Some time ago, I stumbled across this reading on a blog Engaged & Ready by a couple who wrote it for their own wedding vows. Editor (and officiant!) Natasha kindly allowed us to share it here on Polka Dot Wedding. It has always been a mission here at Polka Dot Bride to make you feel good, to inspire you to create a day that is yours, to not put you in a box – but rather allow whatever it is you want to be, to flourish. This reading encapsulates so much of that and so much of what we believe about marriage, about life, and about wedding planning.
“Marriage is ugly, I’m sure those who are married here will agree.
You see the absolute worst in someone.
You see them when they’re mad, sad, being stubborn and when they are so unlovable they make you scream.
But that is all so worth it.
Because you also get to see them when they are laughing so hard that tears run down their face, when they can’t help but make those weird snorting noises they make only in front of you.
It’s also the getting stressed out about silly little things that are not important. Or eating the culinary delights they cook every evening for your tea.
You get to see the side of them that no one else does, and it’s not always pretty.
It’s the strange faces they pull only at you, it’s the tears when it feels like it’s all crashing down.
It’s the bad breath and the farting.
It’s the sniffing of the top lip, the silly walks and the random dances.
It’s the anger that’s not directed at you, but feels SO like it is.
It’s the joy in the happy memory making.
Marriage isn’t a beautiful thing, but it is amazing.
It’s knowing that someone loves you so much, and won’t leave you no matter how nasty you are to them.
It’s having someone have your back, no matter what.
It’s fights over stupid things, like almost everything!!!
But it’s also those nights when you fall asleep in each other’s arms, feeling like you’d never want to be anywhere else.
It’s the dirtiest, hardest, most rewarding job there is.
Because at the end of the day, you get to climb into bed, not only with your best friend, but with the weirdest, most annoying, loyal, moodiest, loving, silliest but perfect person you know.
Marriage is not beautiful, but it’s one mad and exciting rollercoaster of a ride, that we want to stay on forever.”
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