Wedding cake-in-the-middle-of-the road

Yes, from my experience the conversation of getting married can surely raise a few eyebrows and some interesting topics. Four years of dating might be a little tip off that the big question might never be popped. Maybe there is a good reason for this – age, money, religion… I am sure if you give me enough time I can get an endless list of excuses together for you. They might even make a little sense. The saddest part is that I am guilty of falling for those excuses.

I convince myself that as a couple we are not ready for marriage, yet we already live together so what is there to be afraid of? In the olden days people hardly dated for more than a year before they tied the knot, and they surely did not live together before doing so.    

Today getting married is a big achievement because it took so much longer to convince your partner that he is really the one, that you will not fall into the statistic of another divorce and that you truly can make a good “braai broodjie’!

I already live like a married couple, the day you accept the TV remote is off limits and complaining about cleanliness issues are going unheard or going the extra mile goes unnoticed and romance is such a mission, you must see big red lights flashing!

So yes, some couples are not bothered to cross this road of marriage and are completely happy to commit themselves to one another without the official “I do”. My life path definitely holds a wedding in the near future, but I see no rush just yet. If I run to fast down this road, I might end up stepping in that wedding cake.