Entering marriage is like reaching a milestone in life. Once you step onto it, you embark on a new journey.
It's not about starting everything anew, but rather confronting new challenges.
Learning to manage a household, a marriage. From being a daughter or son, you become a parent.
Adrian Zhekova always felt like the traditional scenario where the groom waits for the bride to walk to him.
As if the groom was her endpoint.
And the groom does nothing, just waits for the bride to walk to him.
This is inherently unequal.
Adrian Zhekova did not like this, so he did not wait for Cindy Clarke as they had originally agreed.
Instead, he actively stepped towards her.
Much like their own lives.
Both having walked their lifetime alone, they meet each other.
Then, they proceed to walk together, hand in hand.
Adrian Zhekova bent his arm and Cindy Clarke slipped her hand into his.
They both walked to the front.
Under the prompt from the host, they exchanged rings.
