像爱尔兰人一样结婚吧

Q168

When I was having a chit-chat with my colleague, she asked me all of a sudden, “How did your husband propose to you at that time? Was it romantic?” I was numbed by her words for a while, and then burst into laughter, “My husband is a bit rigid, so do you think his proposal would be romantic?” Though I said in that way, I felt very sweet in heart when thinking of my husband’s proposing to me. To be honest, his proposal was actually by no means romantic without flowers, diamond ring and any other surprise. It was even could not be called “marriage proposal”.
当我跟我一个同事聊天的时候，她突然问我，“当时你老公是怎么跟你求婚的？浪漫不？”听了她的话我一愣，然后噗哧大笑起来，“我老公有点呆板，怎么你会想到他的求婚会很浪漫呢？”尽管这样说，但当我想起我老公向我求婚的时候我仍然感觉很甜蜜。实话实说，他的求婚事实上一点儿都不浪漫，没有鲜花，没有钻石项链或者任何意外惊喜，甚至都很难称为一场“求婚”。

Q168

At that time, he gave me a book about Ireland, which, now I am thinking was a long-established plan. At the weekend when I finished the book, he came to me and asked me whether I had finished the book. Seeing me nod my head, he felt very pleased and said to me in a low but happy voice, “If you like, we can get married in an Irish way!”
当时，他只是送给我一本关于爱尔兰的书，今天我回想起来觉得那时他一定是经过了长期周密的计划。在我看完那本书的周末，他来找我，问我是否看完了那本书。看到我点头了，他非常高兴，用一种低沉但却欢快的嗓音对我说，“如果你愿意，我们可以以爱尔兰式成婚！”

Q168

At that time, my heart was totally convinced by the romantic and sacred law of marriage in Ireland. The book told me that Ireland believes in Catholicism and prohibited divorce. Therefore, when a couple get married, they are supposed to choose the time of their marriage which ranges from 1 year to 100 years. The most impressive of this law of marriage lies in the inverse relationship between the time of marriage and the fees to be charged. If you choose 1 year for your marriage, you shall pay as much as 2, 000 sterling pounds plus receiving a dictionary-thick reference of rights and responsibilities. But if you choose 100 years, then you are very lucky and only need to pay 0.5 pound for the fees and receive a short but heart-touching note in all women’s eyes: “I have no idea the clear rights and responsibilities for my left hand to my right hand, my right leg to my left leg, my left eye to my right eye and my right sphere of brain to the left. Actually, they are an integrated whole and live by each other and cheer for each other. Finally, I would like this pink note to convey my best wishes to your one-hundred-year marriage! May you live happily all your lives!”
那时的我被爱尔兰婚姻的浪漫和神圣深深折服，那本书告诉我爱尔兰人信奉天主教并且禁止离婚。因此，当一对夫妇结婚，他们可以在1-100年的期限中选择自己婚姻的期限。这种婚姻法令人最为叹服的是婚姻期限与结婚缴纳费用之间微妙的关系。如果你们为婚姻选择了一年的期限，那么你应该缴纳差不多两千英镑，而会收到一本词典那么厚的参考书，里面都是关于婚姻的权力和义务。但是如果你选择100年，那么你非常幸运，只需缴纳0.5英镑，并且收到一张纸条，纸条很短，却足以触碰每个女人的心灵，“我不清楚，我的左手之于右手的权力和义务，抑或是左腿之于右腿，左眼之于右眼，左脑之于右脑。事实上，在我看来，他们是一个综合的整体，彼此关联，生生相惜。最后，我用这张粉红色的字条表达我对你们百年婚姻最真挚的祝福，祝你们生活幸福！”

Q168

I still remember at that time that I said to my husband, “Ok, so sir, please choose the time you expect our marriage to last!” He said happily, “I even do not bother to think about it and would definitely choose 100 years because it is highly money-saving!”
我仍然记得我当时对我丈夫说的话，“好吧，先生，请选择你所期望我们婚姻的期限吧!”他高兴地说，“我甚至不用去想，我绝对会选择100年，因为这是最省钱的！”

Q168

Later, I married him, a man who would like to stay with me for 100 years. Although we are not bound by the law of marriage in Ireland, we have cherished our vow to discipline ourselves all the time. We have married like Irish people and look on our marriage as a life-long commitment and spare no effort to nourish it hand in hand as we are gradually aging together.
后来，我嫁给了这个愿意与我相守百年的男人，尽管我们的婚姻并不受爱尔兰婚姻法的限制，但我们珍惜我们彼此的誓言。我们像爱尔兰人一样成婚，并将我们的婚姻视为一辈子的承诺，随着我们逐渐老去，不遗余力地浇灌它。

Q168

also sincerely hope that every pair of lovers in the world can get married like Irish people and love and protect each other whole-heartedly by committing themselves to a 100-year marriage.
我也真诚地希望世间男女，都能像爱尔兰人一样去结婚，好好地谨慎地相爱，并选择百年的期限来用心地守护身边的那个人。

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真好。