ELIZABETH GILBERT ON BUNNIE HUNT SHOW
elizabeth gilbert on bunnie hunti'm so grateful to kathy cordova for sending me this link! i had happened across this bonnie hunt show, but not until after elizabeth spoke, and thought i had missed it for good
so thank you kathy! youtube!
i've not stopped thinking about it... am overwhelmed really with all my thoughts on marriage
and hope to organize my thoughts and write about them soon.
i know in advance it will be messy -as is love, marriage & divorce.
my most immediate reaction is that i do not want to share this clip with my 12 year old daughter
-who, already, is dreaming of her wedding -what her dress will look like... where her wedding will be...
because nor do i have any desire to tell a toddler, "there is no santa clause"
but i do know -with great certainty- what elizabeth says here is true, and it drives me nuts too!
another case of mass media seduction -and capitalism/industry
young women sold on a dream; far from reality.
the wedding industry
and our dependency on foreign oil
i see similarities
when you look at how many players there are.. gown makers, retail stores, magazines, restaurants, printers of invitations, photographers, honeymoon vacations, chef's, locations, pre-parties, after-parties, -all the attendees; flowers, cakes..
it is a long, long, list
weddings employ/benefit too many people to count
but i'm not sure the same can be said about marriage.
so,
divorce then, yes? gets the financial ball rolling again -but not in our direction.
posted by SHE @ 9:21 AM
4 Comments:
Not too sure what the content is other than guessing it is about marriage. Marriage is never easy and the walk is not always rosy. But what it is takes a commitment on both sides to make it work. It’s like an engine. It has to have petrol and wheels to make it go. I saw on Elizabeth gilberts website a ring with the words "committed”. I think that says it, it takes commitment.
I believe that a man without a woman in his life and a woman without a man in hers is incomplete, except to find the right mix: that is the question. The one half without the other will continue to hanker for wholeness.
hg: yes, very much about marriage. i've not read her book yet, but i am a huge fan; great admirer
and it hit me yesterday
how cool it is -and isn't
but mostly is
that my daughter does dream of her future wedding
even though her parents, aunt, uncle & grandparents have all divorced -some of us more than once
-that old saying about how optimism is hope despite experience,
and laugh here too, because i always hear my grandma harrison
her famous quote to my dad
"i want you to be happily married.
-but if you can't be happy
at least be married."
MARRIAGE IS LIKE A HOT BATH AFTER A WHILE NOT SO HOT
dad: I LOVE YOU AND YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR!
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