Would anyone like to contribute to a wedding feature?

Question

I am a magazine journalism student who is currently planning an article discussing whether the idea of the wedding has gone?

The feature would debate whether marriage has become more about the wedding day than a long-term marriage commitment. I am therefore looking for people who would be able to contribute to this feature through a personal experience.

Perhaps you or a friend had an extravagant wedding but realised later on that a long-term commitment of marriage wasnt for you. Or maybe on the other hand you and your partner have been living together unmarried for years and see marriage as just a piece of paper. 

Please get in touch if you fancy contributing, it'd be greatly appeciated!

KellyAnn R · Accepted Answer

i think alot of women are more about the big day than the marriage it's self , many women want a fairytale wedding ,big white dress,horse n carriage,etc ( which i think famous ppl like jordan & the beckhams have not helped with as ther weddings wer over the top which makes ppl want to copy them ). am engaged n getting married nxt year n don't want anything like dat , we just want a simple wedding with our family & good friends,

i am more in2 the idea of marriage making us have a stronger bond , my parents split when i was 3 , so i always knew from young that i wanted to marry for the right reasons unlike my parents. i know alot of people who think marriages means nothing , but i think that if u have a gd relationship & are happy not to marry that is your own choice .

English Rose (due 2nd May) · Answer

I never intended to get married, because when my parents divorced I thought getting married was a waste of time. I grew up thinking I would be a career woman, and if I did have kids, I wouldn't bother with getting married, as it was just a formality. 

But it all changed when I met my fiance. Because I hadn't been planning a wedding like so many other girls, I've been able to look at everything critically and decide whether we really need it. I never had the dream to travel to a church in a horse-drawn carriage, so it was easy to just say we would drive there ourselves. 

Perhaps that's something you could use? I don't really know what you want to know, but you can message me if you want to ask me any questions.

[mαrч] · Answer

I am having an extravagant wedding, and the only reason I am spending $35,000 on it is because I know that we will ALWAYS love each other no matter what, and it doesn't matter who get's in the way because he will always be mine, and I will always be his.

But, I do understand what you mean about how people just want to plan a wedding, and they  don't even care about anything else.

I would LOVE to contribute.
Email me =)

Would anyone like to contribute to a wedding feature?

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