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Write on Yvonne!

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     Gently holding the beat-up black and white photograph, I stare at my grandparents on their wedding day.  They are standing a good distance away from each other, and neither of the two appears to be very content.  The beautiful bride’s somber look makes me wonder what exactly was going through her mind at that very moment.

My grandmother was 17 years old when she had an arranged marriage with my grandfather.  I could have never imagined that they were both unhappy on “the happiest day of their lives,” especially since now they truly are a blissful couple.  Yet, at the very tender age of 17, my grandma was forced to put her own hopes and aspirations on hold, marry someone she did not even know and start an entirely new life. I instantly put myself in my grandmother’s shoes, and I finally understand the meaning behind her frown in the picture.

In today’s society, people heavily underestimate the sanctity and value of marriage.  One should not marry for the sake of having an extravagant party, buying a pretty dress or filling the void of a husband or wife.  During my grandparents’ era, marriage was a lawful contract and a sacred, unbreakable bond.  While in the beginning my grandparents were not familiar with one another, with time, they got to know each other and then truly fell in love.  The milestones in their relationship were, in truth, slightly out of order, but in spite of everything, they have enjoyed a 63 and counting year relationship.  On the other hand, fast-forward a little more than half a century, and Kim Kardashian’s marriage lasted just 72 days although she supposedly married out of love.  Oh, the irony.

Seventeen years old is not the ideal age to start a life with someone. As an 18-year-old myself, I cannot imagine being married; I am currently preoccupied with making plans for my academic future.  However, I am grateful to have the freedom to decide when and who I want to marry, and I trust that when I am ready, I marry for the right reasons and use my grandparents’ beautiful and everlasting relationship as a model for what I wish to have one day.  I hope that my marriage will in fact last “‘til death do us part” and not a mere two and a half months.

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