


讀到這篇文章的時候,小編腦子里一直轉悠著編輯部一小姑娘的MSN簽名:已經奔三了,但我還沒二夠……
是啊,長大是件多么殘忍的事,年紀大了就老了,成熟了,就被剝奪了裝萌、甩酷、任性、撒野、不負責任,甚至是賴床的權利。更為可怕的是還要面對供樓養車、結婚生子、養家糊口和照顧老人等種種棘手的問題。面對如今經濟低迷、高房價、高物價、高醫療費等等的惡劣社會條件,哪個年輕人不是壓力山大?哪個年輕人不希望自己長不大?于是,世界各國的70后80后像是約定好了似的,積極響應我們國家的號召,晚婚晚育,甚至不婚不育,不買車不買樓,甚至不為未來作打算。然而,歲月是殘酷的,無論我們如何說服自己還沒到迫不得已的時候,但該面對的問題,該挑起的責任還是會最終落到我們肩膀上。
年輕的你,打算面對現實,負起責任了嗎?還是再等一等??
——Weiji
The other day I had lunch with my father. He took me to his favourite pub and somewhere between the tomato soup and the mains he started a conversation that he has, until now—1)miraculously—avoided.
He glanced nervously at the waiter and sank his glass of wine before launching in, asking me what my plans are for life: Did I see myself settling down and starting a family? Am I saving up to buy a house? What is going to be the next step in my career?
There was a pause as I looked at him blankly and 2)shrugged, before 3)muttering that 4)immortal phrase, loved by teenagers across the land: “I dunno.”
Except I’m not a teenager. I am 34.
前幾天,我和父親共進晚餐。他帶我去他最愛的餐館。在喝完西紅柿湯,等著上主菜的空檔,父親主動和我談起了一個他迄今為止——出乎意料地——一直回避,不曾和我談及的話題。
他不安地瞥了侍者一眼,在切入話題前把他那杯酒喝光,然后問我對于自己人生的規劃是什么:我是不是打算安定下來,開始建立自己的家庭?我是不是正存錢買房子呢?我對事業的下一步規劃是什么呢?
我們彼此之間停頓了一會兒,我茫然地看著他,然后聳聳肩,嘀咕著說出那句為全國青少年大愛的不朽名句:“我不知道。