I was in a wedding recently. The Bride and Groom both put huge stock, and took great comfort from their families, and wanted to make their family a big part of the wedding. So, as part of the ceremony, the couple’s parents stood up and offered some public advice to both of them. The groom’s father had an interesting thought, and know that I’m paraphrasing this.
He said, “My generation was the instant generation. We had instant everything, instant coffee, instant tea, instant soup, instant dinner. We started to expect that everything would be instant. Your generation seems to be the disposable generation. There isn’t any expectation of permanence. There are no more repair shops, when something breaks, you throw it away, and buy another. Everything is disposable. Neither of these concepts has any place in your marriage. Nothing in a relationship is instant, and expecting something to happen instantly is setting your partner up to fail. Your marriage is not disposable. There is no second chance, you cannot go out and get another one. When things aren’t working in your relationship, you have to work to fix them.”
I love this thought. I love the advice that marriages are for the long haul, that they’re not instant, that they’re not disposable.
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