I feel like she's settling. She wants to be free, maybe a little selfish, but instead settles for what is expected of her. I imagine her to be older and people are expecting her to settle down and start a family. This is how I feel, I'm at an age where a husband and family are expected of me. I imagine one day I will have to settle and do what is expected of me.
I don't think the woman in the song is necessarily older. In fact, I think she's a young woman just out of college, just out of her teens, and she wants to choose a job field and have her own place and socialize with a lot of company before she does the wifey-mommy thing -- or maybe even bypass the wifey-mommy thing entirely and live her life as a single working woman. Remember, this song was written at a time where marriage and parenthood and "settling down" was what being an adult was all about and if one chose to...
I don't think the woman in the song is necessarily older. In fact, I think she's a young woman just out of college, just out of her teens, and she wants to choose a job field and have her own place and socialize with a lot of company before she does the wifey-mommy thing -- or maybe even bypass the wifey-mommy thing entirely and live her life as a single working woman. Remember, this song was written at a time where marriage and parenthood and "settling down" was what being an adult was all about and if one chose to skip that, then that person was considered an emotional infant.
@riccaroni31 At this moment I read your comment I see that 8 years have passed by. I can’t help but wonder what happened. Did you get married, have children? If so, is it a happy life?
@riccaroni31 At this moment I read your comment I see that 8 years have passed by. I can’t help but wonder what happened. Did you get married, have children? If so, is it a happy life?
I feel like she's settling. She wants to be free, maybe a little selfish, but instead settles for what is expected of her. I imagine her to be older and people are expecting her to settle down and start a family. This is how I feel, I'm at an age where a husband and family are expected of me. I imagine one day I will have to settle and do what is expected of me.
I don't think the woman in the song is necessarily older. In fact, I think she's a young woman just out of college, just out of her teens, and she wants to choose a job field and have her own place and socialize with a lot of company before she does the wifey-mommy thing -- or maybe even bypass the wifey-mommy thing entirely and live her life as a single working woman. Remember, this song was written at a time where marriage and parenthood and "settling down" was what being an adult was all about and if one chose to...
I don't think the woman in the song is necessarily older. In fact, I think she's a young woman just out of college, just out of her teens, and she wants to choose a job field and have her own place and socialize with a lot of company before she does the wifey-mommy thing -- or maybe even bypass the wifey-mommy thing entirely and live her life as a single working woman. Remember, this song was written at a time where marriage and parenthood and "settling down" was what being an adult was all about and if one chose to skip that, then that person was considered an emotional infant.
@riccaroni31 At this moment I read your comment I see that 8 years have passed by. I can’t help but wonder what happened. Did you get married, have children? If so, is it a happy life?
@riccaroni31 At this moment I read your comment I see that 8 years have passed by. I can’t help but wonder what happened. Did you get married, have children? If so, is it a happy life?