promises

a friend of mine (who shall remain nameless [i'll ask him later if i can reveal his identiy]) has appt found himself a girlfried and how fast they are moving! they've only known each other for a few short weeks but already he's gotten her a promise ring, to be presented sooner rather than later i'm thinking. btw, i saw the ring and was impressed. boy has pretty good taste! it's very simple and it's quite classic. i'm sure she'll love it.

so this has got me thinking about time tables again and just how wildly different they can be. this guy, known this girl just a few weeks, getting promise rings. jon wit his girl of less than a year already moved in together and have seriously considered eloping. chang and her guy, together for six months and he wants her to move in (she had her reservations [good girl!]). angel and her guy, together for well, i dunno actually, i think maybe three years? getting fingers sized and looking at rings. then of course, there's ting's sis lavonne (sp?) wit her guy for 9 years and getting married later on this month. so reep and me. 6 years. no real talks of marriage or moving in. which, i think, for the both of us, is just fine. right where we want to be. and yet wit all these people who've been together much shorter than us and yet who are so serious. well, i can't help feeling the pressure. which is silly. cause i don't want to marry or move in or get promise rings. and that's totally cool, cause to each his own. ..right?

'some people go around the world for love' 'i make steady for love' / 'we can rumble and cuss, we can fight, we can fuss; but no i'm never giving up' 'it's nothing i won't do' 'nothing i won't go through' 'only you make me do for love what i would not do' 'i can't believe the things i do for you'

 

:edit on 1.8.06: twas james that gave his girl that promise ring. she accepted. of course. lucky kids. :)