Not a Toys R Us kid, but I sure don't want to grow up 2003-07-12

So a good friend of mine is getting married. And she's pregnant.
Her being pregnant is not why she's getting married, they just happened to coincide pretty closely.
She called me up the other day to tell me, "it's a girl."
It just hit me when she called, by the time she's 22, she'll be married with a kid (meaning she'll have a kid, and also be married, not that she'll be married to a kid).

Another good friend of mine, he's getting married too. He's already fathered a child, and his fiancee has a kid as well. He asked me if I'd be willing to perform the ceremony.
Would I be willing! Hell, I'm honored! Originally he asked me to be the best man. I wonder if I still am?

A month ago I attended yet another wedding of a good friend of mine. Next year, my girlfriend's roommate will be tying the knot.

I'm sensing a growing trend amongst my friends...we're all growing up. It feels weird. For a while, I thought growing up meant that you still acted the same as when you were a kid, except that you now had responsibilities. I've been doing really good as a grownup by that definition.

But apparently there's all this other stuff too. Like aging. According to several men's magazines, I'm supposed to be in my prime.
Prime what, exactly?

This has got me very confused. I think I need a vacation. But then, only grownups say that, don't they...