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I need a wedding reading - not too gushy but with lots of good 'marriage' advice...

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liquidclocks · 19/12/2006 20:30

Something that says:

"Marriage isn't a bed of roses but if you work at it then it'll be great"

But not in a slushy gooey sort of way...

If anyone will know of one then you all will!

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liquidclocks · 20/12/2006 16:27

ooh, I like that last one smellymelly!

The reading is for me to say at my best friend's weddin by the way - I'm not witty enough to write a 'speach' so thought I'd find something nice to read out.

...now to find some comfortable shoes!

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LazycowLyinginaManger · 20/12/2006 16:44

Proyaffle - We had that one too

smellymelly · 20/12/2006 18:24

That's fab. Let me know if you use it, I would love to have been some help!!

Mumbojumbo · 20/12/2006 19:58

I read this at my best friends renewal of vows:

Marriage Joins Two People In The Circle Of Its Love
Edmund O'Neill (b.1929)

Marriage is a commitment to life, the best that two people can find and bring out in each other. It offers opportunities for sharing and growth that no other relationship can equal. It is a physical and an emotional joining that is promised for a lifetime.

Within the circle of its love, marriage encompasses all of life's most important relationships. A wife and a husband are each other's best friend, confidant, lover, teacher, listener, and critic. And there may come times when one partner is heartbroken or ailing, and the love of the other may resemble the tender caring of a parent for a child.

Marriage deepens and enriches every facet of life. Happiness is fuller, memories are fresher, commitment is stronger, even anger is felt more strongly, and passes away more quickly.

Marriage understands and forgives the mistakes life is unable to avoid. It encourages and nurtures new life, new experiences, and new ways of expressing a love that is deeper than life.

When two people pledge their love and care for each other in marriage, they create a spirit unique unto themselves which binds them closer than any spoken or written words. Marriage is a promise, a potential made in the hearts of two people who love each other and takes a lifetime to fulfil.

alibauble · 20/12/2006 20:20

We had this at our wedding,

Kahlil Gibran from The Prophet

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

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