I went to a wedding two weekends ago. Both the bride and groom were just 24 years of age and yet they’ve managed to save enough to wed at such an age. Considering that Malay weddings can get rather costly, what jobs do these two hold? They’re not particularly high up there on the career ladder (I think) and the family doesn’t sound as if they’re filthy rich. Maybe their families are in the real estate business, or they took a loan or maybe signed up for one of those $0-installment wedding plans. Or they simply persevered to save.
I posed this question to one of the attendees and she said, “Oh, maybe the groom's a teacher.” To which she guffawed loudly and then, turned serious. “Yeah it happens. Many of my friends who are hitched young are coincidentally teachers.”
Another friend, a civil servant herself, told me her friend made a career switch from a graphic designer to a social studies teacher so that she can save up for her wedding. This coming from a girl who’s not even attached.
Whilst it’s factually true the civil sector offers job security and handsome bonuses - perfectly good reasons that’ll pave the way to a void deck wedding – can it be enough justification to turn into a civil servant for these very reasons?
“Haven’t you heard of SDU? Don’t you know they pair up civil servants?” said another as she chomped down her McSpicy and listed down the frequent pairings we might’ve seen: nurse-CD, TP-teacher, teacher-teacher, SAF-nurse and the list goes on. SDU apparently does this by blasting out e-newsletters and organises regular gatherings for singles to eye out a potential spouse.
Another opined coastal guard said that no matter what he does to direct such ‘annoying’ matchmaking newsletters from SDU into his junk folder, nothing seems to work. “It’s a bloody conspiracy to co-erce us civilians to tie the knot.”
To this, I question: Is the civil sector doubling up as a marriage institution?
Tuesday, March 20
RE: Please marry ASAP.
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hehe, assuming u are talking abt me and maj.. nyeh we just saved like mad. its amazing what u are willing to do, just to get married. hahaha.
like watch 1 movie a month (if we are feeling rich) and eating at hawker centres all the way. we took all affordable but good stuff for our wedding, based on recommendations. passed a huge chunk our monthly pay to our parents so tak boleh escape saving each month. and our honeymoon to dubai and istanbul was sponsored, so it wasn't that bad.
and nooo my husband isn't a teacher. he's a petroleum surveyor, which pays more than being a teacher, so we are blessed la.
OH. and i got a 6 months bonus the year before, so that helps ALOT. haha.
thanks for coming to our wedding :)
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