Yes, I Will

Being single at the age of 26 isn't as easy as I thought it would be. This is the time when half of your friends are getting engaged, married, having their first child, etc. So receiving a wedding invitation could be somewhat problematic if not nauseating. You know you'd want to see your friend's wedding, the bride's dress, the diamonds, the party and the list goes on. But then again there's the social part of the party. Meeting up with people from your high school or someone you had class with in college, who you hardly knew, asking questions such as what do you do? Are you married already? Any kids? Blah blah blah. You were thinking like, "Who is this person think he/she is asking me all this stuff?". But again, you hold yourself and try to be polite rather than risking your dress and make-up in case you get in a catfight. In summary, you could say that I'am not enjoying the prospect of having to deal with those kind of nosy people and would rather stay at home.

A few days ago, another wedding invitation arrived. It was from an old friend who used to live in my neighbourhood. It says, "Mr. & Mrs. .... together with Mr. & Mrs. ... request the honor of your presence at the wedding of their son and daughter ... & ... as they exchange vows, on the 5th of August at Saint Martin Church, Louveciennes and Dinner+Party afterwards at Chateau du Val, Saint Germain-en-laye, France". Dang! Now this is the creme de la creme for me. Nevermind getting married saying "I do" in English, I would've settled being proposed in Indonesian! But en français ?

"Angela, se fanent-ils le thou ont-ils cet homme à thy wedded le mari, pour vivre ensemble après l'ordonnance de Dieu dans le domaine saint du mariage ? Se fanent le thou l'obéissent, et servent lui, l'amour, honneur, et le maintiennent dans la maladie et dans la santé ; et, abandonnant tout l'autre, thee de subsistance seulement à lui, à condition que le ye tous les deux de phase ?"
(Angela, wilt thou have this Man to thy wedded Husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live?)

Je.
(I will)

"Je, Angela prends le thee, (??) comme mon wedded le mari, pour avoir et pour juger de ce jour vers l'avant, pour meilleur pour plus mauvais, pour plus riche pour plus pauvre, dans la maladie et dans la santé, d'aimer, aimer, et d'obéir, jusqu'à ce que la mort nous faire la partie, selon l'ordonnance sainte de Dieu ; et là-dessus je donne à thee mon troth".
(I, Angela take thee, (???) as my wedded Husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth)

Okay, I could not utter one single word in French, but I had to put it in French, don't I? It's just si romantique!

Every girl had dreamt about their wedding day since they were 8 years old. The Prince Charming on a white horse whisking us away to live in a castle. Although we grew-up and realised later that none of that is gonna happen (at least not to 99.99% of the population) to us, we keep wishing and planning that wedding day in our heads.

I've recently fallen in love with John Legend's lyrics, well him too if he'll take me, Oui, John? His lyrics are lovely yet realistic, it hits in all the right notes. Now, I might be far away from walking down the altar and say "I will", but I've found the song that I want to have as my wedding song with whichever lucky bastard that would melt my heart away. The song is so sincere, so true, it doesn't promise that my husband will love me for everysecond of my being, cause believe me, there will be times that he will look at me and asked himself times and times again, "Who is this devilish woman that I am married too?" And there will be times, naturally, when I just want to smack my husband in the face. But this song would remind me of that solemn vow, that he will stay with me...

We've been together for a while now/growin' stronger everyday now/it feels so good & there is no doubt/I want to stay with youAs each morning brings a sunlight/and the flowers bloom in springtime/All my love for you can rely/& I will stay with you I will stay with you through the ups and the downs/I will stay will you when no one else is around/ when the dark clouds arrive/I will stay by your side/I know we'll be allright/I will stay with you No relationship can get a hold/has the tendency to grow cold/We have something like a miracle/& I'll stay with you I will stay with you through the ups and the downs/ I will stay with you when no one else is around/ when the dark clouds arrive/I will stay by your side/I know we'll be allright/I will stay with you And there'll be heartaches and pain/But through it all we will remain/In this life we all know/Friends may come and they may go/But through the years I have known I will stay.../In the end I know that we'll find/L o v e s o b e a u t i f u l a n d d i v i n e/We'll be l o v e r s for the lifetime/I will stay with you ... everything will be fine, I will stay with you/Through the end of our time, I will stay with you..

Thanks Mr. Legend, for the oh-so beautiful song! I'll be sure to DL it on my iPod ;p