Girls Who Are Not Ready Yet
.
There are girls
who smile very politely
when someone says,
.
“So… when are you getting married?”
.
They nod.
They sip their tea.
They even smile a little.
.
Because apparently
this question is asked
with the same casual curiosity
as
“Did you eat?”
or
“How’s the weather?”
.
Inside, though,
a small voice quietly whispers —
.
“Not yet.”
.
Not rebellion.
Not attitude.
Not feminism gone wild.
Just a girl
trying to figure out
how her own life works first.
.
You see,
she has only recently learned
the small magic
of standing on her own feet.
.
Paying her own bills.
Buying her own coffee.
Making tiny decisions
without a family meeting.
.
It may look ordinary to you.
.
But to her
it feels like
discovering gravity.
.
Then someone arrives
with a very reassuring smile:
.
“Why do you need a job?
Our house has everything.”
.
And she almost laughs.
.
Because that tiny salary
you think is so unnecessary
is actually
.
her safety blanket,
her quiet confidence,
her proof
that she exists
outside someone else’s surname..
.
But try explaining that.
.
So she simply says,
.
“Hmm… let’s see.”.
.
Which, translated from
Girl Language,
roughly means —
.
Please give me a little time to breathe.
.
She is not against love.
She is not allergic to marriage.
.
She just doesn’t want
her entire life
packed neatly
into someone else’s expectations
like luggage on a conveyor belt.
.
Because building a life
takes years.
.
Confidence,
independence,
small freedoms.
.
These things grow slowly —
like plants.
.
And no plant survives
if you pull it out
just when it begins to bloom..
.
So yes,
some people call her stubborn.
.
Some say
she is “too independent.”.
.
And a few whisper
the most dramatic line of all —
.
“She might miss her chance.”
.
But the truth is far less dramatic.
.
She is just a girl
who is not ready yet.
.
And sometimes
“not yet”
is not fear..
.
It is wisdom.
.
Because the right life
the right love
and the right timing.
.
should never feel
like a deadline..
.
—Rajeshwari 🧿💕
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