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> From: Mel Odom <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: November 14, 2008 6:34:03 PM CST
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> Subject: FW: RE: Article Query
>
> Wow! Can you believe a student sent her Intro homework to a
> magazine she’s interested in writing for and actually got an
> invitation and a chance to work with that magazine? Who woulda
> thunk it?
>
>
>
> And look at that streamlined and punchy cover letter!
>
>
>
> Steph, congratulations on this, and I hope you find all the success
> you want with this endeavor. But don’t forget there are other
> successes out there waiting. Keep sending your homework out!
>
>
>
> Mel
>
>
>
> From: Stephanie Rasch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 5:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fw: RE: Article Query
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>
> Hi Mel,
>
>
> I sent her my opinion piece on a whim...check it out! ~Steph
>
>
> --- On Thu, 11/13/08, Kris Waters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Kris Waters <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: Article Query
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008, 1:46 PM
>
> Stephanie -
>
>
>
> Thank you for the email. I enjoyed your article and would love to
> work with you. I would like for you to join us at our next writers
> meeting where we will be discussing content for the January edition
> of Lipstick. The meeting is on Tuesday, November 18th at 7pm. A
> map is attached. Please give me a call if you have any questions.
>
>
>
>
>
> Kris Waters
>
> Lipstick Magazine
>
> (405) 604-2775
>
> (405) 694-4516 Fax
>
> [log in to unmask]
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> From: Stephanie Rasch [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:48 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Article Query
>
> Dear Kris Waters,
>
>
>
> I heard about Lipstick for Women on campus at OU recently and would
> love to learn more about writing opportunities for your magazine.
> To start, I have included an 897-word editorial piece about teenage
> brides, the reasons they marry so young and what they miss by doing
> so. As a 20-year-old, I think my opinion as a peer instead of an
> older adult gives it a unique perspective. If you'd like to see
> other samples of my work, I am published at Blogcritics.org and
> Amazon.com. Thank you in advance for taking the time to consider my
> article. I hope to hear from you soon!
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Stephanie Rasch
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> http://midnightoperetta.wordpress.com/
>
> (405)201-7063
>
>
>
> Article Below:
>
>
>
> By the end of this year, I will have watched three of my friends
> walk down the aisle in beautiful white dresses to an exuberant man
> at the altar. I will have smiled with wistful tears in my eyes,
> watching their lives change forever. I will have sincerely wished
> them the very best. But in the back of my mind I will be thinking,
> “I’m 20. What are these people doing getting hitched?”
>
>
>
> Love; that’s what the young brides will say with a shrug when
> asked what the hurry was. Marriage seems like the obvious next step
> when you’ve been with someone for a while. You’ve gone through
> the usual firsts: first date, first kiss, first fight, first…well,
> you know. You’ve met the parents.. You’ve bonded with his/her
> friends. You can tell how the other person is feeling just by the
> sound of their voice. They always know just what to do to make you
> feel special. And that’s enough.
>
>
>
> But apparently it isn’t.
>
>
>
> According to marriage guides Sheri and Bob Stritof (About.com),
> more than half of the couples who marry in their teens will divorce
> within 15 years. Why do those so eager to wed split so fast?
>
> Statistically, intellectual maturity isn’t finished developing
> until age 25, says pediatric psychiatrist Jay Giedd in an About.com
> article. Women may reach this age a year or two earlier, but that
> still puts the youngest wise bride at age 23. Because the rational
> part of the brain still growing, teens think with the instinctual
> and emotional part of the brain called the amygdala. It makes me
> cringe to admit this but it is proof we’re just too immature to
> say “I do.”
>
>
>
> The biggest problem with marrying so young, however, is the lack of
> life experience. During your late teens and early twenties you’re
> at a crossroads. Most likely, you’ve finally moved out on your own
> but still have the benefit of an allowance from Mom and Dad. Away
> from your family’s rules and biases, you finally have a chance to
> think for yourself, decide who you are and how you want to live.
>
>
>
> That time of discovery is taken away when you trade ‘Me’ for
> ‘We.’ Suddenly you aren’t allowed to be selfish. You have
> someone else’s needs and feelings to consider. Now you share
> responsibility for the both of you and a host of things you
> haven’t had much time to learn. Juggling jobs, finances, planning
> for the future, and still finding time to focus on each other is
> tough but vital.
>
>
>
> Women, especially, make themselves vulnerable by marrying before
> they have had a chance to establish themselves in society. By
> marrying before ever trying living alone and off their own
> paycheck, they are left helpless when the marriage doesn’t work
> out as well as they had planned. In situations of abuse or
> infidelity, the wife is more likely to stay with the husband when
> she doesn’t know how to survive by herself.
>
>
>
> In reality, there are lots of bad reasons people chose to marry.
> Some would rather be taken care of than have to face the big bad
> world alone and take the popular “MRS” degree route. Again, this
> backfires when the relationship becomes unhealthy and they can’t
> see a way out.
>
>
>
> Others don’t want to be separated. A popular example of this is in
> the military. Eighteen to 21-year-olds bond over their shared
> conditions and attraction is inevitable. But once basic training is
> over people are assigned to other bases across the country,
> sometimes across the world. New relationships are separated before
> they have a chance to really begin. Instead of testing their
> commitment in a long-distance relationship, they tie the knot. By
> getting married, you can insure you and your sweetheart are almost
> always a package-deal. Until, that is, the honeymoon period ends
> and you realize you’ve legally bound yourself to your new
> boyfriend or girlfriend for life..
>
>
>
> Still others are aching to be an adult. They’ve lived with their
> guardians for too long and are ready for some real-world action.
> They want the white-picket fence, 2.5 kids, and dinner at six.
> Stability of their own making appeals to them perhaps because they
> couldn’t control their childhood home. But the time and effort it
> takes to build that sort of trust and balance cannot be
> instantaneously attained. Those who wish for it are soon frustrated
> and often jump ship just as quickly as they boarded.
>
>
>
> What teens have a hard time wrapping their heads around is that
> romance is a tiny part of marriage. Your spouse is also your
> business partner who co-manages the money. They are your roommate
> who has equal ownership of the remote and bathroom counter. They
> are your best friend, who deserves first spot on your social
> calendar, first shoulder to cry on and first call for news. They
> may be the parent of your children and help decide how the next
> generation perceives the world.
>
>
>
> Admittedly, people rush into this serious commitment at every age.
> Instant gratification tells us if we want it now we should secure
> it immediately. But if your love is forever, what will a few years
> of ‘me time’ hurt? That way you’ll already know how to take
> care of yourself by the time you need to take care of someone else.
> Love is supposed to be “patient and kind,” so it shouldn’t
> mind waiting.
>
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Deborah Chester
John Crain Presidential Professor
Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication
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