My Dream Marriage

As a teenager, I was very fond of watching romantic movies. The movies made me believe there is real love somewhere waiting for you. They often left me dreaming and imagining my marriage. How it would be? How would I look in my bridal attire? Shall I cry to preserve the tradition or should I not cry to save my bridal makeup? How will my parents feel seeing their grown-up daughter go and live with someone else? The things I always used to wonder about. But at the same time, I also feared that if I don’t get a good man, my marriage will suck.

I wanted to find my love and marry him. But my parents were strictly conservative and I was scared that if they found that I am in a relationship they will harm the boy or will order me to leave my house. So, even if a boy proposed to me, I had to lie that I am already in a relationship. I knew how the rejection feels but I didn’t want to hurt them later when they find out that our relationship will not turn into a marriage.

Even though, I dreamed of my fantasy marriage. I wanted my wedding to be a destination wedding. There will not be many people. Only the close ones. I will wear a designer gown that will well worked with stones and laces and other things. My husband-to-be will arrive in a big black car in a suit. Seeing him, I will run to him even if everyone stops me and he will lift me in his arms and lead me to the place where the wedding rituals will be done. I will steal glances at him during the whole ritual. After completion of the rituals, he will again lift me up in his arms and lead me to his car in which we will go to our honeymoon destination. The destination would be a low-populated town with a beach where I can walk by his side holding his hand. We will stay in a cottage during that time and will have all the fun and do everything a couple does.

I don’t know if my fantasy will come true with my conservative parents choosing my groom. But still, I can't help myself to stop this imagination. I hope I will have enough courage and choice to reject the groom found by my parents if I find that we wouldn’t be compatible with each other.