It's weird that my friends are starting to get married. I am only 21 years old, but some of them are engaged (most of them are older by a few years, thankfully) and I am starting to get save the date cards in the mail and wedding invitations. It is hard for me to picture being married so young. Sure I have a boyfriend and we have been dating for 2 years, but we are nowhere near that stage (I still wake up early to brush my teeth and then get back into bed ha). I can't believe that my peers are already on their way. I decided after I got the first few wedding invites though in the mail, that I was just going to have fun at these weddings and enjoy them and not be worried about my future and lack of readiness to walk down the aisle.

So from now until May I have 3 weddings to attend (and classes to go to and finals to take and spring break to go on). So while I think weddings are great and extremely fun (at least the reception part of it) gifts aren't as fun. Wedding gifts have so many rules; depending on how long you have known the couple or which one you know (or if you know both of them) you have to alter your gift to fit your relationship with them. And by alter the gift, I mean spend most likely. Thankfully now they have gift registries and you can just go online and select what the couple has already picked out and get stuff in your price range. This eliminates a lot of the stress, because you know they are things that the couple likes (since they picked them out themselves) and you don't have to worry about them being disappointed or the situation becoming awkward.

I can't imagine picking out stuff for the registry though. I'm sure it would be fun, but to me it sounds so intimidating. You have to know what you need and like (if your likes match up with your soon to be spouses). Maybe it is because I'm nowhere near ready to get married (hopefully that's the reason and then when I am I will be excited instead of nauseous when I hear about this).

So for now, I think I am going to just relax and enjoy other peoples commitments, instead of making my own.