(March 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm)c172 Wrote: I like reading about lavish weddings just because there is so much art involved. Tablecloths, decorations, food and drink, venue, gown and other clothes, the photos. I think it's all pretty cool, except for what it symbolizes: marriage. My grandparents have been married for 66 years. I am 39 and so many younger than me are already working on their second (at least) marriages. Not to mention the whole parenting issue.
Sorry, but I'm just a cynic to the whole marriage issue, but there's something about the party which is cool.
No there is not. The party itself is fine, the mourning itself is fine, but when it becomes bloated and grandiose it is no longer about our common existence, it is a reflection of our tribalism. The rich and poor die alike. Friend and foe die alike. Our empathy isn't in playing victim or boasting. Our empathy as a species is in accepting we are not special.
