I know, a year to get just the right venue, and the right dress, and invite all her family's business contacts.
Instead, book a religious building near her parents, and a restaurant for eating and dancing afterward, if you want that. For a month from now. Or skip that part and rent a horse and carriage. Or skip that, and marry on a beach.
Or go on vacation, just you two, having arranged beforehand to marry, there.
There is no time.
I mean, if you like her. And you do.
As for diamonds, oh don't bother with that.
As for the dress, a few yards of encrusted lace off the bolt, bought online, will mantilla her nicely. It should cover her face, be anchored to her hair, and reach the floor behind her.
It takes two years to make an elephant.
It takes five years to make an American.
Year one: see if the girl likes him. She does. Year two, to make her mother not worry they don't know each other long enough. Year three, to have a big, proper, wedding. Yes, that takes a year. Year four, to see if the marriage has legs before getting pregnant. Fine. Get pregnant. Year five, pregnancy year. Yes, pregnancy takes nearly a year. You don't get pregnant the first month you try.
So a charming young woman of 24's real reproductive age is ... 29.
That's what I am against. If you like the person, get it done. Simply and charmingly, without over-spending. They way you do everything else.
Good. Nobody knows this. Women have no time. The natural human lifespan under pre-modern conditions is 35. There is no time.
To have two children two years apart in age, you need to get pregnant when the first one is 15 months. It is not so simple to run after a toddler while pregnant, so you are going to need single sisters and aunts around to help.
If you want a few children, more than two, you are going to have to do that several times, with pre-schoolers and elementary schoolers running about. While you have a newborn nursing around the clock.
We need a culture of helping.
Or there won't be anybody. It has been completely forgotten how this stuff works. A forgotten art.
Have baby. Fight over names now, before conception. Feed her steaks.
Don't worry, once officially married I'll give her my SuperStraight man steak 🥩
Don't take too long to marry.
I know, a year to get just the right venue, and the right dress, and invite all her family's business contacts.
Instead, book a religious building near her parents, and a restaurant for eating and dancing afterward, if you want that. For a month from now. Or skip that part and rent a horse and carriage. Or skip that, and marry on a beach.
Or go on vacation, just you two, having arranged beforehand to marry, there.
There is no time.
I mean, if you like her. And you do.
As for diamonds, oh don't bother with that.
As for the dress, a few yards of encrusted lace off the bolt, bought online, will mantilla her nicely. It should cover her face, be anchored to her hair, and reach the floor behind her.
Sounds like you've held a few shotguns during weddings.
No, I am just talking about not making life hard.
It takes two years to make an elephant. It takes five years to make an American. Year one: see if the girl likes him. She does. Year two, to make her mother not worry they don't know each other long enough. Year three, to have a big, proper, wedding. Yes, that takes a year. Year four, to see if the marriage has legs before getting pregnant. Fine. Get pregnant. Year five, pregnancy year. Yes, pregnancy takes nearly a year. You don't get pregnant the first month you try.
So a charming young woman of 24's real reproductive age is ... 29.
That's what I am against. If you like the person, get it done. Simply and charmingly, without over-spending. They way you do everything else.
I was just joking. But I agree with you. Don't waste her time.
Good. Nobody knows this. Women have no time. The natural human lifespan under pre-modern conditions is 35. There is no time.
To have two children two years apart in age, you need to get pregnant when the first one is 15 months. It is not so simple to run after a toddler while pregnant, so you are going to need single sisters and aunts around to help.
If you want a few children, more than two, you are going to have to do that several times, with pre-schoolers and elementary schoolers running about. While you have a newborn nursing around the clock.
We need a culture of helping.
Or there won't be anybody. It has been completely forgotten how this stuff works. A forgotten art.
She’s a keeper