At the beginning of one of my classes we had to interview fellow classmates and ask certain questions about their background and ask 1 thing that you wouldn't guess about that person. These mystery qualities ranged from being the editor of their school newspaper while studying at Columbia, speaking 11 languages, or spending the last 2 years in Nigeria doing charity. Obviously I hadn't gotten the memo about ivy league self promotion at all times, because when I was interviewed my mystery quality was:
I'm 22 and I've been married for 1.5 years.
Granted I didn't put a lot of thought into it, I just said the first thing that popped into my head. When that little fact was revealed, the class (especially my female professor) gasped! Literally gasped. With just a hint of disapproval.
Education and career for women is a lot more important here so it makes sense that being married so young is surprising--it is kind of a 1950s thing to do. Anyway, at least people will remember me...
This is where it happened:
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This is where it happened:
3 comments:
HAHA i love that! i laughed out loud when i read that. because seriously, i'm totally having the same experience here (although of a non-ivy league caliber). haha i was surprised by how many married people are in my program, but they are all about 30 and coming back to get their master's after working for seven or eight years. if they all knew i was actually just 22 and i've been married for as long as them, they would do exactly the same thing. thank you byu.
That is actually really cute! :) Wow you are so lucky and intelligent to going to Harvard. How neat.
Cute blog by the way.
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There is nothing wrong with getting married young. I don't feel like I've missed out on anything by having married so young. I have a wonderful family, kids that I love, a college degree and my own business. It doesn't get much better than that. Who cares what they think, I think it is the most fascinating quality a woman can have :) You are beautiful Cassandra!
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