An Unexpected Wedding: Doing it your way

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Doing it your way

I somehow stumbled across this yesterday and I thought it was awesome. This couple ran 23 miles of the London marathon, ran off the course to a church, got married, ran back onto the course, completed the marathon, then had drinks in the park to celebrate. Would I do this? Hell no. But it was obviously exactly right for this couple so yay them. I think making your wedding part of a bigger event that is doing good is a brilliant idea, running a marathon is a huge challenge, so completing one together can only make you stronger. The details of this are totally not what we want; church wedding, smart dress, city location etc, but the spirit of it is great, I love it!

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Learning:

Getting married wasn't really in my plan, so tying the knot at 23 was somewhat unexpected, but awesome! In the planning stage I hoped that bouncing my thoughts off the internet, and anybody who stumbles across them would help me to work out how to do it in a way that was right for us.

Now we're wed I hope I have a little wisdom to share, and if not wisdom at least experience. Reading wise words from a whole load of clever people kept me on the straight and narrow through the wedding planning. I hope this can do the same for somebody, and I would love to hear anything you have to share, wise or otherwise!

Why 'An unexpected wedding' ?

I wrote a little bit of an explanation as to how this blog got its name here. I think the name also conveys something of my attitude to weddings in general; they just arn't expected any more. The place of marriage in our society has changed, and I think that is what has allowed me, albeit somewhat reluctantly at first, to embrace marriage. I'm really excited about making our marriage awesome, and being part of a generation who isn't expected to marry has allowed me to feel this way. We're doing this consciously and purposefully because we want to nurture our relationship, and I think that has surprised some people. So here's to making conscious choices to better our world, and to starting the revolution at home.