Recently, I went shopping for an outfit for an upcoming wedding. Some folks I know really well are getting married soon. I decided in honor of their union that I was going to fully participate and not overthink anything regarding the wedding festivities and just take some time to take it all in and enjoy myself throughout the whole process and events to follow.
As I was out shopping, I didn’t consider it was the first weekend in a while the weather was going to be nice and people may want to be out and about that day. Let me tell you, the people were definitely out and about that day! I really thought I was going to be able to just walk into the spot, pick out some dope separates, pay my bill and leave for the crib. Of course, things didn’t go that way at all!
While I was shopping a gentleman in the men’s section noticed the look on my face as I was scanning the racks and the store in general to see what they had to offer. He stated, “The dressing rooms are right there and let us know if we can help with anything.” He could obviously tell that the look on my face was one of confusion and disappointment. While they had the color choices I was looking for, they didn’t have the style choices I desired. I asked the gentleman, who was now joined by a lady colleague, if they had any other pastel offerings in dress shirts, pants, or both. She stated, “Everything you see here in this section is going to be all that we have.”
The gentleman asked, “What type of event is this for?” I replied, “It’s a wedding for some close friends.” The lady colleague mentioned she hoped to get married someday and playfully asked if I had some good marriage advice for her. I told her, “Marriage advice I wish someone gave me early on is this, the average cost of a wedding could be around $30k-$50k depending on location and whether it’s local or destination. With that in mind, invest three hundred thousand times more than that into your actual marriage.” Meaning if you could somehow convert $9 billion dollars into time, resources, effort, respect, love, and friendship towards your marriage, do it. Because weddings are temporary and are not all that complicated actually. We make them complicated. However, marriage? Marriage is hard work! It deserves a whole lot more from us than the wedding ever will.
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