It's December! Had christmas exchange gathering yesterday. /o/

Did something different this year. Yay. At the rate I'm always doing new stuff, I'd probably stop doing DIY stuff once I've done everything else. Lol. Bc I don't like to repeat the things I have done.

Will upload the pictures soon, haha.

So after the exchange, the group of us went to Monster Curry for dinner. After that we had a somewhat heart-to-heart session where hypothetical questions were asked.

One question is still on my mind so hence I'm here. LOL.

Meanwhile, I'm stuck at my MSM Assignment 2 so this is a good break, haha.

That question was 'What age do you want to get married, and what is the age range that you can accept - plus or minus?'

I answered I don't want to get married, and plus 5 (for the age part).
I've been saying this for as long as I remember.

I think part of the reason is because I feel the only person you can ever rely on is yourself.
As the Chinese saying goes, 靠山 山会倒 etc. I think there's something following after that but I can't remember.

And to me, once you are in a relationship, you are already technically 'married'.
Just that you don't have that legal piece of paper to say that you are. Why do you need a piece of paper to validate your relationship? I do understand there are much more implications behind this. I think the laws protect women more in a marriage.

Seen too many news of people divorcing/stepping on two boats even when they are married/adultery stuff. There's even statistics that's showing the rise in divorce rates.
What's the point of the paper then? It's not like marriage itself is preventing people from cheating or making a relationship last.

The key to a relationship is commitment, but not marriage. IMO.
Marriage, to me, feels like the proper social norm to follow so people would accept and congratulate your relationship.

Typing these as my thoughts collect themselves, bc I didn't have that much time to think about it yesterday. Hahaha.

It's December! Had christmas exchange gathering yesterday. /o/

Did something different this year. Yay. At the rate I'm always doing new stuff, I'd probably stop doing DIY stuff once I've done everything else. Lol. Bc I don't like to repeat the things I have done.

Will upload the pictures soon, haha.

So after the exchange, the group of us went to Monster Curry for dinner. After that we had a somewhat heart-to-heart session where hypothetical questions were asked.

One question is still on my mind so hence I'm here. LOL.

Meanwhile, I'm stuck at my MSM Assignment 2 so this is a good break, haha.

That question was 'What age do you want to get married, and what is the age range that you can accept - plus or minus?'

I answered I don't want to get married, and plus 5 (for the age part).
I've been saying this for as long as I remember.

I think part of the reason is because I feel the only person you can ever rely on is yourself.
As the Chinese saying goes, 靠山 山会倒 etc. I think there's something following after that but I can't remember.

And to me, once you are in a relationship, you are already technically 'married'.
Just that you don't have that legal piece of paper to say that you are. Why do you need a piece of paper to validate your relationship? I do understand there are much more implications behind this. I think the laws protect women more in a marriage.

Seen too many news of people divorcing/stepping on two boats even when they are married/adultery stuff. There's even statistics that's showing the rise in divorce rates.
What's the point of the paper then? It's not like marriage itself is preventing people from cheating or making a relationship last.

The key to a relationship is commitment, but not marriage. IMO.
Marriage, to me, feels like the proper social norm to follow so people would accept and congratulate your relationship.

Typing these as my thoughts collect themselves, bc I didn't have that much time to think about it yesterday. Hahaha.