Comments for "News is the first rough draft of history." http://www.fdupillar.com The Voice of the College at Florham Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Personal essay: Cutting down the boyfriend tree by Gwen T http://www.fdupillar.com/?p=1291#comment-22089 Gwen T Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:30:40 +0000 http://www.fdupillar.com/?p=1291#comment-22089 Great article Monique. I can relate. I’ve experienced the same and felt the pressures to be in a relationship. It felt like almost everyone was with someone but me. I wasn’t allowed to date when I was younger, but I feel like I used that as an excuse for my single status when people asked me about it when I was older. If there had been situations where I could have gotten a boyfriend I might have had experienced several relationships by now. But, I haven’t really been in those situations.

I find it funny that my family now talks about marriage when they know perfectly well I don’t even have experience with a relationship yet. I’m hearing about how I HAVE to be married before a certain age, the type of guy I’m supposed to go for, the type of religion he has to have, and then I get angry, frustrated, annoying about it all. Let me find myself first, let me experience a boyfriend if that will ever happen jeez. I like being alone, but I’m curious about a relationship, I’m curious about marriage, and about being a mom. Yet those that have shown interest, I’ve pushed them away. Maybe I’m picky myself. Cowardice at taking the first step in initiating anything with someone I’m actually interested in is a problem as well.

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