When A Man Is In Want of A Woman

To a man that is in want of a woman to marry, achieving the "American dream" is winning the woman of his dreams! If you've not yet attained the considerable means that girls today look for in a man, spates of panic set in. You know getting her to say yes; sliding a ring down her finger is going to be possible only when you're among the lucky few that find a woman of foresight; one that will not judge you based on your present circumstances. 

To a man, getting her to say "I do" is the real "American dream" 

That would be pretty cool and the sooner you're hitched the better. You remember the first time you saw her. It was a night you knew (without any shadow of doubt) that woman with her arcane proportion of elegance and the rare self-assuredness was going to be your wife. It was also the night you became a man; the night you realized you had to put away all the playing and get real. It was a good sign seeing you roll your sleeves and stand in front of the big mirror to take a long, studious look at yourself. 

"That girl's going to be my wife," you told your reflection in the mirror even when you knew it was not going to be easy. Not that you care about being accused of having no ambition. You're a man of easy circumstances that loves spending time reading books and it got you wondering whether she would understand. But even if she does, you can't get married and retain your routine because where there was only you, now is a woman. Moreover if she's a big man's daughter raised on bread and butter, can she live happily with a rough-hewn son of a peasant without the security of a posh apartment? 

You hang on to that old bit about unlike poles attracting, and you know she likes you yet the prospect of losing her to the richer and more sophisticated guys strikes you. The anxiety even seeps into your sleep as you start dreaming fighting off men and doing everything to shield her.  

"You're all mine and no vulture will take you away from me," you tell her and reach out to kiss her only to realise it's a dream! You get down on your knees, man, knowing that the Creator of marriage knows what's in futurity and grants all who trust Him the desires of their hearts.