I just found out a few days ago that one of my childhood friends who has now migrated and working in the USA is getting married.
He is 24 years old this year.
The first time I heard that they were getting married, I shamefully asked
“Shotgun ah?”
But the fella quite clever.
He knew cynics like me would say that so he purposely announced he was getting married one year ago and is now only getting married.
So either… he managed to find a way to delay the growth of the fetus or… it really truly is a marriage out of love.
It’s embarrassing how many people (me included) are unbelievably cynical when it comes to couples marrying early.
How we just can’t give them the benefit of the doubt for once and not ask
“Why getting married so early? Pregnant ah?“
But if it’s any consolation… in my career right now and at my position, I feel a little more comfortable with getting married. It’s just a matter of finding the right one now.
Gone are the days when I would panic when my girlfriend said
“Darling… I’m late”.
Seriously it wasn’t funny.
I had one girlfriend who could be late for 1 and a half months… ONE AND A HALF FRIGGIN MONTHS LATE… ANY GUY WOULD’VE BEEN PISSED SCARED BY THEN.
But now if it happens… I’m a lot less scared, as long as I know I have the right girl.
And hey, I don’t see any taboo with that.
In fact if I were ever to have a shotgun wedding I would have a HUGE Grand wedding dinner with all my relatives, friends and of course friends of my proud parents.
Then I would go up and give my bridegroom speech to the hundreds of people out there just like at the National Youth Convention.
Before I start saying how much I love the bride I would say
“Ladies and gentlemen…. before I go on with the programme for tonight, let me just say that the rumours ARE TRUE.
My beautiful bride tonight… is carrying my child. It wasn’t intentional. She told me that she was on the pill… but she was apparently joking”.
Seriously, that’s the best thing to do… SQUASH all the rumours.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space