20190831; Saturday; 0930 Of marriages, life changing decisions
My
desk-mate when I was in primary school will get married tomorrow. But because
I’m not able to attend her wedding, so I will visit her today. We
started being friends simply because we were desk-mates two years in a row. I can’t remember how we suddenly sat together but definitely not
because of our preference sebab tak pernah sekelas sebelum ni and that’s how we knew each other. When we’re
about to begin our UPSR year (the most important exam for primary kids), we
then ended up sat side by side just how we did a year before.
So, we were
both 20 something years old and she finally met her jodoh (soulmate?) It happens really
fast for me I mean, last year two of our group members got married and already
have her first baby (another one is still pregnant). A few weeks ago, another
two got married and one happens to be in my list Top 5 closest person. And
tomorrow, my good friend from primary school (I think she’s the first one from
our class to get married – 6A1)
I try to
tell this to other people and they just brush off my thoughts simply by saying,
‘Are you
jealous of them because they’re getting married?’
‘You’re
not the one who’s married so why would you overthink and confused?’
‘Ala,
lupakan je la banyak lagi benda yang nak kena fikir. Takyah overthink sangat…’
Clearly,
this is one of the reasons why I hate to tell or share my thoughts and
confusions with people. Some just don’t care, some just don’t want to
understand, some would never bother to ask. Surrounded with these people, I’m
becoming more reserved day by day. Sometimes I felt unfair, because the fact
that I listen to them and by the time I need them I wasn’t treated the same
way that I treat them *sad face emoji* (I am a good listener btw, proven by my
friends and family)
'Are you jealous of
them because they’re getting married?’
I have no
idea how these people (the one who question me this)can even exist in my life? I mean, it
shows that we’re not close enough because you know nothing about me, at all. I’m
being a total grumpy now, but yeah it’s because I’m not the type of
marriage-family-institution-commitment kind of person. People who really knew
me would obviously have never thought of me being jealous over someone who got
married. I used to tell the world that I’m not getting married. And because of
the pressure, I used to lie to them that I will get married at the age of 30
(of course, being a Malay female got married at the age 30 is considered old
and you are claimed to be a total ‘tak laku’, anak dara tua etc, etc…) Not
gonna comment anything on that because that will drag all my complaints-self
and I’m gonna look as grumpy as hell. So, the answer is NO. Not jealous. At
all. Nope. No thanks.
‘You’re not the one
who’s married so why would you overthink and confused?’
This one
got me f*d up. Understanding people, please come and safe me from them… *cry* I’ve
been very confused lately.
Is it because I won’t be able to be with them/ hangout easily together
anymore? (single friends/ gang can relate)
or maybe because I feel like I lost them from my life?
As I question myself millions of time, now I do know that I’m actually
self-conflicted and having them proceeding their life got me insecure.
My life
has always been stuck in these years:
2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2018.
Because of big things (surprising--in a bad way) happened in my life on
these particular years, I can’t seem to put a clear closure from this galaxy of
self-hate and move on. Feelings and emotions have always been a problem to me.
I was not properly nurtured and it haunted me until now. Not blaming on the
upbringing because I can do nothing about it and I may be super depressed if we
talked about it, but yeah, I have to find something that will make me forget
about all these.
Because I still couldn't move on from those years, it intrigue me how people can simply go on with their life and move on? I mean, I still feel surreal with the fact that my peers are graduating their bachelor study, some have secured a job and some already pursuing Master’s degree. I
mean, hello? I haven’t start my bachelor degree yet and they are totally way
ahead leaving me behind – but what else can go wrong isn’t it? It’s just me being
old when everyone already has stable job and I’m still struggling to live. So
yeah, can you expect me to be okay? I don’t think so.
The fact that my persons get married put me in awe. Marriage obviously is
a big thing to be consider. It’s a gamble. A life changing decision (not that
finishing bachelor degree and have a job is not life changing, but marriage really draws
the line between adulthood and life you've had before – get my point rt?)
I mean, how can you go on and leave me behind?
I’m still struggling, I
need to fix things with myself, my family, with you and we’re still not
improving and how can you get married at this time because of course after this
you won’t literally be in my life anymore?
How can people simply agree to tie a
lifelong knot with someone who you still doesn’t know and even we as close
friends doesn’t really comprehend one another, yet you decided to be with them
forever?
‘Ala, lupakan je la banyak lagi benda yang nak kena fikir. Takyah overthink sangat…’
Betul la
tu, takyah overthink sangat sebab banyak lagi benda yang nak kena fikir. Yes.
Undeniably truth it is. As I said, I always ended up being super insecure and
overwhelm with everything. Tiny details of life changes made me giddy. I feel
really light headed now. I’m still struggle with emotional recluse. I can’t
help it. By all means, I need to move on. I need to pursue my life completely
without looking back. But I'm helplessly weak, so how can I?
But I guess people wouldn’t realise this. As I said in the previous
post,
people told me that I’m different. I
changed a lot, my appearance and likings. No one would expect a
tomboyish-rock-grunge-emo Nashrah has finally become mellower, very women and ladylike (?)
Actually, I don’t change, never did. I just potray fake masks so that they will
think that I go on with my life really well whilst I’m actually still the old
me inside. Dead and alive in the same time.
A complicated human I am isn’t it?
Can’t expect you to understand me though, I don’t even understand my own
self. Things changed and people leave and life doesn’t stop for anybody, betul
tak? Wei, tetiba kan lagu Keane – Everybody’s Changing fit my situation
really well! Omg, baru terfikir! Hmmm… faham lah ye kenapa aku suka rock songs.
Their lyrics speak my mind. Always.
Always. Tak pernah salah timing.
Well, I guess I still have to work things out. Try not to harm myself in
future, I need to be a lil more secure. That’s it for now. Nak gi breakfast,
lapar (sebab lepas subuh tadi sampai lah sekarang duk writing tak henti) I
guess I’m gonna go. Bye!