Klonor
11-07-2005, 04:04
Okay, a cousin of mine got married last Sunday and (Shock! Gasp!) it's to a goy! A Roman-Catholic goy! With the wedding in a church! Oh, the horror! The angst! He has betrayed our people! This cannot be! Yadda, yadda, yadda.
Personally, I've got no thoughts on his marriage one way or the other. We used to be really close (me and him) but we haven't spoken for years. I didn't even know it was his wedding I was going to until the day before, and I didn't even know the brides name until I looked on the program. I didn't even meet her until the wedding was over and we were exiting the church and everybody was lining up to congratulate the happy couple. So, I'm not judging him for marrying a Non-Jew. If they really love each other, then God bless them and may their lives be happy. But the Grandparents have a different idea.
Both my Grandmothers are alive (both on the newly-weds side of the family and the other) and both went to the wedding. They made happy faces, cheered and shook hands, shouted "Mazel Tov!" when he broke the glass, and the very first words that both of them said to me when we first saw each other on that day was "Don't you dare do this to me!" It was actually kinda funny. They hadn't spoken yet that day, they're not related (Except through marriage), and they didn't even grow up near one another, but they both thought the exact same thing. It's as if they were reading each others minds.
Now, I don't quite know what this implies, but suddenly I'm a bit more cautious when I speak to one about the other. I'm never quite sure what else their minds are sharing.
Personally, I've got no thoughts on his marriage one way or the other. We used to be really close (me and him) but we haven't spoken for years. I didn't even know it was his wedding I was going to until the day before, and I didn't even know the brides name until I looked on the program. I didn't even meet her until the wedding was over and we were exiting the church and everybody was lining up to congratulate the happy couple. So, I'm not judging him for marrying a Non-Jew. If they really love each other, then God bless them and may their lives be happy. But the Grandparents have a different idea.
Both my Grandmothers are alive (both on the newly-weds side of the family and the other) and both went to the wedding. They made happy faces, cheered and shook hands, shouted "Mazel Tov!" when he broke the glass, and the very first words that both of them said to me when we first saw each other on that day was "Don't you dare do this to me!" It was actually kinda funny. They hadn't spoken yet that day, they're not related (Except through marriage), and they didn't even grow up near one another, but they both thought the exact same thing. It's as if they were reading each others minds.
Now, I don't quite know what this implies, but suddenly I'm a bit more cautious when I speak to one about the other. I'm never quite sure what else their minds are sharing.