the wedding registry: the luckiest and strangest tradition maybe ever in existance.

a woman falls in love, decides to sign paper saying she's in love, picks out 300 things she wants, and gets them all.

(maybe that was a vague summary, but you see where i'm going...)

why does society reward people for being in love? why do you get to throw out all your relatively new dishes for even newer ones and get cheese boards you'll never use because you're heterosexually in love and willing to sign your name over it? what about people who are homosexually or heterosexually in love whose pen never came with ink? where is their fortunoff registry gun? why is their commitment any less significant, honorable, inviting and celebratory?

i am a weak product of society. i fell in love and wanted more. society told me i could create a shopping list so detailed it would out weigh every shopping experience i've ever had combined. i created a wedding registry- my dream list. it was against everything i believed in but i am a shopaholic. but i'm in recovery. and a registry, is shopping without buying.

2005-07-16, 1:30 a.m.
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