In Fiddler On a Roof, they cover the change between marriage as a business transaction to an expression of love. Today most people would say that marriage is an expression of love. To that I would question the many aspects of marriage as a business tradition that have survived the test of time. These aspects include the switching of the girls last name, the combining of assets, the financial obligation to support a divorced spouse, the practice of being a housewife, and others. I think that marriage is still business. Even the ceremony of marriage reflects a business transaction. People want marriages to be publicly celebrated with family and friends not an intimate affair reflecting love. A marriage isn't really about the couple it's about the people who feel they had some say in the relationship. If it was love how could mom, dad, aunt Becky or your college roommate have had any say in that relationship? A mariage has little to nothing to do with loving someone. A marriage means you are so positive you will stay together forever that you will put a wager on it. You wager half of everything you have in the hopes of staying together forever. Is that love?
Thursday, November 4, 2010
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The way that I look at it is, why would you get married, make that “wager” that you will stay together forever, if you don’t love that person? What is the point? To me marriage is all about finding that one person that you love to be around. That you can see yourself growing old with and still wanting to hold your loved ones hand as you walk down the street even though you have done it a thousand times. It’s all about finding that other half and being happy, and I think love has a huge role to play in that.
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