Weddings Are Like Goodbye Parties

 

I just spent the past weekend attending the wedding of one of my best friends from high school. Although it was supposed to be a day of celebration, I felt a little sad that my buddy was getting married because I knew that this was in many ways, a goodbye party. Most guys joke that getting married is like getting a life sentence to prison and that you will never see your friends again except when you are allowed out of the house for special occasions such as the Super Bowl or if you are in the dog house and not allowed home until you apologize and have learned your lesson (*tip* always admit you were wrong, even if you were right).

My buddy looked really happy throughout most of the wedding and he isn’t very good at hiding his feelings so he truly must have been happy. This perplexed me. I thought about the prison analogy during the reception and then I realized maybe he was happy to be getting married because he was getting OUT of, and NOT GOING INTO prison, and it was us bachelors who were still stuck on the inside. My mix of elation and sadness is how Red must have felt when he discovered that his pal Andy had ecaped from Shawshank.

This refined analogy seems much more fitting. Most people tend to be happier to get out of prison but it also depends on what sort of life (or wife) awaits you on the outside and in many cases, life is better in prison for some guys. Similar to married life, living in the free world involves a great deal of responsibility and sacrifice. Some guys would rather live the single life: less responsibilities to manage, fewer sacrifices to be made, hanging out with the boys all day, playing ball and working out, which essentially is the same as prison life. It all makes sense now!

I can't believe I debunked the prison theory of marriage.....alcohol is a hell of a drug.

Comments

[judy]

you are hilarious!