February 25, 2012

Anonymous asked: For your anon. For women, the ideal time to marry comes too soon and ends too soon. It's as if we're not allowed to live our lives because this "significant event" is going to occur and thus our lives are put on pause. The remote is controlled by society. The people who talk, question, who name, shame and embarrass. The age, from my experience, has come at 25 although I know of others who were slammed younger and others older. It depends on how long a women can put up with the scrutiny really.

Here you go, Anon. An answer from a woman.

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February 25, 2012

Anonymous asked: What's the "marriageable age"? Is it 30? And is it the same for both men and women?

In all honesty, I don’t think there’s one single marriageable age for all men and for all women. It depends on so many factors and the most important of those being cultural with socio-economic being not too far behind.

One this is for sure that there’s a gap between what that age is for men and what it is for women. I think, for men, it might be the 30 mark but for women it’s closer to 25. You’ll have to ask a woman about what age it might be for them because I can’t answer for sure on their behalf.

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July 1, 2011
14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?

The way we perceive the world, our surroundings, and ourselves is totally reliant on our perceptions. It’s totally subjective. The path our life has taken shapes, moulds, and influences everything we see and do. In that way, what we see one day will not be seen in the same way when we see it again months later. We can perceive insanity and creativity in so many different ways. I’m going to look at this question the lens of popular culture media.

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June 25, 2011
8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

Well… I’d already be close to 75% of the way through my life which is a fairly depression thought but if the average life-span was closer to half of what it is now I’m sure there are a few things that would be very different. How we project the path of our life has a lot to do with when we ‘think’ we might die. Of course, in reality it could be any minute but we think of these far off numbers like 70 and 80.

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June 18, 2011
1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

This is a really fascinating question. It’s something that I’ve thought about a lot. How old am I? How old do I feel? Well… There are two answers to this question. At times I feel very old and at other times I feel so young.

Let me explain.

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June 18, 2011
Answer “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind” over 50 Days

I found this list of questions on a website and want to answer them over the next month and a half. One each day. Reblog this and so the same!

From the site:

These questions have no right or wrong answers.

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer.

  1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
  2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
  3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
  4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
  5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
  6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
  7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
  8. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
  9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
  10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
  11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire.  They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend.  The criticism is distasteful and unjustified.  What do you do?
  12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
  13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
  14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
  15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
  16. How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy?
  17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?  What’s holding you back?
  18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
  19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
  20. Do you push the elevator button more than once?  Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster?
  21. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?
  22. Why are you, you?
  23. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?
  24. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
  25. What are you most grateful for?
  26. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
  27. Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
  28. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
  29. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset?  Does it really matter now?
  30. What is your happiest childhood memory?  What makes it so special?
  31. At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive?
  32. If not now, then when?
  33. If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose?
  34. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?
  35. Why do religions that support love cause so many wars?
  36. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
  37. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
  38. Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?
  39. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before?
  40. When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in?
  41. If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
  42. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous?
  43. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?
  44. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right?
  45. If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake?
  46. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
  47. When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing?
  48. What do you love?  Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love?
  49. In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday?  What about the day before that?  Or the day before that?
  50. Decisions are being made right now.  The question is:  Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?

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January 28, 2011
Guest blog by Sarah: Turning 30

Today I’ve swapped blogs with Waq, I write over at my own blog; Sarah’s Blog. I think Waq is one of the people I’ve “known” for the longest time through twitter and we’ve never actually “met”. A joint love for all things Manchester United and now he’s among one of my closest twitter friends.

So anyway here’s my blog about “Turning 30”

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July 27, 2010
Family

I have 8 nieces and nephews. The eldest child of the next generation in my family is my niece who is going to be 10 years old in less than a month. The youngest child of the next generation is my nephew who is just over 4 months old. The 8 of them are the children of my two sisters and brother.

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June 25, 2010
For the first time in my life…

… I feel like I’m getting old. I’m 27 years, 5 months, and 28 days old. I don’t feel old but slowly things are starting to creep in that I can’t ignore. I think I’m in pretty good shape, actually. Sure, I’m not in the condition I was 2 years ago but it’ll take a whole load of hours on the road and in the gym to get to those levels again. It kind of hit me a couple of days ago that my decay has started.

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