I got my hair cut yesterday... picture forthcoming! I went to one of those cheap chain places, and had a fun and chatty woman tell me about putting off school so she can raise her little girls, and all trials and drama she's had with her own hair.
I read a wedding magazine while I was there, which always is delightfully shocking: the opulence, the obsession with details (a whole wedding done in 1940s South Florida colors and themes!), the fairy-tale princess-ness of it all. But then I always start to get a stomachache. I don't understand how this is a foundation for a marriage. What does it mean that your wedding theme is 1940s South Florida? What does that have to do with marriage?
This comment may be tacky, but I am thankful that relatively few weddings pass through the church I serve. I am quite clear with the couple that we will not talk about THE WEDDING until the very last session and that, really, I am not interested in the bridesmaids' dresses and so forth. Sometimes, it is like grabbing the bit of a horse to get the conversation off the ceremony. So your question is right on. What does a 1940s Floridian wedding theme have to do with marriage? Nada in the long term. (Another collorary I haven't proven: the more extravagant the ceremony, the shorter amount of time the relationship will last. As I said, I don't have a lot of empirical evidence; just a little.)
ReplyDeleteLike your photos and 'your' (shorthand, you understand) church looks wonderful.
Not sure that collorary works...had a pretty elaborate / extravagant wedding and the marriage lasted 20 years...maybe "short" in the greater scheme of things of things, but "long" by some standards (hopefully not by Heidi/Adam standards!)...more important that the couple choose the style they like at the time and be continually willing to adapat and adjust as life together evolves...
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