least, so finding a woman would be less of a pipe dream.

 

[traingosorry]

But you're not single.

Dude, I am.

 

[deliciousBass]

Dude, I am.

Umm... no, you don't count. You have a BF. So you could very well be married by 30. Get out.