I Hate It When

I've decided to start a new series of posts entitled, "I Hate It When..." where I complain about things that annoy me. Aren't you excited? Of course, it is my opinions that you totally care about and can't wait to enjoy right?

Today, I hate it when...
- people talk about me and Anthony either:

1. having sex
2. getting married
3. having children

I admit to seriously encouraging 2 and 3, but more on that later.

I hate hate hate when people talk about sex. So it stands to reason that I loathe when people talk about me having sex. Usually, they're either kidding or telling us not to have sex, but I don't care.

Do not concern yourself with my sex life in jest or otherwise.

First of all, if I was having sex, I wouldn't talk about it with anyone given my propensity to scream and generally act like a child when other people do. Secondly, to the people who tell us not to have sex or act like we really just can't not have sex because our hormones are raging: If we wanted to, we would be. End of story. But Anthony and I both have made promises to ourselves, each other, and God that we're going to wait, so we are. Stop acting like you know things about me that I don't. I can and will wait until marriage, and the more you imply that I can't, the harder I will try to prove you wrong. I don't know about Anthony, but I totally possess the will power and self-control to keep my legs closed. Not to mention absolute fear that I will get pregnant or AIDS.

Now that that's out of the way, I hate it when one of our friends calls me "Essence Beasley-Hufford." I hate it when anyone talks about us getting married or implies that it's going to happen. I understand that marriage is sorta implied maybe because we are dating, but it's kinda creepy. I mean, I absolutely adore Anthony, and I hope that maybe one day (a long, long, long, long, looooooooong time from now) we'll get married, but Anthony doesn't. I asked. I may be naming our children and decorating our house, but he's a guy, and he's not thinking that far ahead, and I don't want to plan my life around something that isn't guaranteed.

The whole point of us dating is to figure that out right? A long, long, long, long, long, long, long, loooooooooooong, looooooooooong time from now.