The permanence of marriage is not to be taken lightly.  It is something that is to be cherished and upheld with the upmost respect from both parties.  It should not be rushed into are gone into half-heartedly.  Our society has seemed to drastically separate itself from this idea of commitment to another individual.  I have seen many failed marriages but this story is about me personally watching one crumble before it was even started.

It was an absolutely beautiful Saturday morning in May, the perfect setting for a gorgous wedding.  I was invited to this display of holy matramony by one of my good friends from high school, Paul.  All of his family was there along with some of our other friends from high school, with whom I was sitting. We were all in agreement that it would be an amazing wedding and that the couple were clearly in love with each other. 

The wedding began like any other, the bridesmaids and groomsmen all walked down the isle and so on and so forth. I watched Paul as the big moment came with his bride-to-be walking down the isle.  The usual look of pure excitement and love in the groom’s eyes was replaced with a look of nervousness.  I knew something wasn’t quite right with him but he proceeded with the ceremony as scheduled.  But before the minister could even get to the, “speak now or forever hold your peace”, line a woman came busting through the door cursing up a storm.  Nobody know who she was, but she was walking right towards Paul.  She then proceeded to reveal that Paul had been “seeing” her exclusively for several weeks.  Everyone gasped in astonishment, but before Paul could even attempt to explain his situation another woman came running through the church doors with a similar story. She stated that Paul was planning on taking her to Jamaica for a romantic vacation in just 3 days.  Many people around me in the church had surprised looks on their faces and Paul’s grandmother actually fainted! This whole situation was beginning to turn into a mad house, but not before a THIRD woman came waltzing in with her nose in the air saying that she was actually engaged to be married to Paul too.

After all four women came to the conclusion that he was a lying sneak and didn’t deserve any of them, they all walked out while given him a slap in the face on their way.  Everyone else slowly left the church while giving Paul a disappointed look as they passed. After everyone had left I walked up to him and said, “You were literally 2 mintues away from having to give her half of everything before you even went on the honeymoon. Be thankful”, and walked out the door.