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September 26, 2005
too early
This morning I received a phone call at work. It was Anjuli, one of the few friends from high school with whom I'm in some degree of contact.
"How are things with you?" she asked in Italian. "Long time no talk."
"Oh, you know. The same," I responded in English.
"How's work?"
"It's work. I'm writing sentences. I got the full-time position with benefits and more pay though. How are you doing?" English again.
"Well, things have been really busy. I got promoted to cashier, and I've been taking classes at the JC, and I've been busy planning for next year when I'm getting married."
I was taken aback. "Wait, wait...you're getting what?"
"Married." Right--I'd heard it the first time. And I suppose she's been pretty committed to her, erm, fiance for some time. But Jesus. She's younger than I am, and has never dated anyone else.
She was giddy with excitement. "It was so romantic. He took me out on a date to the same place where we went on our third date ever. I thought he was just going to give me a nicer promise ring, but when I saw it was an engagement ring I was so happy, I broke down and cried; he had to ask me twice."
"Well, congratulations." What else could I say?
The first of my friends to be getting married; I guess it had to happen sometime. And just a month ago my cousin Melina, a year my junior, wrote me an email to announce her own engagement.
Not for me--but nevertheless, all this marriage-of-peers business is making me feel uncomfortably older.
Posted by onion slayer at September 26, 2005 02:01 PM