I did not watch it at all. A) the last one didn't turn out that well. and B) I wouldn't want to marry into a life of papparzzi and journalists so the mytique is lost on me!

Melanie, I'm with you, and dare I say it, probably not so much with you as almost anti-marriage, period. I realize that is a super strong sentiment, and will probably piss someone off, but you did it, so why can't I? Lol. Seriously, my parents had their fairytale wedding, then I came along *the disabled baby who required tons and tons and tons of medical care*. They split up, got back together, split up, got back together. . . 4 times, until she finally left when I was 18. Meanwhile, when they were living under the same roof, this little girl, me, who had no choice in the decision making process *at the time, because of my tiny age*, was forced by both of my parents, to play the go-between. My mother was abused and would tell me things like: 'It's hard for me to make love to your father because. . .' And my Father would say: 'Am I right or is your mother right?' Now, that doesn't mean I'm against love. Though I do admit to having difficulties with it. I am. not. against it. I am against parents who aren't perfect in their imperfections, and who choose to make their children part of their marriage instead of remembering that their children. What I mean by perfect in their imperfections is being completely comfortable with who they are and owning up to who they are. I just found out a month or so ago that my Dad was an alcoholic and my mother was a pot smoker, on top of everything else she was/wasn't. Yet she would tell me that she NEVER did drugs once she was an adult and the like. She also told me marriage was sacred and so on and so forth, but cheated on my Dad every chance she got. And he, for his part, was to stupid to leave the marriage much sooner, like when I was 3 and they split, so not only did I have to go through everything I went through, but then they created my sister, who has suffered and she and I aren't even on speaking terms because she's way too much like my mother. Nevermind that my mother and I almost came to physical blows over all she's done/not done and how much pain she caused. So needless to say I came out thinking marriage itself, not just these fairytales, but marriage itself was created by adults to lull children into a false sense of safety/security, only to rip them out of it when the parents did actually divorce. Since I wasn't born in the 18th century, I can't speak to whether having parents who never got divorced, but hated each other, would have been better or worse for me, so I won't even try to go there. Lol. I've done enough damage for one day/one post. I am with you on seeing real love though, my story *about my birthdefect* is well worth telling and could hopefully end up on the screen one day, but tweaked and showing people how the real marriage/love thing might go, and how to stand by each other through the hard times instead of dropping out of sight. I could sure use some creative license to adjust my own perspective! Smile.

Initially I was not into the royal wedding, but when i switched on the tv Friday I got caught up in the romance. I've always loved weddings and this was no exception. I thought Kate looked GORG and William looked quite handsome (despite his sunroof). Their love was apparent so here's to hoping its strong enough to survive all the bullshit!

...mostly because their story really IS a fairy tale (at least at this point). Normal girl grows up, goes to uni, befriends a prince, falls in love, and marries said prince.

How often does that actually happen outside of storybooks and movies? Not much!

That being said, the hype was WAY annoying. Until the wedding day I could care less. But then again I'm like that with all celebrity-related things...its not affecting my life so I really don't care (but yes I'll keep reading my chic lit thank you)! I'll admit though...I watched them kiss and looked at pictures and let myself drift away to fairy tale land for a little bit.

Who knows how things will turn out and whether the ending to this story will be more the second act of Into the Woods than Cinderella...either way, it was nice to escape for a bit into a world where girl meets prince...girl marries prince.

This actually saddens and offends me to read this as I am a huge owning pink fan but also British! I disagree that the wedding and/or the royal couple are boring and it was all a big fairy tale. Quite the opposite Kate came from a normal background went to uni where she met prince william. If you had actually watched it you could see how much they are both in love Kate looked beautiful and dignified but also humble and non bling as the rest of the royals and respective family. The girls on sex on the city are all bling and its all about what they are wear, image and money. The royal family is part of british society whether you like it or not its stooped in history. I think with such a down to earth couple as William and Kate it gives the Royal family a new start and new opportunity to move on from Princess Diana and all the other supposed bad press. I think sex and the city is a fairy tale not the Royal wedding.

I also think this post goes against what I thought owning pinks phylosophy was that of openess and acceptance of who we all are in this world. The Royals are real sex and the city is not and certainly not a life I aspire to that of Carey Bradshaw or Charlotte! And I have no doubt either that Kate and William will be there for each other when they S***!

So which one is really setting up a false image to young girls and marriage the belief that everyone can find the man of their dreams and be deeply in love as the royal wedding showed or that we all have to look perfect live in a big city and have fabulous clothes and look emaculate everyday???

Melanie, you just crack me up. And it's such a good question! Do I believe in romance or will I choose door #2, the f*cking fromage?

Well, I'm twice divorced after two fairy tale weddings inspired by WAY too many Julia Roberts movies. In fact, in my first wedding, we rode off into the sunset in a horse drawn carriage and got hit by a freaking car! We couldn't have sex for 3 days because we were too sore from our injuries.

And now I'm remarried to the love of my life, and our life is way less romantic than my life was in my previous marriages. And yes, we have shared a shit storm experience together after getting food poisoning at an Indian restaurant.

So I guess I pretty much agree with you. Give me the shit storm love over the carriage car accident any day. Did I watch the royal wedding? No. All I cared about was seeing Kate's dress which the internet provided in spades.

Do I still watch chick flicks? Yes. LOVE them. But do they set us up for disappointment and failure? Yeah, I guess so. Honestly, I want to see the love story that doesn't end at the wedding. Show me the movie that begins at the wedding and works its way through a couple as they grow, evolve, suffer through Perfect Storms, and still manage to navigate their journeys by each others side.

Now that's a movie I'd love to watch.

Singing "Love and marriage,"
Lissa