Erin The Great

Just about every person on the planet has them… or at one time had one. You know, the people you keep as marriage back ups so you don’t end up alone decrepit spinster people?

When I was about 21 I had this friend named Tyler who was several months older then me. Since we both lived in Provo and enjoyed each other’s company we decided that it would be ok to make each other the other ones back up should the ‘right’ people not appear… Anyway, we were 21 and it usually never comes about anyway because one if not both of you are usually engaged and/or married by the time said age arrives (or at least dating someone). So we made the ‘if we’re not married by the age of 27, we’ll marry each other’…. Oh the irony.

I’m going to be perfectly honest right now, I figured I’d be married by now, so setting the age limit to 27 didn’t seem that outlandish due to the fact that in my mind I was completely safe… in high insight I probably should have made the age 32 or something like that instead of 27, so imagine my surprise when out of nowhere the reminder came to me about my friend Tyler’s 27th birthday last Friday…. Oh boy!

That was a very awkward realization that Tyler was now 27 and that I will be next year… Not only that but neither one of us is engaged or married or even dating anyone else for that matter…. I don’t think I’ve heard of that EVER happening… especially in Utah. It’s crazy to be able to claim something like that. ‘Hey, remember when we were 21 and reasonably certain that the both of us would be married to other people by now? Ha ha, we were wrong and are now both as single as single can be…. How about we up the age limit to 35’? ‘35? Yeah that sounds good’. Disaster averted, pooch un-screwed.

Let me tell you it’s a good thing the two of us were on the same page on that one or that conversation would have been really awkward… It’s nice to know I’ll have the option of being married at 35. Sweet. Take that Provo!!