Televised Weddings

It's a crappy Monday morning -- first thing this morning I got a nosebleed that won't stop, and second thing I banged the finger I cut last night while fixing dinner and it's bleeding and throbbing. Typing is very slow -- pretty much a one-handed deal -- so I've got the TV on, tuned to The Early Show on CBS, and they're talking to this couple who got married on the plaza last week, complete with camera crews.

I know this giving-away-weddings thing happens a lot -- I think Today and Regis and Kelly have done it, and a local station does it, too. But why does any sane person want to take part? Why would you turn your wedding decisions over to total strangers? This is supposed to be a special, intimate day of your life. Why would you want to broadcast it on national/local TV? Is it for the free stuff? Are people really that easy to buy off? That cheap?

My and Robert's wedding wasn't elegant. It was very small -- family and a few friends. It was very special, and it obviously "took", since it's 29 years later and we're still together. But every decision, from the date and location to the dress and the tuxes to the flowers and the cake was ours.

What's next with the TV folks? "We'll give you nursery stuff if you let us film the conception and birth of your child -- but you have to let our viewers vote on everything, including gender of and name for the baby"? "We'll pay for Grandpa's funeral, but America gets to choose the casket, the cemetery, the minister and the method of grieving"?

I'm just amazed. Rachel9:49 AM