I'm 19 going on 20, in my first year of college and have my entire life ahead of me. My biggest worries in life are the grades I'm getting on my tests, which party to go to with my friends on the weekends and where we're going for dinner that night.
So why is it that my Instagram timeline is constantly filled with engagement rings, ultrasounds and house deeds? Not that wanting these things is a bad thing. I look forward to the day that I have my own family. Today just isn't that day. Neither is tomorrow. Or even next year.
My dates with boys are few and far between because I don't want anything long-term in the near future and I don't want to waste my time or anybody else's.
Instead, I spend my days going to lunch with my friends, working on homework, applications and updating my LinkedIn profile, going to events for the organizations I participate in and working for my future.
Before I get settled with a husband and family, I would like to be graduated from college, have seen a lot of the world and have established who I am and who I would like to be.
So sure, lots of girls my age are engaged, married, pregnant and starting their families but that's not something that I'm planning on for my own life for quite some time.
So instead of asking me who I'm dating, which boys I'm seeing, or when I'll have kids on the way, try asking me about my organizations, my friends, my dorm or literally anything else.
Sincerely,
The Girl Who Isn't Ready To Be Settled