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As I turn 20 years old. I get more and more questions on when I plan to be married or have children like some of my peers. When being asked this I can't help but roll my eyes and question why people are rushing me. I am only 20 years old... I haven't fully developed into an adult just yet. Maybe I am not ready to be married. Heck, I won't be ready for at least another 5 years. As stated, I am ONLY 20. I'm sorry I enjoy being a little selfish. There are many things I want to do before I am married such as have a successful teaching career, figure out who I am, live my own life, and travel on road trips with some of my best friends. I have no problem with those who chose to get married straight after high school but I am not one of them. How do you expect me to take care of a family when I am in college struggling to feed myself and do my own laundry?!? All my life my family has taken care of me when I have been sick, in sports, and needed things done. I believe that maybe just maybe before I even give marriage a thought I might need to figure out who I am and how to care for myself.

You may be thinking I am nuts for thinking that I am alright being single. I know "I am not getting any younger." But the thing is that the person I am today will not be the person I will always be. Right now I am young, quirky, peppy, and fun. For all I know, one day I may not be able to go out on random drives with my friends to nowhere and just turn my phone off. I want to be able to live the "single lifestyle" for as long as I can because one day I won't be known just as myself. I will be known as someone's mother, wife, and teacher. So instead of pressuring me to find someone to marry right away take into consideration that just because you are happier in a relationship that maybe I enjoy being single and only having to worry about me.

When you see me in public maybe instead of asking about my dating life right away ask me about how my schooling is going or what I enjoy doing when I'm not doing school work or things for my sorority. When coming to college I learned many things one of which being that I am so much more than being someone's girlfriend. I am a sister, daughter, best friend, and granddaughter. I have a loving family. I enjoy spending time with my friends eating George's, Oreos, and Cheez Its. I love going to watch my siblings in all of their extracurricular activities and I love staying in and watching Netflix. When looking at my life I realize that I like only having to worry about me, myself, and I.

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2. Or the anxiety of what could go wrong by bleaching your hair at home.

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Blonde hair, don't care!

1. Mentally preparing yourself to convince your hair dresser that white is the way to go.

2. Or the anxiety of what could go wrong by bleaching your hair at home.

3. You could either become a ginger

4. Or a pixie

5. The face you make in the mirror when you take off your towel to unveil the perfect white strands.

6. Taking a million selfies the day you bleached it, because you know your roots will be back in literally 2 days.

7. Having to get bangs or a big chop because your hair is so damaged.

8. Having orange highlights in between touch-ups.

9. Going out for a drink afterwards to debut your updated look.

As told by "Parks and Recreation" GIFs.

"Uh? Eating? Am I Eating? Yeah..."

"Oh, yeah. I've been eating super healthy"

"Sorry, I can't talk! I'm studying!"

"I aced my final! No worries!"

"My grades? Uh..my professor hasn't updated them in awhile.."

"Everyone failed that test. Not just me!"

"I go to class literally every day. I'm NEVER late"

"I really try to just spend money on necessities.."

"No, I didn't call just to ask for money.."

"I'm feeling really motivated about the coming semester.."

"I'm really right on track to graduate"

I'll be there for you.

1. MONICA: Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it!

2. JOEY: You can’t just give up! Is that what a dinosaur would do?

3. JOEY: Here come the meat sweats.

4. WILL: We started a rumor.

RACHEL: What rumor?

PHOEBE: Oh, come on Will! Just take off your shirt and tell us!

5. ROSS: Wow, you guys sure have a lot of books about being a lesbian.

SUSAN: Well, you know, you have to take a course. Otherwise, they don’t let you do it.

6. PHOEBE: Come on Ross, you’re a paleontologist. Dig a little deeper.

7. JANICE: OH… MY… GOD!!!!

8. CHANDLER: WHOOPAH

9. JOEY: Well, I’m sorry if I’m not a middle-aged black woman. And I’m also sorry if sometimes I go to the wrong audition.

10. JOEY: Hey, Ross, I got a science question: If the homo sapiens were, in fact, HOMO sapiens… is that why they’re extinct?

ROSS: Joey, homo sapiens are people.

JOEY: Hey, I’m not judgin’!

11. PHOEBE: If it’s a girl, Phoebe. And if it’s a boy, Pheebo.

12. CHANDLER: Hold on, there’s something different.

ROSS: I went to that tanning place your wife suggested.

CHANDLER: Was that place the sun?

13. JANICE: 15 Yemen Road, Yemen.

14. JOEY: Paper… Snow… It’s a ghost!

15. JOEY: Is it obvious I’m wearing six sweaters?

16. PHOEBE: THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION!

17. JOEY: What’s not to like? Custard? Good. Jam? Good. Meat? GOOD.

18. JOEY: It’s a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter. It’s moo.

19. PHOEBE: Oh I wish I could, but I don’t want to.

20. CHANDLER: Condoms?

JOEY: We don’t know how long we’re gonna be stuck in here. We might have to repopulate the world.

CHANDLER: And CONDOMS are the way to do that?

21. ROSS: PI-VOT! PI-VOT! PI-VOT!

22. JOEY: Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling.

23. PHOEBE: Je m’appelle Claude.

JOEY: Jet aplee blooo.

24. CHANDLER: I’m not so good with the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?

25. JOEY: JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD.

26. JOEY: I swear to god, Dad. That’s not how they measure pants!

27. ROSS: You could not be any more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

28. ROSS: So, uh, what did the insurance company say?

CHANDLER: Oh, they said uh, “You don’t have insurance here so stop calling us.”

29. CHANDLER: Gum would be perfection.

30. JOEY: Look at me! I’m Chandler! Could I BE wearing any more clothes?

31. MONICA: My motto is get out before they go down.

JOEY: That is so not my motto.

32. RACHEL: Oh are you setting Ross up with someone? Does she have a wedding dress?

33. RACHEL: Hey, just so you know it’s NOT that common, it DOESN’T happen to every guy and it IS a big deal!

34. JOEY: How you doin’?

35. JOEY: That’s right, I stepped up! She’s my friend and she needed help. If I had to, I’d pee on any one of you!

36. MONICA: Fine! Judge all you want but married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in the fire, LIVES IN A BOX.

37. RACHEL: Go tell him he’s cute. What’s the worst that could happen?

MONICA: He could hear me.

38. PHOEBE: But they don’t know that we know they know we know!

39. PHOEBE: Smelly cat, smel-ly cat, what are they feeding you? Smelly cat, smel-ly cat, it’s not your fault.

40. JOEY: Suppose we’re a divorced couple.

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