Of weddings and stuff

That's a nice ring you got her.
Too bad I'm cutting off your head.

I'm up in Connecticut this weekend with The Girl for a wedding. The Girl's friend from college is getting married tomorrow. In fact, three of The Girl's best friends from College will now be married. Now, I've been joking about the groom being a "dead man walking", but you have to agree with me that getting married is sort of like the "end" of something... and the beginning of something better. Let me explain...
We boys like to be free from the moment we're born. For the most part. We get in and out of trouble on our own. Though we travel in packs, we're perfectly happy and comfortable alone. Basically, the only woman we ever really relied on was our mother (or mother-type). Other women (to those of us who like women) represent fun, sex, and more sex. We don't really see ourselves, initially, coming to depend on a woman for our... well, for our everything.
As other friends of mine and other friends of The Girl's get married, I've come to appreciate how it is possible for a boy to stop being a boy and become a man next to a woman. It's not only doable, it's totally natural. As I have gotten to know The Girl more and more, I have realized that I truly was alone (in this world) until now. Yes, I had my Mother. Yes, I had my Father. I've had my sister and my brother. But now I have a partner, someone that is as interested in saving the world as I am. She has filled a void that only a woman can fill for a man.
So, yes, it may all be the end of something, but it truly is the beginning of something more... Something better.