Before I start anything about what I want to say, I have to
mention that I am engaged.
Almost any girl that turns 18 or 19 here in Egypt, first thing she
starts thinking about is how she really wants to get engaged and if she is
single and not with someone by that time, then it’s the end of the world for
her and she isn’t going to get married anymore.
Here in this situation I could only use the term “Only In
Egypt”. This term is used towards things or beliefs you will never find
anywhere except in Egypt.
Getting married or engaged does not have a specific time and
that’s what girls need to understand!
We find out everyday something new about the people here
that basically only they believe in.
Yes maybe you are all thinking to yourself now ‘why is she
even talking, she is 21 and engaged?’ I admit I got engaged early and maybe
just like the other girls nowadays but I grew up not thinking about it for a
minute. I never felt for a second like I wanted to get married or engaged or
even have it on my mind. It just happened. Till I actually got engaged and for
maybe months later I was still not convinced ‘I am actually engaged’. My family
were against me being engaged till I finish college years ago and when I opened
up the topic a year ago with them as a joke, they didn’t disagree or said I am
young or so, they agreed and they wanted it more than me because since he was the
person for me, then so what?
And this is exactly my point, engagement does not have to be
planned, like ‘Oh when I am 19, I will be engaged’ NO! No you do not HAVE to be
engaged by then, maybe you will be a year or 10 years later. It should never be
planned this way. IT IS NOT A TREND. Everything happens for a reason and when
it’s time then it’s time, for anything, not just this issue, but for everything
in life.
Getting engaged is a trend now in Egypt and if you are not
engaged then your friends might make you feel like you have a problem or
something in you is just MISSING.
Engagement isn’t the most beautiful time in life, as many
people in Egypt believe. Actually it isn’t enjoyable at all. Ask me. Girls
always think like they will have the freedom to go out with their fiancée’s and
do whatever they want when it’s the total opposite. That’s not what engagement
is only about. They take over your life. That is MY personal opinion. Whether
men take over our lives, or we do. It’s basically the same. Not fun. You feel
like OH SHIT, now I don’t have to just ask mum and dad to do something or go
somewhere, now I have to first ask my fiancée too. And this is the worst part.
To cut it short girls:
My point here is, don’t get all excited for engagement. It’s
shit.
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