Every day is interesting down here.
I was buying egg dye stuff the other day... and the woman asked how many kids I had. And I was like... "I got a good 10-15 years before I need one of those." Maybe I'll be "mature" enough then.
Also some girl asked one of my friends if I was married. Really? That's a good ice breaker. "Hello my name is... Brittney (most likely her name, I think I have at least 5 in every class) are you married? Do you want to be?" Yeah, that's going to work.
"How old are you? And your not married?" I have heard this many times.
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If you don't go to church or married by the time you're 18 or 19 something is wrong with you.
Thank "God" we have a lot of out of state'rs mixed in at our school.
All in good humor Texas folks. ;)
1 comment:
The Dude, His Dudeness, Duder, El Duderino,
Look at the socioeconomic status of WF. A lot of kids at this school are within a 20 mile radius of WF. The 20 mile radius of WF is poor as a whole.
Worldwide, people are all for getting married at young ages when money is not an issue (non existing, rather). Why? Sex is entertaining. Squeezing out kids without sufficient funds doesn't matter because everything's a lost cause anyways, and planning isn't taken into consideration (hence their poverty to begin with). It's a rather ignorant view, but has been existent for centuries. The working-class British culture was known for having at least 6 kids even though the parents were lucky to survive on their own without children. American ghettos are very similar. It's not uncommon for a single-parent household with an income of $30K to have anywhere from 5-10+ kids. Planning is not something the poor take into consideration, hence the large number of kids. It happens all over. Ever wonder why Mexico, a very poor nation, has so many inhabitants?
And now onto the other Texan stereotype. Same can be said for any other extreme. Go to the Los Angeles area and see what I mean. Out there, they'll despise you for being a theist and having children in wedlock. People have kids young out there, too, just out of wedlock. Personally, I favor a crowd with morals. Oh, wait, morals don't exist if you don't believe in them!
In conclusion, I do agree with you. It comes down to opposing viewpoints. They think you're weird for finding their early-age marriages weird and vice versa. You obviously find them odd for going to church and getting married out of high school and being puzzled at you for not doing so. What I've found is that there's no "normal" in such a case. I would say, however, that the Midwest is a little more so (ie. people don't marry/have kids quite as young, etc.). Normal to me is how I was raised. My parents had their first child in their late 20s. I don't want to have kids until I am financially stable and/or mature enough. Like you, I have a brain and put it to use. I can't be too judgmental, though. Then again, we both do have Minnesota roots, so maybe we are the "right" ones. They think I'm weird for having old parents and not wanting to get married to a "Britney" at age 19. The Texan lifestyle (along with many other lifestyles, ie. LA) is a "trip" in comparison to what I call normal (then again, my grandparents are in their 80's, not their 50's). But you can't hate them for it, you just can't "mess with..."
Just my 2cents.
Lalla Vive!
-Peter
PS You're a strapping (relatively) young fellow, so these questions of puzzlement from girls here could just be out of pure curiosity; "Why is this guy not taken yet?!?!". These chicks just want IN.
PPS Now I can sleep. F^@#!
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