Monday, April 12, 2010

The Theory Of Marriage


A wedding ceremony is always sweet and joyous. Smiles can be seen on the faces of all who make themselves present for the ceremony, to witness two couples who are madly in love with each other join hands in holy matrimony. But what is the stimulant for the commencement of a wedding? This is what I am going to discuss of in this special post about the 'Theory Of Marriage'. The couples, who slip elegantly carved gold rings into each others fingers, are they truly in love with each other? Yes, totally, cause if they weren't then someone would have voiced out his opinion and ruin the whole wedding. Well, honestly I ain't gonna talk about wedding crashers, although it seems like an interesting topic to debate about, for if I do then I am deviating from the title of my post. Having watched the movie entitled, 'Four Weddings and A Funeral', I sort of got a vague picture of the marital theory. Therein, I understood clearly that marriage is a sacred ritual involving two people of the opposite sexes; well usually involving the opposite sexes but in rare occasions, it involves two people of similar genders.

Couples also proceed with marriage as they've developed a certain trust with their partners. Like most marriages in the past, trust and believe is an integral part of marriage; for if you trust your partner, then you'll subconsciously feel that you're in good hands for the years to come. Thereto, that is actually one of the many stuff that goes on in a man or woman's head before he or she actually advances with his or her wedding. Anyway, I think I'm starting to deviate already, so I'll just get myself onto the right track again. In accordance to Mike Newell's, 'Four Weddings and A Funeral', there was this one line that David, the character from the movie uttered and it sort of made sense in a certain perspective. What I am about to type is not the exact word's that David uttered but it is almost identical. He said that a man and a woman, who are perfect strangers to each other get hooked up with each other for the first time in their lives, through a simple 'hi' and 'bye' conversation. The first conversation is the key to the hooking up between a man and a woman unknown to each other. This is the key in a sense that if a man manages to conjure up the perfect lines whilst conversing with the girl who he is freshly in acquaintance with, he'll be able to catch her eye which leaves him with the best possible opportunity to ask her phone number. Having amazed her with his public speaking skills, she'll probably resist not of giving him her contact number.

From thereon, they'll be seeing each other very frequently to converse about stuff applicable to either one of them; sometimes it could also turn out to be inapplicable to any of them. The more they converse, the more intimate they get, until the point that they'll feel comfortable living under the same roof. After a few years, they'll start to get tired of the everyday conversations that they have with each other for it'll all be in close relevance with their past conversations. This however is an indication that ideas are starting to run out. What can either one of them do to keep it fresh? Well, propose of course. In most cultures, the males are the ones who usually do the proposing but I'm not sure if there are cultures in which the females do the proposing? Anyhow, with the aid of the proposal, now the couple will have loads to chat about. For instance, they'll be able to talk about how they want their wedding to turn out or some other stuff like that; I'm not too sure for I am not married yet. In actual fact, this is actually a pretty solid theory. But there are other theories, for instance a man from Sweden marries a woman who is a Russian to gain a citizenship in Russia.

That theory seems pretty convincing actually; but it doesn't really seem like a theory. It sounds more like the benefits of marriage. There's this other theory which is easier to picture; two people who are madly in love with each other, decide to get married on one faithful evening and 'poof' what do you know? They're married. Well if this theory doesn't make sense please do kindly point it out to me. Anyway before I end this post, I promise that I'll try and come up with more theories regarding marriage. Please note that it would probably be posted in another 8-10 years to come; when I decide to get married, cause your mind does think even better when you're actually in the marital situation. For now, do have a pleasant day.

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