The Insansity Must Stop!

I should be reading, but I've had a couple of things on my mind all day, and I need to vent about one of them.

My mom called me on Saturday morning and double checked my South Dakota address. This only reinforced the fact that she could at least send me a care package now and then.

"Why?" I asked.
"Because your Aunt S. needs it to send you an invite to your cousin J.'s wedding." My mother retorted.
"Oh, so J. finally decided it was time to get married to what's his name--seeing that the baby was born almost a year ago." I say. (If you remember last October I posted about her damn baby shower)
"You don't have much room to talk." She says.
"Huh?"
"You're four years older than her and you're still not married."
"F---U---C---K---!" <---I said this part to myself!

The number of girl cousins in my family that are not married are far outnumbered by those who are. I think out of like the 14 girls, only 2 are not dating anyone currently, 2 (one of them being me--so shut it) are currently in a relationship and one is engaged. The other 10 or so female cousins are married with kids.

"So, when's the torture chamber? Erm, I mean wedding?" I ask.
"October 8th."
I raise my hands in victory..."Yeah, it's HOMECOMING here at school that weekend!"
"Well, I suppose you're not going then."
"Oh, h-ell no. H-E-L-L NO."

I love my family, but I've been at the tender age for over six years when they ask me when I'm either a.) going to get married b.) have kids c.) get a real job. My family is very rednecked--I usually use Blue Collar Comedy to explain the relatives and their behavior. I don't know how else to do it. These are gun-toting, blue-blooded, red-necked, Busch light drinking rural Americans.

Now, if that were not enough, my best friend informs me that she, too, is planning on getting hitched--possibly next summer. This one was forseen, so it's not bad, but still, everyone seems to be getting married.

Seriously, the next person who tells me they're either a.) getting married or b.) having their first child before I do can go suck it. Or, they can at least have the audacity to not remind me all the time that I'm NORMAL and waiting for the right time in my life. Now, if when I'm 35 and I still haven't been married or had a child, then I'll start to worry.