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| Okay, okay. So I threatened to hang anyone who marries before I do. I mean, I am the third eldest of the present generation of our Clan, and technically, the next eligible one to marry. We have two more cousins in the States and since they are both older than me, I have nothing against them marrying first. Then my brother began courting girls in college, fell in love and finally got married in 2001. Although, they've just began raking in minimum wage, I was ecstatic enough to help them with the preparations of the wedding. I guess it�s because I saw that they are perfect for one another. And as one friend put it: �What�s the point of getting engage for so long when they can begin their lives together now?� So the love train has passed by me for the second time now. Some family friends even have this annoying habit of asking about my status. And worse, they find it hard to accept that I have a niece and nephew courtesy of Chay and a totally non-existent love life. I guess they still believe this old saying-slash-curse that if your younger siblings marry before you do, chances are you�ll end up a spinster. |
| By Ellar M |
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| When my younger sister Chay got married at 19, I made a half-hearted pact with my 17-year old brother, Blu, and my other teen cousins who are 8 years or so younger than me. I told them that no one else can walk the aisle before me. But not exactly in those words. |
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| Good thing, there�s an antidote for it. I�m supposed to require my siblings � who by the way are 2 and 4 years younger than me � to pay me in kind or in cash to avoid the� ahhh� curse. And since I don�t plan to live as a singleton, I renewed my pact with my cousins. This time, I was even quite emphatic that no one (especially the females) can enter into a relationship � serious or otherwise � until after I did. Unfair, you think? Perhaps. If we didn�t grew up from a very protective family. You see, my father�s side of the family is very strict when it comes to their female chicks and relationships. Most of my aunties concentrated on their studies, then work, before marrying in their mid-20s or early 30s. Thus, we must follow suit because for them teen relationship WILL disrupt your studies, eventually leading to pre-marital sex, pregnancy, then to a lifetime of misery and so on. Whew! Scary huh? I never did find out why parents always think the worse when it comes to their teenagers and relationships. All I know is that my siblings and I were forced to associate falling in love in high school with the devil�s work. Granted, that at that age, teenagers can be naive enough to think that love can conquer everything. I mean some of my peers actually woke up one morning pregnant and undecided if they should tell their parents or simply get an abortion. These cases usually involve overprotective parents and children smothered by so many unfair rules. Such cases could have been prevented if they�d only let their children be teenagers. If they�d only listen to what their kids were saying and guided them during those confusing years. |
| "...I threatened to hang anyone who marries before I do." |
| "...I live a vicarious life through the pages of my Sweet Dreams and Mills and Boons." |