i have often wondred how people agreed to bind each other for the rest of their lives....FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE...IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH...and not bothered to think about the implication of that particular lifetime commitment?

i would say, a marriage ceremony is all but a show, although there are exceptions, nobody ever delved beyond the meaning of it, not even the newly-weds, whose other concerns are more than celebrating the union itself. Maybe not after the excitement wears off would they realize...and would they still say "I DO" after that?...i doubt it.

i have been witnessed to many marriage ceremonies and i admit, not all rites are the same...it always has different effects on me, though one thing is common, IT GETS ME TEARY-EYED everytime. I could only point out my reasons: Firstly, because i share with their happiness; Secondly, because i can feel they're literally actually tying the knot up to their neck not-so-tight-for-now-but-i-dont-know-later and i want to sympathize with them or, Thirdly, maybe because i feel left out when most of my friends are into the bandwagon...hmmmm, the latter does not sound more likely.

once upon a time, i have my highliht with near-marriage too but then, i just shrug it off...i was so young that time and me & my bf dont have anything except each other's boring company. Now he already has a new gf and we still remain friends. Thinking about what-could-have-been, gives me shivers till now. Am just glad i wasn't able to deliver the "i do's" myself and maybe regret about it later. Some things are just not meant to be.

I, myself, is a product of an "i do" that was uttered just for the heck of admitting, to complete the rites of what? of hypocrisy? and get it over with. Until now, i remain, with two other siblings, the casualties of a broken vow. My parents were separated when i was just a month old and what have i got? nobody except myself...i can only see them as "dummies" pretending to be PARENTS but then, do i have a choice? i can only love them for being dumb enough to say those "I DO'S" when they can't even keep it. Funny!...but who knows, they mean it at that particular time.

i have been a part of a wedding entourage a lot...from being a flower girl, maid of honor...bridesmaid? too many times...but, never been a bride...well, good guys were taken and i haven't even got mine to take yet but who's in a hurry?

i believe in marrying for the right reasons. LOVE may not be enough, but i guess, it's all i need.

yeah, I DO.

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