Cathonline » Marriage http://cathonline.com Sun, 13 Jun 2010 02:27:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Are you really prepared? http://cathonline.com/are-you-really-prepared/ http://cathonline.com/are-you-really-prepared/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 12:28:09 +0000 Cathy http://cathonline.com/?p=211 prepareI am sure that those couples who will be getting married… prepares a lot for the very special day. Invitations are all sent, foods and cake already have their designs and motifs, wedding gown and tuxedo fits perfectly, choir are practicing their songs while souvenirs are all in the tray. Everything is just well prepared.
Wait a minute lovers, I just want to ask… didn’t you forget something? Did you prepare yourself? Of course I know., you are already through with your facial session, spa and hot oil. What I am asking is yourself morally and spiritually.
Are you matured enough to face all the responsibilities that goes after wedding. Do you love your partner enough to stand with him through thick and thin…whatever life may bring? Are you really willing to give up your freedom and shut your eyes from 2,300,000 lovely ladies and gorgeous gentlemen and instead be faithful to your partner? Are you willing to set aside your figure and be ready to bear a child in your womb? Are you willing to give up 60%, worst 100% of your salary you always spend for “good time”, and spend it for the food, education and welfare of your family-to-be?

If your answer is YES, Congratulations! You can invite me on your 50th anniversary. More likely your marriage will succeed.
If NO, its less expensive to cancel the wedding than to get annulment.

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But the truth is, marriage is never as simple as most people thought it is. Being married is not simply saying yes and performing the usual “kiss the bride” tradition.  Being married is committing yourself to someone FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.  Easier said than done. Because marriage takes a lot of sacrifices and giving up. You have to give up your freedom, your singleness, your life alone, even your surname and share it with your other half. You have to think not only for yourself but also for your  family. You have to close your eyes for others and limit yourself to one.

Marriage is not a bed full of roses. It has its  thorns and pains. The longer you live together, the more you realize both the good and the bad side of your partner. There may comes a time that you or your other half would might want to get out of it. Happiness in marriage doesn’t come from waving a magic wand… it doesn’t come from dreaming couples have to work for it…side by side. Because no marriage would succeed with only one fighting for it.

” I assure you, I will stand by your side…right or wrong
in happiness and in pain, no matter what happens
until such time I know that I have to let you go
not because I am tired of loving you
but because in my heart I know
that you are no longer mine”
-Cath-

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