Hypocrisy in Wedding Vows

Jenesis Veras

December 02, 2014

Professor Jackson

Writing 1

Writing Prompt: Success, after all, loves a witness, but failure exist without one.” –Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

           

Many preach that they are strong and stable enough to be part of the good times and the bad. For example, the traditional typical wedding vows, state, “I will love you in sickness and in health, and in the good and the bad.” There is a part in all of us in where we choose to believe that we are humble enough to broadcast both polar extremes in our lives, but in reality that is a lie to humanity and to oneself. We do not treat both positive and negative, good and bad, or success and failure as one.

One usually wants to broadcast all of his or her accomplishments and success to showcase how capable one is. Many are available to receive praise at a moment’s notice. However, that type of mentality does not apply to failure as well. Many do not want to facilitate or display their mistakes and successful adventures with others, as it is a display of weakness. One becomes more inclined to try to cover up those many failures with whatever amount of success that individual has encountered throughout their lifetime. 

In relation back to the idea of wedding vows, is a marriage more willing to showcase their success than their failures as partners, not treating both statements of their vows equally?