WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM WHAT I READ IN THE SOCIAL PAGES OF NEWSPAPERS WE MUST LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF GOOD SPIRITED, EVER SMILING, GENEROUS PEOPLE. THEY HAVE WONDERFUL DISPOSITIONS, AMAZING SENSES OF HUMOR, AND ARE PATIENT AND KIND.
IT MUST BE SO, BECAUSE EVERY WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT SAYS THE SAMEGLOWING THING ABOUT EACH INTENDED SPOUSE-TO-BE. THOSE WONDERFULATTRIBUTES IN A PERSON ARE WHAT THE WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS WOULDHAVE US BELIEVE. BUT THEY SPEAK OF PEOPLE WHO, AFTER THE WEDDING,WILL JOIN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND BE ORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE THE ONES AROUND US THAT WE SEE, SPEAK TO AND WORK WITH EVERY DAY.
I LEARNED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, “DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READBECAUSE THERE’S A ‘LIE’ IN BELIEVE,” SO I MUST QUESTION THE ARTICLES.
WOULD YOU EVER KNOW ABOUT A CHARACTER FLAW OR TRUE PERSONALITY TRAIT FROM THE STORIES IN NEWSPAPERS’ WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS EVERY SUNDAY?
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES’ SECTION CALLED, “VOWS” THE WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS SEEM TO BE WRITTEN IN A FLUTTERY, EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC VOICE. A TYPICAL TALE OF INTRODUCTION TO A COUPLE’S FIRST MEETING MAY TYPICALLY READ:
“WE SPOKE FOR HOURS ON OUR FIRST DATE AND DISCOVERED THAT WE HADSO MANY INTERESTS IN COMMON. IT WAS AMAZING; I NEVER MET SOMEBODY FUNNY AND CHARMING; HE KEPT ME ENTHRALLED. I FELT AN INSTANT CONNECTION BETWEEN US.”
I LONG TO READ AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PROCLAIMS THE FUTURE SPOUSE INA TRUE AND PERHAPS MORE REALISTIC WAY. WHEN WOULD THESE IMPRESSIONS CHANGE?
IS LOVE TRULY BLIND, OR IS THE FUTURE COUPLE DESPERATE ENOUGH NOT TOSEE THE REAL CHARACTER DEFICITS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BELOVEDS?
I REMEMBER AN EXPERIENCE I HAD AT MY OWN WEDDING. I OVERHEARD TWO EMBITTERED PHOTOGRAPHERS SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER, UNAWARE THAT ICOULD HEAR THEM, OR THAT I EVEN EXISTED.
“THESE WEDDINGS ARE PIE INTHE SKY EVENTS,” SAID THE FIRST MAN.
“DON’T YOU KNOW IT? IT’S ALL STARS IN YOUR EYES FAIRY TALE TIME FOR A WHILE, AND THEN REALITY STRIKES ANDIT’S “DON’T FORGET TO TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE,” COMPLAINED THE SECOND.
A NEW COLUMN IS BEING PLANNED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT WILL APPEAR AFTER THE “VOWS” SECTION. IT ASKS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE NEWSPAPER FOR A COLUMN WHICH WILL BE CALLED “UNHITCHED.”
PERHAPS REALITY IS OVER-RATED, OR PERHAPS SOME OF US HAVE STARS INOUR EYES. BUT TRUTH IN LIFE’S IMPORTANT MOMENTS IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT WE’RE TOLD, WHAT WE EXPECT OR WHAT WE WISH THEY WOULD BE.
on the way from busy Newark airport to the sleepy town of Morristown, New Jersey, our senses are reawakened. The approach to the town is purposely slowed by the huge number of cars, busses and eight wheel semis. 
They’re all competing with each other for the pleasure of enjoying the views of the delightful cities passed on the way to Morristown. There is something for everyone on this trip: places from the “Dark side,” such as the unrepentant city of Newark. Murder and drug rates are thriving and rising in Newark. Do you care to experience crime as TV programs chronicle every night? Then come and see first hand how the reality of poverty, addiction and crime look in real life.
Those magnificent homes have been converted into corporate headquarters, professional offices and banks. They are cared for in the manner that staffs of servants kept them in the past.
a park-like arrangement smack dab in the middle of South Street, the main artery through town. In the heart of Morristown, On South Street near the Green, are festivities for everyone to enjoy. The fall festival, featuring foods from local restaurants is a popular event, as is the book festival each summer. There are fireworks on the Fourth of July, and parades on appropriate holidays.
George Washington’s headquarters is located in town, and Jockey Hollow Park contains actual battle spots of the American Revolution along with huts that housed American soldiers.
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