little bitty girl

I am sure that you all have heard by now about the the case of the "bride-who-they-thought-was-abducted-but-really-she-had-cold-feet." And if you haven't, here is what she looks like, it's already plastered all over the news so it's not like I am violating her rights to privacy -

You have to feel a little sorry for her. She's all over national and international news, everyone is probably making comments about either her or her fiance and there is a possibility that she might even be charged with a misdemeanor as it cost the government a lot of money to look for her. It's a little sad that there is so much pressure when it comes women getting married and society's expectations of what a "proper" wedding should be.

One wonders what went wrong, how she felt she couldn't explain her fears to the one she was to spend the rest of her life with, even worse that she couldn't confide to her friends and family. No matter what, poor Jennifer Wilbanks will have to ponder about her actions for a very long time, as there are always consequences to one's acts. She may or may not have a wedding or fiance, if she doesn't, the next guy she meets will be totally wary of her, and she has face the fact that she has hurt and disappointed a lot of people close to her. The worse, I think is that she has to face all of these consequences so publicly!

These are the reasons why I know the same will never happen to me -

1. Eloping - I don't plan to have a normal wedding. Eloping is the way to go, so at least if you decide to change your mind, none is the wiser except the two of you. Also, then the wedding is really focused on the most important thing, the two people making the vows.

2. Stefan - The boy is so finely tuned to my brain that he would be able to find me within half an hour anyways, so why bother running.

3. Friends - I know that I will always be able to hash things out with my friends and though some might be disappointed with my decision, they'll support me no matter what I do.

4. Inner Strength (and overabundance of verbal diarrhea) - I don't think that if I was so afraid/unhappy/confused that I wouldn't just say "No, let's call it off" because it's better to call the whole thing off then go through with it. Plus whenever something is hankering at me, I cannot help but talk about it.

5. Self-preservation - My family will no doubt be happy to know that I am well and alive (after I ran away) and then they would also no doubt, not hesitate to each give me the spanking of my life despite my age for scaring the crap out of them.

Since I am not planning to get married any time soon, all of the above doesn't really apply. But leave the poor woman alone already. And why the fuck has this been the only news story on CNN for the past four hours? I cannot believe that there isn't anything more prevalent to report in the world.