So today I attended the wedding of two friends of mine, and it got me to thinking on the whole 'wedding bizzo'...
The wedding was very beautiful and classic, bridesmaids were lovely with their curled side ponytails of elegant hair, and the bride wore a beautiful white lace dress with a long, flowing lace train, but have we seen this all before?
Weddings are a big crazy and very lucrative industry these days, and in the US alone, the wedding industry is estimated at a value of well over $100 billion annually. AND, apparently, the typical cost of a wedding these days is estimated at a cool $27,000-quite a nice little party really!
So why all the expense over the union of love? I mean, after all isn't that what it all boils down to? Isn't a wedding really because of love, after all?
These days, it's become all about the white dress, the flowers, the suits, the reception hall, the catering, the hair, the makeup, etc, etc, etc...Every girl (and every woman, for that matter!) Is after the perfect day, in the perfect location, with their perfect man, a truly unique ocassion like none other! Hence the $27,000! I mean, golly gumdrops goodness gracious, that's a deposit on a house that is!
But, everyone gets married! Everyone's done it, it's all the same! Well, okay not everyone but there's still quite a few of them lassies in white dresses trotting down aisles these days That I seem to have come across! Why spend $27,00 on a party that everyone else had already held?
And isn't it all really just things we've seen before? I mean, weddings are quite an ancient tradition, nothing new under the sun!
So what makes a wedding unique at all? Isn't it just a big, extravagant, costly party the couple throws for their friends and family when they decide to celebrate their wedding union just like the rest of the world?
It's true, their is nothing really that new or unique about the actual wedding itself, but I guess what makes any wedding really special is them, "The happy couple". The thing that made the wedding of these two friends of mine today so special, delightful, lovely and all things bubbly, was the love they shared, it ultimately was about the people.
And I know this is going to sound so cliche, but it's really not necessary to have all the bells and whistles when the love is genuine between two people, and the friends and family surrounding them are genuine aswell. So, really, in it's own beautiful way, every single wedding is unique. The people are unique, their love is unique, and it's not about the big, flash dash crazy bash they throw for all of us lucky friends and family, but about a love that is pure, and genuine, and will last a lifetime.
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