I have a new friend. Let's call her Ginger. Ginger has just taught me the value of commitment.
Ginger is happily married for over a year now and they have a new baby girl, their first-born.
Their courtship was a whirlwind romance. They met in November 2000. It stopped early in December and Ginger needed a way to see him again. She changed her birthday to December 16 (her real birthday is around August). She was successful, they started dating again around December. The guy proposed in February the next year. They got married in April. And the guy even lived a bachelor lifestyle before they met.

I asked Ginger why did the guy proposed all of a sudden. She didn't even know too. During that day in February, Ginger was going home to her hometown up north to visit her parents and this guy wanted to come with him. So she let him. During the bus trip, the guy proposed. She was shocked. She then decided that it would be better if they go to the nearest church and pray because it seemed unreal. Before she went to her parents' house, she asked the guy if he could wait in the church while she tells her parents about it.

The parents wanted to meet him right away when she told them. So she fetched him in the church. Later on, the guy brought his parents to her parents' house and the rest was history.

I just wondered what made a bachelor give up his lifestyle in exchange of a married life. Well, there's a story behind it, she says.
This guy has been thinking seriously about his life when they met (they met in a bar). And wanted to make sure of his future. This guy consulted a friend and asked for an advice. Maybe this was the reason why the guy has disappeared in December all of a sudden. The friend told him, and this was a good advice (I wish the guy I'm dating had this friend too):

"If you're ready to give up the bachelor lifestyle and stop juggling from one woman to another,
then it's the best time to settle down and raise a family."

And so he did. They got married when they were 28.

I'm a little bit overwhelmed by this story. Somehow it's confusing. But somehow it's an eye-opener, that not all men are created equal.