It's weddings and babies... They just make you go ga ga... I don't think it does anything to men. It's probably just us women and our idea of marriage.
It is true, most of us do imagine the fairytale marriage, the happily ever after. Otherwise why would you ever get married?... Other than the fact that it is sunnah (tradition of the Propher (PBUH) for Muslims?...
To us women, marriage is sacred, and the wedding is the door that opens to that fairytale(!?). However, a couple days later, you do realise that there is no such thing as the fairytale, and accept the reality and move on with married life. Sometimes it takes a while to adapt, sometimes one just accepts it without any problems at all... However, are we (married women) ever content with our marriages?
Yes, we may have lovely partners, beautiful children, a family to come home to... but did you ever really get what you imagined you would?
Anyways... I think this is probably why women tend to get emotional at wedding ceremonies. I saw that glitter in almost every woman's eyes on my table and the next (I can't observe everyone you know!)... It's probably because we, without noticing or subconsciously remember the feelings, the thoughts we had on our wedding day...
Hmm... Well, Z got married today. She was absolutely stunning mashaallah. The wedding ceremony was also a beautiful one which included some beautiful speeches by the fathers of the bride and the groom, a lovely sermon by an imaam/teacher... and for a change, reception food was good (thank you Serenity Reception over at Hume Hwy, Somerton). The meat/chicken was cooked well, the rice tasted like rice thank you! The baklava (Turkish sweet) was yummy, and the wedding cake was irressitable even on top of the baklava! :)) May Allah bless their marriage, their family, and bless them with a blissful marriage where they try to understand one another instead of trying to be right. :)
I know, too much text.. no good! :))
However, I have to note, I sat next to K.T. (you know who you are), who excitedly said, "oooh I read your blog". LOL That was cute. I mean, she was cute and it was a delight to meet her in person. She's the second reader I met in person this week. :) So I would like to use this opportunity to say: I sincerely love you all for the sake of Allah. I may not know many of you in person, but you are all truly special, each and every one of you. So the more you comment, the more I will get to know you. :) There are some of you who I have never met at all whether it be in reality, through FB, or through blog comments. So do drop a line one way or another. :)
Back to the wedding... :) All the guests looked amazing mashaallah. The young girls were all dolled up. I couldn't take my eyes off them all night mashaallah. However, I couldn't ask if I could take their photos. I knew 90% would have immediately said no. LOL
So here you have my outfit :)
The dress, as I mentioned in my previous post is the "something old" (even though it isn't lol but you've seen it on the blog), and my lovely frill blazer is the "something new". Oh and I've never worn this plain hijab before either. It was in my cupboard waiting to be worn with something navy... which I still need to do. :)))
The frills on the back of the blazer... I think it's real cute :)
I had to go with this colour.. because even though I initially wanted to wear a nude colour hijab, the colour just does not suit my skin tone. I look sick in it, so I went for this colour instead. I think I did well. What do you think?
Oh and last but not least, can you share what you had thought about marriage/weddings... and after the wedding, was it any different? Did you get what you expected? How did you adapt? I would love to read about it!
Mwah
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