Is it just me, or is everyone getting married this summer? I’ve received three invitations, I expect three or four more, at least three people from my home ward already are or will be getting married soon, my brother’s going to a wedding tomorrow for people from his singles ward, and I know a couple more friends who are engaged but who haven’t set a date. And I work at Hallmark, so I’ve seen how many people come in buying wedding cards and wedding presents. Trust me.

I imagine the same number of people have been getting married all along, but it stands out in particular to me this summer. ::shrug:: Maybe I’m just getting to that marriageable age so I have friends who are all that marriageable age, and it’s on my mind so I notice it more, etc. etc. But still. Everyone’s having a party except me, and just for partying’s sake I feel a little left out. Not to say I’m desperate for a mate. I’m still planning to leave on a mission this fall, and a husband would certainly make that a little difficult. I guess I’m worried that when I get back, all my single friends will be married. And as fun as married people are, I’ll have to go out and make new single friends, and that’s always hard to do. This last year was so easy, because I had three roommates who came ready-made to be awesome friends, and two of them had brothers who came ready-made to be awesome friends, and one had a boyfriend who…you get the picture, so it was like a ready-made package of awesome friends for the price of rent. But they’ll all be married and/or graduated by the time I get back to BYU. And that’ll be weird.

And I have a question to ask the universe. I used to wonder why these pretty but ditzy girls got all the dates and I didn’t. And people would always tell me that I was the kind of girl that guys would want to marry, so when guys were ready to get married they’d ask me out, whereas right now they just wanted to date to have fun. Okay, I guess I have a question and a comment. Question: If that is really the case, then how come the ditzy girls are getting married before me? (And just to clarify: not all the girls getting married this summer are ditzy). And comment: That’s stupid. Did it ever occur to guys that us “marriageable” girls just wanted to date for fun too?

I don’t think I’m bitter. And I’m not looking for a date. Or a husband. I guess it’s just something I’ve been thinking about.