May 4, 2011
A Shack up Princess Bride

Although I'm not much of an anglophile, and I wasn't really all that interested in the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton today, I did stumble across some coverage while trying to watch some real news. To my (naive) surprise, I learned from one of the gushing royal wedding commentators William and Kate have been shacking up for quite some time now. Of course the commentator spoke about how this would make their transition to marriage so simple and wonderful, since they already knew each other's odd little at-home habits. I was appalled to hear this news. I foolishly thought all the pomp and circumstance of the wedding actually meant something. I thought it stood for some semblance of tradition and values. I thought it stood for the mutual respect the couple had for each other, for the crown, for their families, for their country. Now I know it was just the typical traditional farce that has become so common in modern marriages. As you say, Dr. Laura, a traditional wedding should be reserved for those who take a traditional path to marriage - it should not apply to those who choose to shack up.

I only wonder now what the little girls watching all the coverage might think of this. Will they dream of some day being a shack up princess? Will they hope to be a romanticized unpaid whore, disrespecting themselves and allowing their future husbands to disrespect them right from the start?

While I wish the new royal couple no ill will, I am extremely disappointed they chose to set such a poor example.

 

A.

Posted by Staff at 11:49 PM