Oh Harvard.

Background: To finish my degree I'm taking classes at the Harvard Extension School. It's great because my classes are on campus and I have bona fide Harvard professors.

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...

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