Why Does Everyone Blame the Married Folks?

Everytime someone gets married, you hear people say, "Now don't turn into an old married person and quit seeing your friends!" or some form of that same thing. Here's the thing, though. As people grow and settle down, things change. BUT..it's not always just the married folks fault. You see, many married people (myself included and many of my married (or seriously committed) friends around me that I can see) still do "single" type activities. I still do many things that I did before marriage such as:

• Spontaneous happy hours
• Girls Night Out
• Meeting up with friends for whatever reason, be it dinner, downtown, etc.
• House parties
• Bar hopping

All people change. As people go from a committed life to a single life, their lifestyle changes. As does when one goes from a single life to a committed life, things change. Many singles expect us married or commited friends to keep on doing things THEY want to do in order to spend time with them but this has to go both ways. If I'm expected to do "single" activities to see some of my friends, I don't think it hurts for my single friends to do things that us "settled" down people like to do. It goes both ways and since life is ever changing, this is one of those things that we ALL have to adjust to, not just the married people. Friendships should always go both ways no matter what the circumstance is.

Just an observation I have made recently :)