Margaret and James Have Been Planning Their Wedding
Margaret told me once that when she and James went to a pre marriage counseling there were several things that were discussed. In a catholic marriage in the country one of the requirements is to go to a pre marriage seminar where the counselor would discuss various things such as what to expect out of marriage, parents rights, birth control and parents right to choose on whether or not to send their children to a public or private school. All these were incorporated on that one whole day seminar which was very boring according to her. As James put it, the whole seminar was such a drag and he could not understand what the whole of it was. But since it was a prerequisite they had no choice but to attend it and get the certification afterward to prove their attendance. It took them three weeks to get all the papers needed to apply for marriage. It is not that they are hard to obtain, it is just that several couples line up every day to get their certificates. It looks like quite a lot are planning to get married. Margaret and James have been planning to get married since 2007 and they have been saving up since then. James wants to give Margaret a modest church wedding even when Margaret insisted on going for a civil wedding. James would hear none of it so they patiently saved up until they could afford the modest church wedding that James wants for Margaret. Margaret said that she was secretly p[leased with James conviction of giving her a modest wedding. She has long designed the wedding gown to wear and it is already in the works. If all goes well and I pray that it would their wedding will be on the third Sunday of next month.