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It was a picture perfect Sunday afternoon - the sun, the harbour and the beaming couple. All the preparation in the months prior has culminated in this single day of celebration and it was hard to ignore the joy present in all that attended. Especially touching were the speeches given by the bride and groom to their families and to one another, and the photobooth offered guests some light hearted entertainment.
Once upon a time weddings use to be simple family affairs that somehow evolved into a modern quest for happiness, and as the wedding industry would have us all believe that by doing a wedding according to its guide book, the bride is guaranteed the happily ever after, in her big white dress with her prince charming. Lets not forget, it is after all a business.
As Rebecca Mead rightfully argues in her book 'One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding', "The way we marry, for better or worse, is who we are; and if we were to re-examine our commitment to the American wedding as it currently exists, we might be surprised to find that our ultimate happiness does not depend upon it".
So weddings are something that none of us can ignore, even as guests. What one can do however, is simply to think of it as another party, and I was so busy taking snaps and dancing that I even forgot about the cake. But there is always the next one...
