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A decade ago, Talitha Rarasty thought marriage was the end goal.
“It’s like an achievement and a template in human life,” she said.
“You go to school, university, get married, have kids, and if your life’s not according to this template, you are deemed unsuccessful.”
But as she approaches her 36th birthday, she has not met a husband.
Ms Rarasty works as a makeup artist for wedding events and often wonders when she will get married herself.
“All of my friends my age are married,” she said.
“And yet here I am, almost 36 [and single] … not because I don’t want to get married, but because I haven’t found the one.“
Talitha Rarasty (left) works as a makeup…