Getting married is a good idea

I have taken a very long break from my blog and luckily there is no need for justification. I have the best excuse ever: I got married. I haven’t talked about it in any social network so there is still a good chance that I will bump into someone who doesn’t know. This is great because when I tell them in person ( so much better then on-line for these announcements), people will congratulate me for weeks and months to come. That little thing keeps me going, feeling fresh and very “jeune marieé”.

The experience of getting married has shown me that if getting married is your thing and if you already have a person by your side whom you love and respect immensely (nothing less than that, mind you), and life is smiling at you (i.e. at least one of you has a job), getting married is the way to go.

There is no better opportunity than your wedding day to remind you :

1.  Who you real friends are
2.  What your family is like ( the good and the bad stuff, but specially the good stuff)
3.  How lucky and happy you are (in general terms)

While it is true that life is full of  dreary grey days, the day you get married is so amazing and colourful that it feels like a gigantic firework exploding and shedding fountains of light into every corner of your, let us admit, routine existence. The London Olympics opening show is nothing in comparison to your wedding day.

From the communication standpoint, a great reason to get married is that your family and friends make speeches in which they tell you how much they really care about you. You learn how your loved ones see you and, often you hear these things for the first and ONLY time. At our wedding we had a group of friends of my husband who made their speech with the help of an Ipad. That was cool. But most of our family just stuck to a written speech or an improvised speech. Oh boy, the things you learn from these speeches! Apparently, the day I was born my two older brothers took me home from the hospital in a tram ( with my dad ). Yes that is right- a tram, these funny squeeky transport monsters that are still the main form of public transport in some cities like Zagreb ( my home town) and Brussels ( where I live).  I need to contrast that info with my parents because it sounds completely crazy ( didn’t we have a tiny car back then?) but knowing my dad it doesn’t completely surprise me. If it is true, I will never look at trams the same way- I might actually start stamping my tram ticket a bit more diligently!

In summary, these wedding speeches are invaluable – they are living history. They provide you with details of who you were before and who you are now; and who are the people that actually know and appreciate what you have become.

And you only get that “I am a star” feeling at your wedding. We all need it sometimes, don’t you agree?