I'm getting married sooner, but,

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"Marriage is a marriage- love or arranged. Both require the same level of commitment" -Swati Kumar

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person" -Mignon McLaughlin

"Marriage is not about age;

it's about finding the right person"

-Sophia Bush

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.

But woe to him who is alone when he falls. For he has no one to help him up.

Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm but how can one be warm alone?

Though one may be overpowered by another. two can withstand him.

And a threefold cord is not quickly broken"

-ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12

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This is from a woman's perspective that has been asked to marry. Unlike to a man that offered marriage to the woman he loved; it was carefully planned and was totally ready before even proposing.

In a woman's perspective, we may be surprised or perhaps in disbelief at that moment he proposed. So many thoughts before we even get the answers, yes, I do, isn't easy as saying I love you.

However, one thing is for sure, if love is genuine, it may be love from yourself or love for your partner, from there you'll get the answers.

Does it have to be the end if you refuse? If not, maybe you can talk through and plan them together.

Maybe she has plans, she has dreams and goals or maybe a time, and it hasn't come yet? And it requires him to be patient.

But again, if love is genuine, from there you'll get the answers.

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I got engaged at the age of 25. I didn't expect it to be this early.

When I was younger, I started writing a life plan and time frames for my goals, on how my life would go when I grow up. Just like any other teens that visualize the future. Like what age should I marry and have my first child. At this age, I should be building a house and a business for my family, so you can set yourself free and get ready to build your own family.

When I was younger, I thought it was easy and a perfect plan. Maybe everybody else thought the same thing when they were younger.

That might be a cultural thing as a typical Asian woman. Making sure you put your family in a decent life first, before prioritizing yourself.

Yes, it is, but partly not as an unprivileged child, for me it is an obligation and conscience in our heart.

We live our lives before we settle down, forming ourselves to become the best versions and proving our parents we can and even the society.

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We have our own visions and fantasies for our future, for our parents and families.

As a woman, it is our nature of being organized from the things around us. We have this power of organizing things and visualizing a better environment and even to our lives.

But life is full of challenges and surprises.

As we grow old, we learned that sometimes, we don't always get what we want, even when we planned through it. However, sometimes we get lesser and sometimes, greater. Some will be ungrateful and some will be filled with gratitude for the small things they've got.