Now here is a marriage that will work! I can tell just by the wedding cake topper!
We have a family friend who recently got married. We are friends of the groom. We know all about his love of fishing, hunting and camping. He’s a guy’s guy! When he shopped for a dining room table, he looked for one that would be strong enough to hold a car engine so he could work on it in his spare time! So, now, you have a picture in your head of the groom. Now, he announces he is going to get married! My friend Linda, the groom’s brother, told us how wonderful this woman is. She is a beautiful, kind and loving woman. But when I saw her wedding cake topper, I knew she was going to be a wonderful wife!
In the days of Bridezilla, I ask you how many reality shows do we need showing brides having meltdowns and tantrums?  And rarely, RARELY, do we even see the husband-to-be unless she is pissed at him or he inadvertently does something to piss her off!  Here is a breath of fresh air, a bride who truly loves her husband and took his likes and tastes when planning the wedding. This bride knew her husband loved many outdoor activities and chose to include that in her wedding motif! The groomsmen colors were camouflage and safety orange. This told me that this lady had a fantastic sense of humor! The table decorations were also done in the sportsman’s theme. Not at any time was this wedding a farce. I see all of this as such a loving and genuine heartfelt gesture on the part of the bride towards her husband. So many brides don’t even THINK to include the groom in HER special day! It is all about HER colors, HER flowers, HER bridesmaids, HER Cake! Some brides even insist on the type of ring HE will give her!
This marriage is going to work. This husband and wife will have a marriage filled with love and acceptance.  This isn’t a woman who will throw her bouquet just to free up both hands to change her man. She doesn’t want to change him. She loves him the way he is. She isn’t going to make demands that he give up any of the activities he loves. She publicly welcomed them into her life with him! And….I think with a woman like this, he won’t be in such a hurry to leave to fish!
How many of us want to change our husbands? Chances are if he loved sports, fishing, camping, computer technology or playing his guitar before you got married, he always will love those things.
Men rarely ask us to change our likes and hobbies for them, why do we women continue to ask them to change for us?
We can all learn something from this very lovely bride. Don’t you agree?