Here in Los Angeles, in the wake of some recently failed Hollywood marriages, it appears as if weddings do indeed lead to marriages. But are you ready for a marriage after your wedding? Or do you just want to show off how pretty you look in an overpriced white gown? Kim Kardashian was not available for interview, but I have a feeling she should have read my dating column before jumping on the marriage train. Again.
I think Los Angeleans may be confused about the difference between a wedding and a marriage. Celebrities are not the only people who may be confused on this matter. Normal, everyday, non-industry people seem to be having the same issues differentiating between weddings and marriages.
A wedding is essentially a huge ceremony where you swear before whomever or whatever you believe in or pray to that you will be forever monogamous with whoever happens to be standing next to you at the time. In the beginning, before the idea of romantic love was invented, weddings were arranged in order to marry two persons whose families benefitted from a business, land ownership, or agricultural deal.
Nowadays, weddings are more widely known as a ceremony in which two lovers vow to love one-another until death does them part. That’s right. Death. A wedding is a ceremony that bonds two lovers until they die. That’s a serious ceremony. Afterword, everyone eats and drinks and makes embarrassing choices on the dance floor. It is a fun party, there’s usually free alcohol on the bride’s father’s tab, and at the end everybody gets to eat cake. No wonder everybody wants to get married! Weddings are the ultimate party!
Following the wedding, however, is this thing called marriage. Where you actually have to cohabitate with your lover and love him or her until he or she dies. Even if he or she snores, sleep-farts, or has atrocious interior decorating habits. Remember. That ceremony and those vows you took, they are good until you die. In some religions and cultures you are even bound in death and stay married in the after-life. Seriously, marriage is a serious commitment.
Are you mature enough to handle a marriage after a wedding? Or are you just looking for an opportunity for someone to buy you a $400 toaster? Make sure you are certain that you love the person you are partaking in your wedding with. Make sure that you want to pursue a marriage with them. A party is one night, just like a wedding. A marriage? That’s a forever commitment. A marriage requires maturity, responsibility, being an adult and making mature adult decisions. Here in California, getting married even requires you to be of a certain sexuality. So before you decide to buy your GF a huge rock just so that you can run around with your frat brothers in a tuxedo getting blitzed on your father-in-law’s tab for one night, ask yourself if you are really looking for a marriage or for a wedding. It is always best to use your brain and think about these things before you end up like Heidi and Seal, Kim and Kris, Russell and Katy, and Zooey and that dude from Death Cab.
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