When I was growing up, I had wedding day wishes almost before I even knew what a wedding was. You see, I was a natural romantic. I grew up on sword and sorcery book, reading tales of knights and beautiful maidens, fearsome monsters and wonderful victories over evil. Wedding wishes were a natural part of this mentality. They were the happy ever after that all of the books promised.
None of my wedding wish daydreams, however, told me how complicated it was. Everyone knows that wedding planning is a lot of work, And that people get crazy around weddings, but with my friends and family it was worse than usual. I run around with a pretty “out there” group of people. Most of them are very smart, but many of them are also very crazy. They would forget to send out wedding greeting cards until a few weeks before, forget to register for their weddings, get involved in all sorts of pointless drama before the big day, and even have near breakups leading up to it! I had to talk no less than three couples out of breaking up at the last minute, and that was before I reach the age of 25!
Needless to say, I had my work cut out for me trying to achieve my own wedding wishes. I had met many wonderful women over the years, but I still had not met the perfect one. It wasn't that I was particularly picky – just the opposite. You see, it was easy for me to fall in love. As a matter of fact, it was much too easy. Every time I fell, I thought it was the one, and every time I was wrong. Something would happen and, after a few months of intense romance or a few years of contentment, things would slowly start to dissolve. I assumed that my wedding wishes would forever be frustrated. At best, I would have a few long-term relationships before I was too old to find dates.
I didn't let my fatalism get me down, however. I kept dating and, one day, I realized that I really was hopelessly in love. It was different than all the other times, and better. It wasn't even a question of wedding wishes anymore. I didn't want to get married, I wanted to get married to Amy. That is when I knew that everything was perfect. As a matter of fact, even planning the wedding was a breeze.
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