Girl code: I haven’t given up on my dream wedding

Growing up, I always envisioned my wedding. I knew exactly how it was going to be (Photo: Shutterstock)

Growing up, I always envisioned my wedding. I knew exactly how it was going to be. From the colour theme, the number of guests and even the groom. Mine wasn’t the usual tall, dark and handsome. My dream man was just well built... I don’t remember wanting him tall or dark, just strong enough to sweep me off the ground.

When I was 10, I attended a wedding where the bride was 28. From then on, I vowed to get married and have my wedding at 28. In fact, during my days in college, I always told the men who hit on me that I wanted to get married at 28. There was this fine young man who had fallen in love with me but when I told him about getting married at 28, he literally took off claiming that was too soon for him. Initially, I couldn’t stop wondering why he thought it was too soon yet, to me, it looked just okay. Looking back now, I believe it was truly too soon for him because just like me, he is still single and searching. Okay, I am not sure about the searching bit but I am sure he is still single.