It's natural to think about these things but trust me, marriage is NOT the end of your life as an individual! I've been married for over two years now and I still belonged to dinner and book clubs post marriage, have girls' nights out
several times a month with the BFF's, fly to visit one BFF in another state for the weekend without DH... There's no reason why these things have to stop. The only thing that should stop, obviously, is dating other men! Ha! Once
you say I do, you don't all of a sudden become chained to your husband, forced to do all things with him. We lived together before the wedding and once the wedding was over, nothing major changed. We are both independent people and are
secure in that. DH was in graduate school for the first two years after we were married and he was required to travel internationally for two weeks at a time multiple times a year with both male and female colleagues. I was totally fine
with that...I went out with girl friends, took cooking classes, etc. You NEED to maintain your "separateness" a bit in marriage...it keeps things interesting! :)
