Is The Transition Complete? The reversal of roles. The empowering of women.
Time honoured tradition has it that the male of the species makes that - sometimes scary - journey into the heart of his girlfriends family, to face his Waterloo moment by asking her father for the hand of his daughter in marriage.
But today I read how a budding bride reversed that olde worlde order by taking the bull by the horns and asking her boyfriend's mother if she could marry her son.
Well, what does it matter how a couple get to the altar, as long as they do?
In this case, a TV host, whose first wife tragically died of *** cancer at age 32, has found love and happiness again. And I certainly am delighted for him. I remember the grief he went through in late 2006 when he had to bury the love of his life, and I couldn't imagine how awful that must have been.
Now it is revealed that his new bride is no slouch and has more going for her than just a pretty face!
" In a contemporary twist on tradition, she proposed to him, having first asked his mother for her blessing."
Is that the shape of our brave new world of courtship? Would you be happy to do it that way?
Yes, in addition the report say he has "found happiness again".
Are we meant to "find" happiness, rather like stumbling onto a nugget of gold? Implying that our spouse is going to be the source of our future happiness? Or have we been so sold the idea that we must not expect another person to make us happy, that we settle for a dour relationship?
Read about it and browse the photos at
www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/people/rove-weds-in-beach-ceremony-20090617-ch57.html
