寫給未來老公的一封信:老公謝謝你我愛你
2023-08-22 22:33:10 1
DearFutureHusband,親愛的未來老公:
I'mnotyetsurewhetheryouexist,thoughI'dliketobelievethatyoudo.Whileitmaynotmakemuchlogicalsense,you'vebeenonmymindlately.Ihaven'tthoughtmuchaboutwhatyou'lllooklike,howtallyou'llbe,orwhattypeofcaryou'lldrive—I'mnottooconcernedwiththeminordetails.However,IhavebeenthinkingaboutafewthingsIwantyoutoknow.我尚不確定你是否存在,雖然我願意相信你的存在。雖然有點不太符合邏輯,但你最近總出現在我腦海裡。關於你的長相、你的身高或者你開什麼車子我都沒想太多,我不太關心這些無關緊要的細節,然而我一直在想有幾件事你需要知道。
IwantyoutoknowthatIamhappy—rightnow—asasingle,26-year-old"millennial"wholivesinasmallapartmentwitharoommateandeatsChipotlefordinnermoretimesthanIcaretoadmit.Ilovemyjob,Ilovemycrazyfriendsandfamily,andIlovespendingqualitytimealone.Iwantyoutoknowthatmylifehaspurposeapartfromandbeforeyou.Whenwedomeetoneday,IwantyoutounderstandthatIdonotexpectyoutocompleteme,ortobemyGod.That'swaytoomuchpressureforanyonetobear.Iamalreadycomplete.我想要你知道,現在單身的我很幸福,一個26歲的千禧一代,和室友一起住在一個小公寓裡,晚餐吃墨西哥便餐的次數多得我自己都不願意去想。我喜歡自己的工作,喜歡瘋狂的朋友和家人,喜歡獨處的寶貴時光。我想要你知道沒有你的時候和遇到你之前我的生活都有目標。某天我們遇見了,我想讓你明白我不需要你來使我變得更完美或主宰我的生活,那樣我們的壓力都太大,我的生活已經很完整了。
IwantyoutoknowthatIamnotatrophy.Apparently,alotofguysthinkthisisacompliment.However,IwantyoutoknowthatIhavenodesiretobeseenasatrophy—asymbolofyourownperceivedsuccess.Iwasnotraisedjusttositandlookprettyonanybody'sshelf.Iwanttohaveintellectualconversations.Iwanttohelpyouchaseyourdreams.Iwanttobeyourpartner,notyourprize.我想要你知道我不是你的戰利品。顯然很多男孩都覺著這是恭維,但我想要你知道我不想被人當做戰利品來象徵你自己的成功。我的成長不是僅僅為了坐在別人的架子上成為漂亮的擺設。我想要有頭腦的對話,想幫你追求夢想,想成為你的搭檔,而不是你的獎品。
IwantyoutoknowthatIamafeminist,andIwantyoutobeafeminist,too.Thisdoesn'tmeanIamanti-men,anditdoesn'tmeanIthinkmyselfsuperiortoyou.Itmerelymeansthatasawoman,IbelievethatIshouldhavethepowerandthechoicetodefinewhatitmeanstobeafemale.MaybeIwillcontinuetoworkafull-timejobforthedurationofourmarriage.Maybe,oneday,I'lldecidetotakeontheonerousyetrewardingtaskofbeingastay-at-homemom.Eitherway,I'llbe"working."IamhopefulthatyouandIwillbeabletocomeupwithasolutionthatworksbestforourrelationship,andforourfuturefamily,freefromsocietalexpectations.我想要你知道我主張男女平等,希望你也是。這不是說我對男人反感或感覺自己比你優越。我只想說,作為女人,我相信我應該有權力選擇去定義一個女人的意義。可能結婚以後我還會繼續全職工作,也可能有一天會決定選擇繁重但卻值得的全職太太的任務。無論選擇哪一個,那都是我的工作。我滿懷希望地認為你和我能找到最適合我們自己和未來家庭的方式,而不會為世俗所累。
Iwantyoutoknowthatwhileyouropinionswillbevaluabletome,Iwilltrymyhardestnottoexchangemypersonalidentityforyourstampofapproval.Ithastakenmeovertwodecadestobecomecomfortableinmyownskin,andIdon'teverwanttocompromisethat.IhopethatyouwilllovemewhetherIdecidetowearmyhairlongorshort.IhopethatyouwillthinkIambeautifulwhetherIchoosetowalkaroundwithafreshfaceoreyesadornedwithmascara.Ifwechoosetohavechildren,Ihopethatyouwillappreciatemybodypost-pregnancyjustasmuchasyoudidthedaywemet.我想要你知道雖然你的想法對我來說很重要,但我還是會盡最大努力不用自己的身份來換取你的認可。我花了20多年才適應自己,我可不想做出讓步。我希望無論我是決定留長髮還是短髮你都愛我;我希望無論我是選擇素顏還是刷上睫毛膏出門你都覺著我很美。如果我們想要寶寶,我希望你會像剛遇見我時那樣喜歡我生完寶寶後的身材。
IwantyoutoknowthatIamnotconcernedwiththesizeofmyfutureengagementring,andIwillneverpressureyoutopropose.Sure,I'vethoughtaboutthosethings.I'minundateddailywithimagesofblushingbridesandfairytaleweddings.Butattheendoftheday,mygoalisnottogetmarried,buttostaymarried.Ifyoupromisetobemybestfriendforlife,Ipromisenottogetcaughtupinalltheweddingmadness.我想要你知道我不在乎未來訂婚戒指的大小,也決不會給你壓力讓你求婚。是的,那些我都曾幻想過,我每天都不停幻想紅著臉的新娘和童話般的婚禮。但最終我的目標不是結婚,而是維持住婚姻。如果你答應作我一輩子最好的朋友,我就答應你不會陷入對婚禮的狂熱追求。
Mostimportantly,Iwantyoutoknowthatwhenwedofallinlove,Iwillloveyouunconditionally.Idon'texpectyoutobeperfect,andIcanguaranteeyouthatIwon'tbeeither.Ido,however,expectyoutoacceptmefullyforwhoIreallyam,andIpromisetodothesameforyou.Iwillnevertrytochangeyou,Iwillneverletyoufeelunseen,andIwillalwaysbeyournumberonefan.最重要的一點就是,我想要你知道戀愛時我會無條件地愛你。我不期待你很完美,我敢保證我也不完美。然而我真地希望你能完全接受真正的我,我保證也如此對你。我永遠不會努力去改變你,永遠不會讓你感覺被忽視,我永遠都是你的頭號粉絲。
Yourstruly,愛你,
PerfectlyImperfectMe.完美卻又不完美的我。