Live by herself for at least a year.
Live with someone else for at least a year.
Recover from a broken heart.
Have a vacation fling.
Take a road-trip with a group of girlfriends.
Relish sleeping in a queen-sized bed by herself.
Get her finances in order.
Learn to love her body.
Have sex with at least one person she’d never want to marry (or introduce to mom).
Find reliable birth control.
Pay off as much credit card debt and student loans as possible.
Spend way too much on a something frivolous.
Exorcise all past relationship demons.
Travel somewhere exotic.
Establish a strong circle of friends. (I halfway crossed this out, seeing as I think my “main” group of friends could probably be a bit more solid.
Forgive her parents for not being perfect.
Have at least one night she can’t quite remember.
Experience some really bad first dates.
Find hobbies that fulfill her.
Celebrate her 25th birthday.
I feel a bit too close to finishing this list for comfort. So, I would like to add: finding a job that I love, learning how to take a compliment, run a marathon (or maybe just a half, I’m not the greatest distance runner) and solve world hunger. Naturally.
