The Because to All Whys

My head trainer at work asked the group of new trainees, which I am one of, to write a short essay on the subject of relationship. Here is the product of my self-prodding:

Since the beginning of my youth, I have always been bombarded with questions with respect to my current relationship status. It has always been a mystery to many why in my ripe age I am a still lacking a partner. The fact always makes me frowned upon, as though I'm a kid who stole something from a candy shop.

I remember one day on my budding days, I had a serious realization about the subject of relationship. Back then, most of my friends were already into individual relationships. They were either in their respective relationships or in the process of having one. This surprised me like crazy! I grew up as a boy knowing that relationships are allowed only after one marches down the aisle to receive his diploma. And at such period all I knew was that having a crush is as far as a teenager could get. But it seemed like there was something more to such fancy and it made me think if it was ever right to have a girlfriend that moment in time.

One of my uncles had something to say about this. It took just one statement from him to answer my perplexed mind. Without any complication or sophisticated words, he simply said that a relationship is a preparation for marriage. As he said those words, all of a sudden,  the idea became as clear as crystal. He was right! How could I be ready for marriage when I couldn't even understand love? How could I have a relationship, when I was still getting money from my parents and not from the sweat of my own brows? 

Right then and there, I made it my firm principle to avoid a commitment until I'm man enough to stand on my own and support all the way the girl truly destined for me. Over and above, I believe in waiting--that if we just wait long enough and hard enough, the thing that we long for will come to our doorsteps at just the right moment in time. For me, life is ultimately about waiting and I believe that we are all programmed for someone whose hair shall turn gray with ours. Since the day of our conception, we have already been matched with somebody to love us until the end of time.

And while I feel no conviction of making a step forward to love, I will enjoy whatever I have with me. I'm 20 years old, full of ambitions. My priorities are mainly to improve myself, help my country, and simply become a better person. 

When the time comes for me to finally move to the next part, I will probably have a stable income, a car, and a house to bring home the girl truly and rightly made just for me.