Marriage; the ever lurking constitution in everyone's mind. Does it work? Can people be monogamous? I have no answers, this blogpost is not an epiphany or a long awaited answer provided by yours truly. I am just as lost as everyone else.
I was never one of these girls who planned their wedding, picked out their wedding dress, had every detail of the day down to a tee. The only detail I knew was that I wanted bubbles instead of confetti and a chocolate fountain in the middle of the reception room.
But I did assume that some day, I would get married. No matter how much of an ugly duckling I was, the fact that I had few friends and low self-esteem aside. I assumed a man would come along and sweep me off my feet and we would fall in love, a love like in the movies. A scenario á la "The Notebook" or any other cliché chick flick you can think of where the plain Jane lived happily ever after.
Now, having grown up and seen the world for what it really is, I'm not so sure this will ever happen. Not just for me, but for anyone. I have seen too many marriages fall apart, divorces, cheating and downright abuse to be able to know for sure if marriage is even realistic anymore. True, some people make it work. But to what cost? After how long does it fall apart? When does he or she begin to look at others out of sheer boredom and curiosity?
Can we truly love and be loved? Can we be like penguins who have one partner for the rest of our lives? Do we all have a soulmate?
Or has society and an excess of free speech and acceptance of any behaviour of "self-expression" stolen our happily ever after from us?
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