You Gotta Roll with It

Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are getting married-after 10 years together and two children.
Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton married on Valentines Day after eight years together and in January Julie Christie married her long term partner of 28 years. Previously she had said that marriage didn't fit in with her beliefs and more hippyish ideals.
So, all kinds of couples-some would say-less conventional, freer thinking, independent souls are deciding to go through the tradition and ritual of a wedding ceremony to become legally united as a married couple.

For them, no fanfare, no monstrous OK/Hello deals, no security helicopters heralding the arrival of a frenetic media circus. Just a joyful wedding of two people who love each other surrounded by the love and support of people that they really want to be there.They have no need to tell the world, they feel no urge to prove their status -they are strong and secure within themselves as people and as a couple and their decision to marry has depth and mutual desire behind it rather then a desperate need to fortify their fame and celebrity standing.

Marriage isn't outdated. Neither is it pointless, unimportant, unfashionable or at the 'beginning of the end' as Hannah Betts recently suggested in the Observer. It's not any one thing-it's lots of different things-a moveable feast that's unique to each couple. How can it be labelled?- that's just too narrow and short-sighted-biased , cynical and closed to infinite possibility.

I love to hear that media perceived 'hell-raisers' are choosing to get married. It encourages my belief that, deep down, marriage is much more about core values and the human need to evolve than an institution of society, a religious act or a result of government puppeteering. If artists, writers, actors and rock stars-those often considered maverick laws unto themselves are choosing lifelong partners in this way-does it not make these staunchly single(mostly) female journalists feel that they could be misjudging something worth having?

OK-It's not for everyone, I agree but there are some people who really get it and want to be open and creative with it-(I'm not talking swinging here) I actually think that those who write about it's lost place in modern society are prone to convention themselves and far from marriage being a thing of the past it is their attitude and view of it that needs bringing up to date.