The Last Woman Standing!

I know I'm not the alone when I say that I sometimes envy my married friends or even the ones who are in long-term relationships. I joke about one day becoming the only one of my friends that will be single forever. In college, I had a group of friends that were very close. We were all on our college dance team so we were pretty much together all the time. After graduation, a couple of them moved out of state, and we all got pretty busy with our own lives, but we all still remained friends. When the out-of-towners would visit, we would all get together and talk about what new thing was going on in our lives...breakups, new boyfriends, etc.  Three of the girls had the same boyfriend since college, and we all knew they were going to get married...it was just a matter of when.

One of my friends had met this amazing guy post graduation and had been dating for almost two years. One day while at work, I got text message from her saying she got engaged.....of course I was so excited for her....she's such a beautiful person inside and out and her fiancé was the nicest guy I had ever met. A couple months later another friend got engaged....this one I knew was coming. I mean they had dated for about 7 years (4 of them in college).  I was still very excited for her...because now she had the ring! Her and her fiancé are the perfect match....But if you didn't think it could get any worse...boy were you wrong! Three more friends got engaged within a few months of each other. So now I have five friends engaged in a little less than a year. It was like a chain reaction. I was thinking, "what's in your water...and where can I get some?"

So here I am, single 'ol me amongst all my engaged friends.  Of course I didn't feel bad about myself, but I couldn't help but feel like they felt a little bad for me...I have been single since graduation, and although dated (and I use the word dated loosely) a couple people, no relationship came out of it. I went to two of the five girls' weddings this year with my sister as my date....luckily, my friends all love when I bring my sister to hang out and they were so happy I brought her to their weddings!

After the second wedding, another friend of mine announced her engagement...this one came as a shocker though because just a month or so prior, she said she was not at all ready to get married. She wanted to have a career and get out on her own for a while (she is a couple years younger)....that lasted about a month and a half.

So let's do the math shall we.....I have two friends now married and four friends that are engaged. I have two weddings next year (March and June), one wedding in January 2014, and one wedding without a date. 

I caught the bouquet at the wedding in May, so maybe there is hope for me J......but until then, I will just have to own the fact that I am the last woman standing!

XOXO,

Chrissy