I should have said something on Friday night, but I called it on the runnaway bride the night before the truth came out. The news was abuzz about the wedding scheduled for the next day and the fear that the bride-to-be was dead somewhere. Despite the stories from the pastor that they were a couple so much in love, I suspected that she was okay, but had run off.
My wife and I agree that the would-be groom needs to run, and run fast. By letting her off on this, he’s inviting a lot of heart-ache in married life. She gave him the biggest clue to what life as a husband will be like that he could have asked for. I also think it would have been far more respectful to him if she had just called it off. Even being left at the altar would have been less of a slap in the face than running off and making up an abduction story.
As far as being charged, I think they should charge her criminally. Don’t get me wrong, I think people have a right to disappear. It’s pretty tasteless, but I wouldn’t make running away illegal. However, she should be charged for lying about her disappearance. Even if it works out to 30 days in jail, it’s better than letting her go scott-free. Encouraging this behaviour is the last thing we should do in an age when women wrongly accuse men of rape, sexual harassment, and the like every day.
She should spend a month in the county slammer, and he should get out while he still has the chance.
I don’t know enough about it to give him advice. I find it interesting that he is using the words, I’m living up to my agreement. Yes, she should spend time in jail for false reporting.