I Gave Myself an Engagement Ring Two Years Ago…Now What?
Finding my way to self-love in a world that would prefer I seek the love of a man, instead
Two years ago, I made an important decision. In the footsteps of a respected colleague, Sasha Cagen, I decided to marry myself.
Yes, I know how that sounds to many people. And yes, I know most people wouldn’t consider that an important decision, at all.
But for me, it is just as significant and life-changing as getting married to another human being. In fact, that’s the whole point of it.
But two years later, I still haven’t walked down the aisle (metaphorically or otherwise). I haven’t even made any plans or envisioned what I might do.
In fact, this engagement is getting close to the length of Pam’s and Roy’s engagement on The Office, which went on for three agonizing years. When I realized that, it felt like a bit of a wake-up call.
So what’s the problem? What’s got me hung up here?
It turns out, this self-marriage stuff is way more complicated than I realized.
When I was with the man I thought I would marry, he complained often that he thought engagement rings were a waste of money and that if we were going to get…
