Template for life

THE spate of year-end weddings ensures no escapes from marriage, both as a theme and as a template for life.

While waiting for dinner to be served at a wedding earlier this month, I unexpectedly found myself facing a microphone; with a hungry audience expecting advice on marriage. In my attempt at tongue-in-cheek yet pithy wisdom, I addressed the young bride and groom, “You do know” – pregnant pause – “that the best thing about marriage is the wedding. After that it all goes downhill.”