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6/16/2007 |
Girls dream their whole lives about their weddings. At least, that's what I'm told, and it's what our culture perpetuates. Maybe that's why my sister-in-law's thirty minute ceremony required months of preparation highlighted by the week prior to the wedding in which my mother-in-law pulled fourteen hour days to make sure everything was completed.
The pomp and circumstance of the American wedding is one of the most overwhelming things of our culture. I wasn't even that involved in this wedding (I helped put away some folding chairs after it was over), and it still nearly drove me to the brink of sanity. What is it that makes us do this to ourselves/families when we're just as happy sitting with one another in the living room of someone's house. What's better, the formal wedding or the family barbecue? I really enjoyed my wedding despite all the effort and patience it required, but I'd rather have the American marriage ceremony evolve so that it has more in common with Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving, in my opinion, is the best family occasion: you get to be with your loved ones, there is good food, it's a comparably lowkey affair that even the host and hostess can enjoy, and there's always a football game after lunch. Now that sounds like a good wedding.
So, I say why not do something less overwhelming, but just as much fun and just as special? On a side note, I would always be interested in a wedding ceremony modeled upon Christ's return for his "bride". That'd be pretty interesting.
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