In Blue Water

Chapter 18

Phoebe pov

What will it mean "The man of your life?". We may say it often, but did you meet him? This man, one, may have come and stayed. In other cases, this "unique" came and went, while in some other cases it has not yet crossed the threshold, and may never cross it.

It does not matter how long you've been together, if you've gotten married, if you split up one night you might have looked at his cell phone and found a message, or because for days now you've had that alienated look and you're afraid to break it up and just find a little occasion and you finally let it "fall and break".

The happy end represents finding the man of your life, falling madly in love, and on your wedding day watching him still melt, as you melted in your first kiss. The happy end pretends to find the man of your life and take you to another land, to other places. He did not ask you to change! He was the one who found that cute mark on your foot, which you acquired at the age of eight in a squat in your neighborhood square, while you are angry that it can still be seen.

The only reason that can lead you to the wedding ring is love, sprinkled with passion, love, good s*x, and honesty.

The most important day was the one when you realized deep inside that you have found your other half and you will never leave it. I find it and I look at it right now

“Hi”

“Hey. You are so beautiful” he says to me and I smile. The priests start talking and before I realized it came the time for the vows

“Filippos I will not tell you that the reasons I chose you are the classic ones. Yes! Of course, I love you, I admire you, I trust you, I appreciate you and I count on you and I consider you to be the best I have met on my way. It's not just that though. There are others that I will tell you so that you know every detail. I want to be your wife because I can not imagine sleeping without snoring next to me. I hate snoring and you know it but I can no longer live without it. And also because you know how to do everything and so I will never worry because something went wrong.

Why do you argue with me that I leave unwashed dishes at night and I laugh at your pastoralism even if you leave the bath like the ocean?

And when you make all the eyebrows at me and misunderstand me, you remind me of another reason I told you "I do". I want you to be my husband because when you tell me not to be afraid, I'm not afraid unless it's something locusts in the summer. I will be afraid of them forever. When I'm with you, everything else fades into the background. You flood my senses with joy. You are my life, the most wonderful gift. I am so lucky to call you my beloved husband.”

“My Phoebe, I met you and I know many new things about life itself. Even when I get lost in your eyes, what I feel at that moment is unprecedented for me. You made me a new person. You made me a mature man. You made me realize what I want out of my life. And what I want from my life is to be in it. Every day. It is to live the rest of our lives together. With the ups and downs, with the goods and bads. This is what keeps us going and will keep us together until the end. Two words so small that with you they found their true meaning ‘I love you. I knew it from the first moment I met you. I knew it was meant for us to be together for the rest of our lives. You have become my lover, my partner, and my best friend. There is no other with whom I would like to build my life. I have the opportunity to have you by my side, my love, and my wife for eternity.” He finished and when the priest says that he can kiss he did it. If time ended here right now it would not matter. I’m home

“I love you, my wife”

“I love you husband” four friends and families congratulate us and my mom is crying with happiness

“Mom, you haven’t stopped crying. Relax”

“I’m so happy for you honey”

“No more than me mom,” I say and we laugh.

That was our catholic wedding and a week later we married at the orthodox little church that I fell in love with the first time I came to Santorini. The party later was amazing. We had so much fun, we drank, we dance and we celebrated our wedding for three days and night. The Greeks don’t stop celebrating and they don’t ride their happiness.

In the end, what is the day of a wedding? I think it is a celebration that you set up, to celebrate with your loved ones, friends and relatives, the fact that you and your man have decided to invest seriously and consciously in each other for as long as you can endure. Of course, this can be done in the context of a simple relationship and it will be just as binding if the promises they make to each other are true. Just the wedding is, in essence, an optional, large party for everyone to drink to the health of your love.