Daily Prompt | Last Train to
The last train to normalcy is usually marriage. For some reason, people think all sorts of things about single people. According to them, something must be wrong with them.
That's why, from a young age, girls tend to have marriage as their main goal. I'm not sure to what extent social rules can shape minds, but they seem to be quite effective.
That's how there came to be a phrase, often used disguised as a joke, saying you shouldn't let the last train pass you by.
As if a person's sole destiny were marriage... But what people don't know is that this idea was born out of fairly mercantile concerns, where love used to be entirely dispensable.
That's why I can say with total conviction that I let every single train pass — and that different paths exist, and being in the minority doesn't make them wrong or abnormal.
El último tren a la normalidad suele ser el matrimonio. Por alguna razón, las personas piensan cualquier tipo de cosas sobre las personas solteras. Según ellas, algo malo deben tener.
Por eso, desde pequeñas, las niñas suelen tener como meta principal el matrimonio. No sé hasta qué punto las reglas sociales pueden moldear mentes, pero al parecer son bastante efectivas.
Es así, que hay una frase que suele utilizarse disfrazada de broma al decir que no se debe dejar pasar el último tren.
Como si fuera que el destino único de una persona es el casamiento... Pero lo que la gente no sabe es que aquel nació por cuestiones bastantes mercantilistas, dónde el amor solía ser totalmente prescindible.
Por eso, puedo decir con total convicción, de que dejé pasar todos los trenes, y que hay opciones distintas y que no por ser minoritarias son malas o anormales.
Soon, that last train will be a thing of the past. In an increasing number of countries around the world, women no longer see the need to get married. If a partner adds nothing to their lives, why should they get married? The same applies to having children.
As they say here: the higher the level of education, the less likely a woman is to get married.
As well as marriage, we also have civil partnerships; both can offer tax benefits. In the latter case, no children are involved, which could be an advantage if the relationship ends, although I have my doubts about that.
There have always been single women, even hundreds and hundreds of years ago. They got on just fine, had a job, and although some families kept asking, ‘When are you going to get married?’, they never did.
It sounds as though marriage added nothing to their lives, apart from the extra burden of pampering a husband and the risk of a shorter and unhappy life.
Statistics show that married women live shorter lives, whilst married men live longer… so women are literally giving years of their lives to their partners.
Apparently, married men are like energy vampires, to say the least. I always tell my mother that most women end up losing out in the "exchange," lol.
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De los posts que valen la pena en el feed de hoy. Me gusta que no intentás tener la razón, solo compartís lo que pensás. @ladyaryastark
Me encanta cuando la gente comparte datos sin aburrir. Es un arte que no todos tienen la verdad.
Hay mucho humo en el mundo de las finanzas y posts como este ponen los pies sobre la tierra.
Tu post me recordó algo que me dijo mi abuela hace años. A veces las palabras vuelven cuando más las necesitás.
@ladyaryastark, esa luz en la foto es perfecta. La hora dorada es todo para los que entendemos de fotografía.
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While reading your post, I think that you have captured how society sees it. But, should that make a difference in one's choice? More importantly, is there a need to have for a company in one's journey? As they say, we are social beings.
I think there's still a lot of social pressure, but there are people who, for some reason, don't need to be part of that model, and if they feel good, nobody should bother. Thanks for reading and supporting. Have a great day!
True.
Anytime, I enjoyed reading it =D
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Sure & likewise 😁