I don't know anything about marriage, except that my friends dig it. Stars of 2014 will include the unions of: Mack and Haley Lamon, Mike and Amanda Giffith, and of course the lovely Beau and Caitlin Marshall. These are just the weddings I will be joyfully involved in and fan-girling at, I can promise many more to be attended this year. When I was little I thought about getting married, a LOT. Actually, lets be honest, I still think about it quite a bit. But the daydreams of weddings are usually all about being the center of attention and having a party. Experiencing all the love stories my friends are in, it brings me out of the daydreams. Each of them have their own stories they could never have planned out. With each girl I remember sleepovers and car rides where there were tears shed and hearts poured out on behalf of the guy who might not exist or the guy who didn't quite like them yet. Even Cait, who kept a pretty cool exterior, I'm sure had her days of wondering. It's so funny how society teaches women, and maybe men too I don't know, to feel incomplete without a love story. I watch so many women force themselves into relationships in hopes of creating a story to mimic the daydreams of romance they have been refining for decades. But what makes me smile, is that almost every love story you hear of, was never planned-out or schemed before-hand. Rather, in almost every story, it takes people by surprise again and again. These days I hear a lot about apps and websites like match.com, tango, fill in the blank. People always ask me why I'm not on there, trying to fish someone out of the world that just may make me happy. It's because in my experience, real life happens when we aren't so busy trying to control it. I love movies. My favorite parts are the bloopers, because they're real. Instead of a scripted scene of people pretending to be someone else, gag reels show a group of actors being themselves. They curse, they joke, they get tired, they show who they are. I think it is the same in our unscripted moments. That's when real life, real love happens. So, a toast to the love celebrated this year, To the unscripted moments. credit to bobbyearl.com
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