George is getting married.

(Remember George? If not, check my archives.)

No offence, but to me people getting married – especially before their 30s- make me think of all those people from my hometown who never really left and are happy with a factory job and reproducing every 2 or 3 years. Or there’s the kind of crazy person who meet and live a passionate affair and wed after 3 months, to live a dramatic relationship, ending up in a divorce before they reach their 2nd anniversary.

So I was wondering : why would someone of our *kind* - the normal one, obviously : educated, carreer-aimed or such - would want to get married?
What’s the point in it? The only advantage I can see in getting married is paying less taxes than when you’re single.

Apart from that, I have to admit that I don’t believe in life-long relationships. Forever love and the dreamy tales we’ve been fed with are not reality. Love always fades away, hidden behind a routine (children, work...) or simply by boredom. You will always meet an old couple who’s been together for more than 60 years and still hold hands and adore each other – but they’re one in a million. I have a tendency to rather believe in divorce rates and the hatred that can emerge from what was once a healthy relationship.

Moreover, even if I’m a Christian and have been baptized as a Catholic, I’ve never been a religious person. I don’t agree with the Christian view of relationships and marriage. Last year, I attended one of my BFF’s wedding and the church part was nerve-wrecking for me. I could have burst out loud after every word the priest said. Even though my friend, being actually sterile, told him not to mention having children in their soon future as a couple, the priest didn’t drop the matter and even emphasized the subject by pleading S and R to welcome the children God would send them. I am not sterile, but I don’t want children, and if I’d found myself in S’s position that day, I could have just stormed off the church.

Last but not the least, whats the problem with leaving with someone for years without being engaged in some ways? Why would I feel threatened if my boyfriend hasn’t proposed yet?

I care for him, he cares for me.
What could be more important than this?