“I was engaged eight years ago, but my fiancé died in Iraq. After that, I promised myself that I’d never be that dependent on someone again. So after I met my husband, I fought marriage for the longest time. But we got married in September. And even though I was rebelling against it, and I always saw it as a meaningless formality, I’ve been surprised. There’s a comfort in knowing that you’re sworn to someone else.”
—Blog, Humans of New York, “And even though I was rebelling against it, and I always saw it as a meaningless formality, I’ve been surprised”, or book, Humans of New York: Stories (St. Martin’s Press, 2015, New York NY), Page 44; both blog and book by Brandon Stanton
There’s A Comfort In Knowing That You’re Sworn To Someone Else
“To swear with an oath is the most solemn and binding form of speech known to the human tongue.”
—President Joseph Fielding Smith, “The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood”, Oct 1970 LDS General Conference
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