Wedding

Sooo... my best gal friend got married this weekend. I'm super stoked for her. Somehow she managed to find a completely amazing guy, (which you must know are few and far between)...
But helping her with wedding prep got me thinking and questioning my own theories on marriage and on weddings in particular.

So here is my wedding philosophy (I shared it with my mom the other day, and she got kinda misty eyed and smiley): when/if I ever get married... my wedding day is the first day of the rest of my life with someone. My wedding is the celebration of that, and surrounding myself with my family and friends would be the focus of the day. Cause seriously, you invite people all that way, ask them to shovel out money, get off work, spend all day with you... and yet the day is about you? So, if I was to get married, it would be all about honoring the people that are special in our lives, and asking them to celebrate with us.
Also, all that unnecessary fru-fru that goes along with typical weddings... yeah, making me wanna seriously consider elopement as a serious option... Not that weddings aren't beautiful, just that I don't need all that to be happy. I think I would be happy just to be getting married, and hang all that other crap! (haha, pun) (and wow, that sounded kinda desperate!)
Okay, let me also restate... okay, maybe I didn't state this before... but I am not in any hurry to get married. This blog is largely theoretical in nature.
I guess there is something inside a girl that always is willing to discuss possible wedding plans, dream about wedding dresses, smile and laugh thinking about seeing her "prince charming" at the end of that aisle waiting to start the rest of their lives together. I almost wish that I could say that I don't think like that. That I could care less for that kind of romanticised love and stuff. That life isn't really a fairytale, and happy endings aren't a dime a dozen. That over 35% of marriages in the US end in divorce. I wish I could be pessimistic about it all. But I have a feeling that if I went into a rant about that, you would see right through, and claim that I was just bitter, and that I really didn't believe a word I was saying. So, I think I'll can the bitter part, and just say that yes, *sigh* (I can't believe I am admitting this), I do have hopeless romantic tendencies.
There, its out... now don't judge!

Okay, that was my wedding rant, thanks for letting me get that off my chest, I appreciate it. Don't expect me to ever post on here about wedding stuffs again, (unless as it pretains to Christ and the church). Moving on...