Gone are the days where we just meet up in the mall or mamak and talk about trivial matters like our parents grounding us, exam grades or the crush on a friend's friend who is oh-so-cute. I just came back from a catch-up session with friends.. and I realized that our table talk conversations really are changing. Now it's about woes and worries of not having a boyfriend now, hence difficulties in finding a partner to get married to by the time we are 30. Then there's the topic of relationships, long distance ones especially. Whether they work, or not. Is or is not the guy/girl of marriage material? Do we want to have kids... and how many? Jobs... how sucky they are, or how much you love it. What do you do at your job? Complaints about pay and the hours. Then there's the additional talk of where you want to eventually settle down. Will home/Malaysia be good enough to settle down in? Should we be seeking out greener pastures? Then we start on the guilt of leaving our parents when they're already aging, and how much we feel it is our duty to take care of them.
What on earth has happened to our table talk? I guess it's a sign that we're getting older... and slowly but surely, we're starting to feel the world's burdens. Wow.
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