It should be a joyous day when our two families are going to be joined right? Well not so much… Her Bridal Shower is on the 9th and I really don’t want to go. Well let me rephrase none of our family wants to go. By now I am sure that you think we are all jerks or something but really we aren’t. The problem stems from the fact that she is only 17, and he is 21. Her wedding is scheduled 2 or 3 days after her 18th birthday next month. But I think that we could even over look that in our family but then this is her FIRST BOYFRIEND and they have only been dating for the last 5 or 6 months. Come on grow a brain…. That is what I want to say as I smack her on the back of the head.
So my mom and grandma and even her dad are like can’t you talk to her and try to get her to change her mind? Well I am probably not going to be able to do anything to change her mind. But they seem to think that since I did the very same thing and made those mistakes that I am going to be more convincing? I ran off with a guy that was 36 when I was 18. (The day I turned 18) We got married, and he beat the hell out of me, all of which she knows. I didn’t listen to anyone what makes them think that she is any different? I don’t know is is really frustrating.
Then to top it off his family is really sick. Like in the head. They know exactly how long they have been together, how old she is etc. and they are pushing it. Almost demanding that they get married, so that they can live there with them. Like I said sick.
Looking back in the post I realized that I forgot a large factor in our frustration. She is not even pregnant. Not that it is a reason to get married or anything but it would make sense on why the urgency. I just wish that she would wait even if it was only 6 months, or live together for a while first because it is so hard to live with another person and she has had no life experiences to go off of. She was totally sheltered.
I guess that I had better get a gift though. I don’t think that even if she did want out of it at this point that his family would let her with out a fight. Oh what to do… I hate this situation.
Thanks for listening though…
February 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pm
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