Not many people my age would think about getting married anytime soon. They are students going to schools across the country, or people who have full time jobs and are already making a living in one form or another. It's a rarity for someone 18-23 to even be thinking of settling down/starting a family.

These are the prime years of our lifetime, especially our 20s because we are getting all new experiences and (hopefully) living life to the fullest. We as young adults should be going out in the world, traveling, having fun, working our butts off for whatever we want in life, and learning all the ropes to adulthood that we'll need in the future.

At 19 years old, I have already been out of the country to Canada, been over seas twice, traveled to 17 of the 50 states including Washington D.C., and traveled to visit my friend in LA by myself (my first time riding in a plane alone). I have driven to New York from Cape Cod, five hours away, just for an interview with a school. My aspiration in life has been to have fun and enjoy myself with everything I do. And to take the bad with a grain of salt and move on.

For me, school is also one of my biggest, if not the biggest concentration in my life right now. My major has switched around so many times already, and I'm only a first semester sophomore. I should not be worrying about what dress I'm going to wear or if I'll be at a church or not for my wedding.

But over the weekend I got myself on the topic of marriage with someone and my opinions ran free.

Personally, I think marriage is almost a complete drag, at least the way most people do it. The ideal, traditional wedding that most people usually think of is a woman in a white dress, walking down the isle of some church, and spending way too much on party favors and making the event a much bigger deal than it is. For starters, I think getting married is a waste of money. Some people spend thousands of dollars on a dress that they will only wear once, and another couple thousand on this ginormous party after a church ceremony. I love tradition, but weddings have turned into a complete scam over the years with costs of wedding planners and all the excessive things people seem to think they need for their wedding.

If I ever happen to get married, whether it be to a man or woman, I don't want a big wedding. I don't want to be in a church, I don't want all the fancy crap, and I sure as hell don't want to wear a white dress that will only be worn once. I know there will be a lot of people at my wedding, but that's because I have a huge extended family. Most likely what will happen is I'll have my wedding on the road I live on, the road I grew up on with all my family. Someone from my family or a friend will probably get ordained to do the service, and there will be music from around the world and lots of dancing.

Everyone will dress how they want, preferably casual, but I really don't care. I will wear a dress, but not white. Probably something light colored, like a light peach, or a soft pink, or maybe even a pastel lavender. The dress will have lace somewhere on it, because I absolutely love lace, and it will be comfortable, and be something I can wear to other occasions.

But regardless of what happens in the future, I am in no rush to settle down and getting married. It might not even ever happen, who knows. All I know is that right now I have far too many things in life to worry about, like school and where my next adventure is going to be. Kootoes to those who could/have gotten married already, but that is not my style.