Do family/relatives/friends urge you to marry/settle down?

A relative is getting married, and it made me think about those LOL relatives of mine.
They say "finally" and then "with a black women?!" After always asking "got a girl already?" in family gatherings.
So, do you know these kind of people who "should mind their own business"?

Some'd nagged me about it, even when I was a really little loli.
Friends sometimes say I should have more committing relationships, but can't I enjoy myself without being head over hills in love?...

Wanted to add: I want to find a partner for life and fall in love, but I'd rather not get married.

There's a bunch of marriage and stuff threads, but I couldn't find anything similar...
If it's a repeat, sorry. >.<

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Not for me. My parents are open-minded and they're basically like "As long as she isn't a total bitch and makes you happy, then we're happy."

But lately, I 'm starting to have second thoughts about it. It seems that everyone I know becomes miserable when they get married.

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there's a joke in germany going something like this:

when i was younger, i hated going to weddings. aunts and grandmotherly acquaintances prickled my side, laughed and said: you're next

they stopped this rubbish when i started doing the same on funerals

ot: no, not really. it'll probably start when i finish my education

I'm still a youngin so I don't worry about it, and I doubt my parents would because they'd know how I'd react if they pressured me like that 😛 . And usually, I'm the person urging my older cousins to hurry up and get married, especially with my 29 year old cousin who finally got a girlfriend after a long time. XD My grandma used to joke around and say that she'd find a wife for him from Vietnam.

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LOL Yes...Lately family acquaintances have been asking me when I plan to settle down...When I don't even have a boyfriend and have no intention of finding one!

People know how much I love children so sometimes when I'm holding a baby, people around me would say things like:
"Aren't you envious of the child's mother? Have one already!"
"When are you getting married?"

UGH! No way! My mom sometimes drops hints that she'd be happy if I'd get married in the very near future 😐 I sometimes drop hints too that I have no intention of getting married 😐

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I've heard that happen a lot among more traditional families. I have a 29-year old friend who's so pressured to get married by her family, even her mom's setting her up on blind dates. It's crazy. ^^; I guess there are just some people who measure one's life and achievements with how well they've established their own family.

As for me, I'm an extremely career-minded person and I can't ever see myself getting married or having kids. I've already told my parents that, and they've been cool enough to accept it..(Though I think they're still hoping I'd change my mind.) 😀

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I've caught a small bit of flak before about it but nothing really substantial. Being a first term marine my parents both understand that getting married in the first term of a military career is a fairly dumb thing to do although if I do not find a girlfriend soon I think that they may start to worry about me lol. I do of course want to get married but I don't want to marry some jacksonville girl here at camp lejeune who is just after my guaranteed paycheck. Having a kid would be nice as well but again I don't wanna do what my roomy did and knock up some chick who already had 4 kids from 4 different guys.

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My parents don't want me to settle down now (nor do I), but later, I expect they would.

As for requirements, in my parents' eyes, she would ideally be Vietnamese, but I don't want to do that. I think I'll just be broad and go for any type of Asian chick. Well, actually, I don't know...

Asian parents = high standards. O.o

I get pressure to get a girlfriend, but i'm not old enough to pressure to marry.

im still young too so my parents don't stress much about it though they do tell me offten to become this so called "proper" lady so i will be a "useful" housewife 😕 my cousin who's 27 is always nagged to find a husband and to get married her mom and my mom are always talking on the phone and saying how she should go on dates and then they start talking about eligible guys LOL but i like my cousin she doesn't feel pressured and says that when the time is right she'll get married to someone but for now she wants work on building a reputation in the fashion world. (she's a stylist)

My parents are more worried that I will get married 🤣 (which I'm not really interested in at the moment)

I'm going off to college and my dad keeps saying "I don't care how cute your boyfriend will be when you get there, you can't get married before 21!"

Of course I pretty much answer "I won't even be married before 25 at the least" cause I don't really want to get married for awhile and I want to get to know the person.

Most of these fears are cause by my sister who got married at 20, but she would have gotten married at 19 except my parents made her wait. Then one of my friends recently went off to college and is now married (and she is 18!). Actually there is this girl who sits next to me in Stats and she is getting married in a month (She is 17, almost 18)...kind of weird...but she is nice...but still its weird.

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I'm Vietnamese. My parents are really traditional people. They joke about my having non-Asian girlfriends, but when it comes time, I bet they want me to get a Vietnamese wife or something. Well... only 18, still in college, let's see where 4 years will lead me, rofl.

Nope, and thank gawd for it.

People always ask me about boys though >__< it's not like I keep a bunch of them at once... 😔

My parents are very strict about me not hurrying to get married and to wait until I get out of college to like even date...It is like the exact opposite of this haha

My dad told me to hold off marriage as long as possible and enjoy life to the fullest. He said after i enjoyed all i can then i should get married at like 30 or something

Common sense just isn't that common