Everyone is getting married at this point in my life – it’s inevitable,
I love seeing it, and I love to see people in love being in love and then
popping out cute little babies and living the white picket fence life. It’s great.
When I see people posting professionally photographed engagement photos I can’t
help but think to myself, that maybe one day I too will own a nice shirt.
What isn’t great is the unspoken contest that comes with a modern day proposal, it puts so much more pressure on a guy to profess his love to his woman and sweep her off her feet.
Nowadays, it’s almost impossible to read articles on websites without reading a sidebar that says something along the lines of:
What isn’t great is the unspoken contest that comes with a modern day proposal, it puts so much more pressure on a guy to profess his love to his woman and sweep her off her feet.
Nowadays, it’s almost impossible to read articles on websites without reading a sidebar that says something along the lines of:
“He works at a start-up company downtown. She works at a
gluten free dog treat shop on the west side. And this 6 hour marriage proposal video
will melt your heart” *barf*
If this kind of thing continues to trend and blow-up so much
by the time (if ever) I find a woman I just can’t live without, I’m going to
need to mortgage my house to get the Backstreet Boys to serenade her and
Stephen Spielberg to film it just so I don’t fall short in terms of liking it
and putting a ring on it (wo-oh-oh).
I just hope that the marriage process can stay old
fashioned. That two people can be in love with each other, have a special
moment to seal it with a proposal that’s personal and meaningful to them and
them alone - not have to worry about if Facebook is going to approve. (Having
said that, if your Facebook proposal post gets less than 30 likes –
your friends probably think your fiancé sucks. For guys 15 likes will suffice,
because not many guys openly support a bro leaving the nest)
There’s already enough pressure on a guy when he is about to
propose as it is, so adding the ‘what will the internet think?’ aspect on top
of it is sure to make him about as comfortable as pondering what position his
parents conceived him in.
Should such a big life decision ever just become a fad that
needs to be dressed up, or ‘the thing to do’ then we can all gear up for the
inevitable ‘divorce-phase’ that will come 10 years later to social media
platforms near you. ‘#isaidno’ will become the new ‘#isaidyes’, and maybe
BuzzFeed and Huffington Post will make a lame list-themed article about it too.
something like:
something like:
BUZZFEEDs: Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Have Gotten
Married and Taken The Buzzfeeds Top Ten
Reasons To Get Married So Seriously In 2013!
My hope for everyone is that marriages don’t happen because ‘I
want kids’, or ‘well we’ve been together for so long it just seems like the
thing to do’, or even because you think it’ll fix issues and smooth things out.
(You have to be a dunce to believe that)
Do it because you have to, because love tells you that it’s
your only option.
I hope I continue to see the happy couples I see forming and
shacking up today stay like that forever and keep that bangin’ love alive till
your naughty bits sag and your love making sounds like rustling leaves on an
autumn day.
Thanks for reading, share and steal as you please. I love
you all
-Jegger
Good Read! I proposed in my living room and got married at the same place! Your post made me smile.
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