Before there was a Bridget Jones, there was
Cathy. Now even Cathy's getting married! Who will champion the cause of single girls now?
I'm at the time of life when people around me are getting married leftrightcentre. It's lovely for them, but it makes me sad. D and I have been together for around 4 years now (it depends on when you start counting) and I'm not sure we're close enough to getting married to actually mention. We
are closer to it than we were, say, a year ago, but I'm not sure that we're close enough to it for my comfort.
So I'm left with the uncomfortable in-between of being glad for my friends, and aching for myself. By the end of this year, all my close girlfriends will be married. It's hard not to be envious. It's hard not to get angry with D for not proposing. I want him to be happy, and to be secure in the decision, but I resent having to suffer the wait, because
I'm ready. That's not to say that I never have reservations, because I do. But I figure that I love him, and we're so committed to making this relationship work already, that we aren't doing anything we can't or shouldn't be doing inside a marriage. So why are we waiting?
