Me to Kelly: "Why is everyone suddenly getting married?"
Kelly to me: "Its a crazy ass phenomenon, they've all lost their minds. They'll wake up one day five years from now and go, shit what was I thinking and will crawl out of their beds in the middle of the night, never to be found again.
"And the thing is, ok, maybe some of them have been together all through college, got a career and a car and a few things and now here they are 5-7 years later, saying ok, I guess no more excuses we have to make this official our parents won't let us live together or whatever. Or they're just scared and assume there is nothing left after this and want to take someone down with them. And maybe for them, there is nothing else left...
"and for the rest, yes, I would say that it is in fact, contagious. The idea is, oh its cool now, if so and so can do it so can I. Or the girlfriend is like OMG that biotch is married and I'm not, why don't you looovve me!? there's a lot of narcissism involved in the marriage process and everyone thinks they're the shit and wants new bath towels. And the few, who truly are in love and thought it all well through screw it up for everyone else. Suddenly, there's no one left to go to the bars with. Your BFF has to stay in cause the mother in law is coming over and she needs to clean for 3 days before her arrival. Or dude can't come watch the game cause the Mrs. won't put out if he's late one more time. But, every third friday of the month all the couples get together, bring a dish, and share the inside scoop on insurance premiums and discount orange juice and you're welcome to come. Might as well jump on the band wagon." -thanx kelle, that fully explains the ridiculous amount of weddings popping up on FB.
But, times are hard and weddings are PRETTY so if you're gonna get married, just make sure you also change the world while you're at it. Consider an alternative wedding where less is actually so much more. In my opinion you should splurge on the photographer and setting, forget the guest list, and the materialism of gifts. This is about LOVE people (and the law) and making sure that love is captured in your photo albums.
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