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Marian of Knighton (_night_watchman) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-07-02 18:57:00

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!open, lisa cuddy, steve rogers, ~hansel, ~marian of knighton (oe)

Isn't it funny the things we forget when there isn't someone who cared to keep track. Seems my twenty-fourth, much like my twenty-third, birthday has come and gone without much precedence. Perhaps I am getting to old to care anymore. ~~Or with Robin's death I simply haven't the gumption~~

At least old 'maid' no longer suits me. At least Vaisey wouldn't have that moniker to amuse himself with, there's that. What would one call an old unwed mother?

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	dawnmod 2013-07-03 12:27 am UTC (link)
	A mother. I don't think whether or not you're married has much relevance here. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 12:30 am UTC (link)
	I realize it doesn't, but... It hardly feels right, no matter what I tell myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dawnmod 2013-07-03 12:43 am UTC (link)
	If it feels wrong then why didn't you marry the father? And by the way, 24 is still pretty young. Not as young as some women who are first time moms but hardly old. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 01:04 am UTC (link)
	I was engaged to wed him, had been since I was two. ~~Save for the five years he was off fi~~ He passed this past February of the Super Flu. ~~Which was why I~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dawnmod 2013-07-03 01:10 am UTC (link)
	Since you were two? You have my condolences ma'am, that's horrible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	ourloveburnsus 2013-07-03 12:56 am UTC (link)
	I'm twenty two. And never had like...a real birthday until I turned nineteen. But there's no reason to feel bad because you're not married. You're a mom, just like everyone else. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 01:10 am UTC (link)
	My father had seen to marking them every year. Even if it was with a simple extravagant bolt of fabric. And I don't remember it until a week and a half has passed. When I come from, unwed mothers were sent off to convents, and shamed for the rest of their lives. If you were a woman of status you were forced to wed whomever would have you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ourloveburnsus 2013-07-03 01:26 am UTC (link)
	My mother was always too drunk to care, and there were six of us. It was a shock she could remember our names, although I'm not sure she did. Did you know I have a brother named Justin? Yeah. That's crap. It's not like that here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 01:44 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, that seems horrible. I suppose I'm a bit spoiled. So I've been told. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ourloveburnsus 2013-07-03 01:46 am UTC (link)
	It was, but it's over now. I'm sorry this is happening to you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	hunterofwitches 2013-07-03 01:26 am UTC (link)
	Had I known of your birthday, I wouldn't have let it pass without notice. We should do something. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 01:45 am UTC (link)
	I had forgotten. It was a little over a week and a half ago. Perhaps we were already doing something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hunterofwitches 2013-07-03 01:47 am UTC (link)
	We should still do something special. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 05:36 am UTC (link)
	I counted back, it was our first outing together. But I am willing to do something special. Though this time you get to do the planning. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hunterofwitches 2013-07-03 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	You do usually end up planning our outings together, don't you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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aphotic_auror
2013-07-03 03:23 am UTC (link)

An old maid? At 23? Surely you're joking, dear! I mean, if I were an old maid, well... I dunno, even... I mean, maybe I sort of AM, considering how many of the eligible men I'd already burned through in my time and place and space...!

I mean, happy belated birthday, dear...! I just -- er -- sorta celebrated mine own twenty-third birthday, as well, at the beach party... though of course, I have NO IDEA what DATE it really is here...! So: when was your birthday, out of strictly selfish curiosity, dear...?

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	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 06:21 am UTC (link)
	Well yes. When I come from most women are married at the age of fifteen. And have at least had three children, if not more, by now. Thank you, It's the second of July of 2013. My birth date is June 22 1170. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

aphotic_auror
2013-07-03 01:01 pm UTC (link)

Ah yes, I see... Well, there's no reason to be ashamed of being childless (or at least, almost-not-quite-a-parent) or unmarried here, rather! I mean, I'm still unmarried myself, at 23. And I certainly have no kids ~~and I'd best not be pregnant!~~

Oh wow, you're kidding! I mean, I must have shown up here on on mine own birthday; I was born on 23 June 1959! Wow... I mean, we're practically birthday twins, rather.... Well, almost, at least! Ha!

By the way, I'm Parnel... And you are, miss?

((Ooc: Oh my G-d, this could be PERFECT! X-D <3 You remember how on my application, I mentioned how she could learn what her name really MEANS here? Well, Marian, as a medieval woman, would be the PERFECT person to break it to her... because really now, the name Parnel fell out of use around Marian's time, because it came to become a slang for "slut"! X-D So... yes! X-D PLEASE tell her what her name really MEANS, Marian! ;-D <3))

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	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, no of course there isn't. Though I am currently with child. ~~And the man I'm interested in has a little g~~ Perhaps. Her happy belated birthday? I'm Marian. (OoC: I don't think she would point something out like that. Marian's a kind soul. And being a Lady she wouldn't have heard such talk anyway.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	proud_miserable 2013-07-03 04:33 am UTC (link)
	I call myself a mother and a single mother if my martial status is relevant to a conversation - a proud, single mother. I was much older than you when I became a mom. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-03 12:58 pm UTC (link)
	I meant no offence. But I am glad that I'm in a place that it's much more accepted than it was at home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	proud_miserable 2013-07-03 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, no offense taken. You should be proud too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-04 04:45 am UTC (link)
	I am, I'm proud that I'm having Robin's son. I don't think things would have ever got to the point that I could have, back in Nottingham. I simply wish he were here to share in the joy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	captain_srogers 2013-07-03 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	Strong. My mama had to do it all on her own and it was never easy raising me. She'll always be the strongest person I ever knew. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	_night_watchman 2013-07-04 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Strong. I have to be honest, I do like that. I hope I can be strong when the time comes. Even with the modern conveniences I worry. Even if he has a den of Dragonriders willing to care for him... (Reply to this) (Parent)