What factors come to your mind when it comes to decision to have family? Well, let see. I got to meet an old high school classmate a couple of months ago. She became somewhat of a mature lady. Well girls do get mature quiet quite fast at these ages. We were talking about old friends and high school classmates, many of whom went on to get married and make babies and many of whom were planning to, when unexpectedly she came up with this advice that I find probably worthy of sharing. She said:
Vireak, if you are to make a decision about a wife (oh no! not again), you must also consider the gene. Think about the offsprings….you would want them to be smart, right?
“Gene, Vireak, Gene is the key word“…..Alright alright, what did I say?….what did Vireak say:
Err…by the way….hmm…..i’m…..(cough)…just….(cough)….22!
See! It’s never been easier to be a guy….on top of that, you’ll have also have to consider this, this and this. Headache, no?
15 Wonderful Comments:
August 7th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
This really is an interesting piece. I think there are a lot of more stories being told about life and marriage.
August 8th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
That’s the typical advise older people always love giving to youngsters lolz… There’s no evolutionary evidence that we tend to choose to copulate only with smart people, though…
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August 10th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
if everybody follow that idea what is going to happen to a not so smart girl??? smart plus smart not always mean smart….there is case of Leakhenak Pdach Chegn Khoss Pi Mae Ba. 
August 10th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
“make babies” ? Hmm… I just read an article from Kaly’s blog of being a gentleman, and I would recommend to replace it by “give births” 
August 10th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
it depends on one’s belief actually. For many, there’re other factors more important than this. Not to mention that people have different definition of the word “smart”.
pim, thankfully not everyone follow that. Agree that smart + smart will not become smart. But it’s great to hear people opinion and advice nonetheless.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
22 is not a boy, I heard someone in Takeo get marriage since he was 18 and right now he has 3 kids. lolzzz
August 17th, 2007 at 10:56 am
” Err…by the way….hmm…..i’m…..(cough)…just….(cough)….22!”
I thought this means 22 is still young, young man or old boy. lolzzzz
August 18th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
age is not that matter! some 30 years old man are (sometime) worse than a 20 years old guy… so married at 18 or 30 is the same depend on how much a guy can responsible for what he is doing. Khmer marriage law ( M: 20 and F: 18)…?
August 18th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Yes,I’m agree with you PIM, are right but, still I think 18 is too young …
September 30th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
LOL! I had a similar reason…My reason for marrying my man was because I didn’t want to have short children. I am only 5ft. That’s average for most Cambodians. But by the American standard, that’s a midget. So, I married my husband, Rick. He’s a giant. 6ft-1in tall!
Jeeeezzzz! That sounds so superficial… not as superficial as most marriages in Cambodia are these days. But, errrr… that’s what we do for the future of our children (or grandchildren.)
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
gene maybe or should be in consideration…..but it should not be the primary consideration…in an opinion