Hiralious

The soulful feeling is lost amidst the aspirations for glitz and glamor of wedding. It cannot change when the function is gathering - centric.  Not just the function , when whole lives are people centric. How can two people join hands , in a way of their choosing , comfortable on their common wavelength when it is not a matter between them, where they are not the ones setting terms , not the ones inviting guests.  ( The reason for their passive role is their dependence itself which is another story ) It really is a crowd. And people are there to find things they have done better in their respective weddings , or take note of things that they can do better. I am reminded of a bride and groom on the aisle , saying their vows , in front of adoring people. Because these were the people who were invited by the bride and groom , people who really meant something to them and were  not there just because they shared blood with a common relative : people who could not care less about you. I am reminded of the simplicity and purity of two people saying their vows , declaring their love to each other.
No amount of extravagance beats it , because the glamor can last in the photos, that too just for you.  People move on all the time. And then it becomes what society kept it from becoming : a personal affair.  Except it is too late then.