Simmer

For me, summer is quite a pleasant season, where I do not need to carry an umbrella wherever I go, and I can use a hat to protect my head from the hot sun. Even though it was scorching hot, it does not matter because I was looking for a room has air conditioning. It was a cafe, library, or of course, my room. Following my name, namely Summer, I like summer. If someone is new to me and knows my name. They will feel that my name is very unique. There are so many endless questions they ask me, whether I am from abroad or maybe my parents are obsessed with my name.

My brother has a name like a name in general. Not like my name. Yes, my only older brother is named Hakim. He is very protective of me. So that has one of the reasons why I have not dated yet.

From starting elementary school until I am working, many people are surprised by my name. I am still getting the same question as before. But this time, it was already familiar to my ears, and I did not need to explain my name at length anymore. And I have an answer to that. I repeat every time someone asks again about my name. Think all you want about the meaning of my name. That is my answer roughly. I am currently 30 years old. For me, it was still a fairly young age to get married. But not with my parents. They always urged me to get married, especially to my mother. She is so obsessed with marriage because, She has afraid her daughter not find a mate. Even though I have an older brother who is now 40 years old, not married and he was abroad. So he survived my mother has terror about marriage.

The most annoying thing right now is my mom always arranges blind dates without my knowledge. She has always trapped me in situations that make me unable to refuse what she has planned before. If I had known, I would have turned him down head-on. Having a lover is not on my main list of life at the moment. I am pursuing a thriving career, and I am enjoying my single life as well. It was not that. I do not want to date, or I do not have a dating passion. It was just that I do enjoy my solitude at the moment. For me, marriage is quite important. It was just that. I do not want to rush into it. However, my mother kept acting up. She always said that she would set me up with the child of her social gathering friend.

That is always present in our conversations. One day, my mother and I were arguing about the match she would do for me. Out of annoyance, words came out of my mouth that I should never have said, I already have a boyfriend, mom! Stop matchmaking me! I said while looking annoyed at my mother. I saw my mother getting silent while looking at me. I think, this time, she will stop pressing me to do an arranged marriage. But it seems my words became a blunder for myself. I thought my mother would be quiet and calm, but she was not. My mother immediately smiled when to find out what kind of person I currently dating. And I realized. It looks like I am only making my situation worse now. My mother indeed not talk much about matchmaking with me anymore, but she asked me to introduce my boyfriend to her soon.

In my heart, I said, how do I want to introduce him, even though I do not have a boyfriend? I muttered.

Day after day, my mother kept on raving about why I had not introduced my boyfriend to her yet. Eventually, my mother started to suspect me. We started arguing again after a few days we did not argue about matchmaking or marriage. I even made up a story again that my boyfriend has an Important position in a company, and it was hard to find the right time. My mother was increasingly suspicious of me and started looking at me with eyes full of suspicion made me stutter a little and feel awkward.