So maybe it's a southern thing, or maybe it is just an Alabama thing.... but the closer I get to that graduation day the more and more of my friends and acquaintances get engaged. Look don't get me wrong, I am super pumped you found Mr. Right in your short 22 years of life on this earth. I am even impressed that out of this whole earth population thing you were able to choose the same school as the one out of 7 BILLION people that was made to be your soulmate. But don't hate on those of use who's Prince Charmings are lost and rooting for the wrong football team. Or Lord forbid, wondering around the same school unaware of the fact that his most perfect woman lives a mile down the road. And PLEASE OH PLEASE, don't let this crazy Alabama society convince you that when you don't get that ring by spring, and you celebrate graduation by rewarding yourself with a job instead of a luxurious vacation for two in the tropical island of your choosing that you have failed, are destined to spend the rest of your life with cats, or that online dating is the only resort left.
WRONG!
Don't get me wrong, I would love to meet the man I'm going to marry just as much as the next girl. And trust me my first words to him will also be, "What the heck took so long, you psycho!" But, I'm not willing to give up these golden-girlfriends-only years without a fight. We are missing a very important lesson here ladies! We have this time to be single, do stupid stuff and let our very best friends witness it all. The nice thing about making memories with only your girlfriends is that those memories can last a lifetime. They aren't tainted by the man of that hour or the douchebag who broke your heart. Absolutely not! They are full of laughter, no-pants dance parties, baking-- lots of baking, a couple cry seshes and a whole lot of gossip. Those nights, the nights we get to spend being carefree in our twenties are the nights we will remember for the rest of our lives.
So you have to graduate. You have to get a job. And Lord forbid, you have to move to a brand new city all by yourself without a man. BUT, contrary to popular belief, it won't be the end of the world. Yeah so we get to attend a lot of weddings solo, and yeah we have to still check the single box on the doctors office paperwork, but would you really trade last nights midnight sushi run for a box to check?
Since we have so much free time not planning a wedding and everything, let's make a few more memories to add to the vault.
-Dance on that one bar you've always wanted to
-Karaoke. Just do it for cryin out loud!!
-Sleepovers. Maybe for the weekend? In a different town?
-Stay up to all hours of the night because you painted your nails and obvi if you went to bed now
you'd ruin them
-Make a donut run at 3 am just because y'all can
-You know you've wanted to run through that fountain since freshman year. It's time
-Road trip. Whether it's for an antique store that's 90 miles away or that one ice cream shop you saw featured on the food network that you would just die without. Pile in a car and go
#WifeMe
