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As part of my train of thought that I’m loosely call­ing “Get Grounded”… For­get­ting about wed­dings for a minute, I got to think­ing: what is a mar­riage then? I do think the wed­ding indus­try has lost per­spec­tive. Big time.

Mar­riage is just two peo­ple in love. Your basic boy / girl or any com­bi­na­tion of the two. Once you have those two things, it’s down to per­sonal opin­ion. How should your mar­riage be recog­nised? If you’re reli­gious it’s easy: your church will have rules to fol­low. If you’re not, it’s your choice to have a legal cer­e­mony or not. For me — not. I live with my guy, and I sup­pose we’re a life­long part­ner­ship, for bet­ter for worse… which in my mind makes us mar­ried.  Read more…