I love weddings. I wasn’t much of a fan before now so it is safe
to say adulthood has finally caught up with me. I love love unashamedly. I
delight in beautiful love stories of forever ever afters. I even consciously
had to get my head off fairy tale expectations of long flowing gowns and tall
dark and handsome brave men. I love how two seemingly different people could be
in love enough to want to stay in each other’s life for a lifetime.
I have to say however that weddings have become carnivals.There is so much emphasis on the physical appearance that noone cares about the emotional or spiritual health of the couple.There was a kind of
unspoken order to how things were done in the earlier times. One wonders if
the increase in divorce rate in recent times is as a result of lack of
tolerance or just plain misprioritization. Counselling used to be a big deal in those days, elders hammered on the significance of great advice that couples
need to get before they say their vows. There was a lot of importance placed on
getting to know the families involved because all these serve as the foundation
needed for a long lasting relationship.
Imagine the shock you get when after a
year, you are informed that the couple in a wedding you attended broke up. One
wonders at what the noise about weddings are when people find it hard
to make the marriage work. As high as the divorce rates are, it is surprising to
see that the wedding industry is fast becoming one of the most vibrant
industries .
