Me, presumably sexily,
years ago:
Today it occurred to me that a similar juxtaposition has been happening
with the modern wedding - the more inured we've become to the
outrageously absurd high costs of a wedding (ie $10k for a cake that
nobody really gives a shit about), the higher the divorce rate rises.
The more we insist on being made to pay for weddings, the less likely
we'll be married as time goes on. Wtf?
Turns out, however, that of course
they don't HAVE to be expensive:
Here is
what costs a lot of money: whims. Whims are expensive. Customizing the
universe to meet your expectation of perfect, absolute gratification in
all things is expensive, which is why only the rich tend to get to do
it. This is a tough break for the rest of us. Thankfully, adapting our
expectations—or, at least, moderating the quantity and volume of our
complaining when those expectations are not met—is pretty cheap. The
life of a real person with real-person adversity and real-person
responsibilities gives you that one entirely for free.
Here's a lifetime of
Xmastime in weddings. You're welcome, Earth.
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