Anyone who loves Julia Roberts like I do, can probably give us a play by play of those opening few scenes of My Best Friend's Wedding, when Julianne nervously contemplates the possibility of Micheal trying to collect on a twenty year old promise. Laughable right? But most things in romance movies are dreamt up from some kernel of reality, aren't they?
I think they are.
I've heard of the marriage pact. How it starts can vary. Maybe a boy and girl have never even experienced love, sitting in a tree house, wondering if they'll end up like their quarreling parents. They get along great, so a brilliant plan is born. Or it happens later, after the fiftieth broken heart. In desperation they search for something that would atleast guarantee a happy ending, a light at the end of the tunnel. This is when it would seem it's a little more complicated. If you know love, would you really contemplate marrying someone, you didn't love, lust after, long for? So are you suggesting settling down with a friend when all hope is lost, OR do you actually have feelings for that friend you have never explored or admitted??
I know this may sound all hypothetical and crazy, but I have heard of marriage pacts between more than a few people. Being single again, I ran across a book with the same name and it got me thinking. I searched my Kindle a little more and found there were actually several ficticious, although believable stories or some variations of the convenient covenants. So, I decided to read them.
Coming soon, reviews of;
A Thousand Roses, by Numi Ash
The Marriage Pact, by M.J. Pullen
One Day, David Nicholls (also made into a movie, in theatres 8/19/11)
...followed by more discussion and maybe, I'll share my own story of a marriage pact. :)
