I just like to share an excerpt from W. Bruce Cameron's book, 8 Simple Rules For Marrying My Daughter.
The scenario is this. Sam, the author's daughter, is about to get married but a pretty stressful confrontation with her groom's sister has left her seriously questioning whether to get married at all. Bruce, the father, comes to the rescue assuring Sam that she can cancel the wedding "right up to the moment you walk down the aisle..." This pretty much lifts the bride's spirits and Bruce beckons the groom to have a private talk with Sam. Standing outside the room, Bruce eavesdrops on their conversation:
I couldn't hear what they were saying, at first, until Geoff raised his voice.
"I don't care about that, Sam!" he said sharply.
I decided that in the role of protector of my daughter I should slide over to where the voices were coming from, by the vent. If I needed to burst in and punch Geoff in the nose, I was willing.
"I just want to be married to you," Geoff was saying. "I never cared about the wedding. Look, why don't we take the tickets and just leave, go to Hawaii. Elope, get married there."
I found myself sort of wishing he'd come up with this idea a few thousand dollars ago.
Sam asked him something I didn't hear.
"No! None of that is important. It's you, Sam, don't you see? I love you. I want to be with you. That is all I care about."
I unclenched my fists. Who a woman marries is her choice, not her father's, though clearly we could use some legislation to fix that. So ultimately, whether there was a wedding today was Sam's decision, but were it up to me, I felt that Geoff had earned the right to be her husband.
The moral of the story, you say? Well, if your groom doesn't care about the wedding as much as you do, don't fret just yet. Maybe, he cares about something bigger than the wedding. Maybe, he cares more about getting married to you than being wed. Dig?
The scenario is this. Sam, the author's daughter, is about to get married but a pretty stressful confrontation with her groom's sister has left her seriously questioning whether to get married at all. Bruce, the father, comes to the rescue assuring Sam that she can cancel the wedding "right up to the moment you walk down the aisle..." This pretty much lifts the bride's spirits and Bruce beckons the groom to have a private talk with Sam. Standing outside the room, Bruce eavesdrops on their conversation:
I couldn't hear what they were saying, at first, until Geoff raised his voice.
"I don't care about that, Sam!" he said sharply.
I decided that in the role of protector of my daughter I should slide over to where the voices were coming from, by the vent. If I needed to burst in and punch Geoff in the nose, I was willing.
"I just want to be married to you," Geoff was saying. "I never cared about the wedding. Look, why don't we take the tickets and just leave, go to Hawaii. Elope, get married there."
I found myself sort of wishing he'd come up with this idea a few thousand dollars ago.
Sam asked him something I didn't hear.
"No! None of that is important. It's you, Sam, don't you see? I love you. I want to be with you. That is all I care about."
I unclenched my fists. Who a woman marries is her choice, not her father's, though clearly we could use some legislation to fix that. So ultimately, whether there was a wedding today was Sam's decision, but were it up to me, I felt that Geoff had earned the right to be her husband.
The moral of the story, you say? Well, if your groom doesn't care about the wedding as much as you do, don't fret just yet. Maybe, he cares about something bigger than the wedding. Maybe, he cares more about getting married to you than being wed. Dig?
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