05.17 | why act like it's a 'ball & chain' if you weren't forced to choose it?
In my early 20s, confronted by tales of monetary woe as friends of mine attended bridal showers, bachelorettes, weddings etcetera that they could barely afford, I made a secret plea to the gods that be - let this be a very rare thing in my life, I wanted very little part of any of it.
