Will You Marry Me?

Both series include the wedding of the main characters. Since I started writing this blog...yesterday...the more I think about Bella, the more I just cannot stand her. She is willing to become immortal but is unwilling to get married? Really? Because she thinks her mom will be against marriage so young? Really? Maybe I'm old-fashioned, maybe I'm a romantic, but the fact that Bella was written as wanting to be with Edward always and forever, but without marriage? It just didn't make sense to me. The same way it didn't make sense that Bella would be angry that Edward insisted on giving her a ride home after the near fainting episode at school. Why was she so excited to see him and ride home with him from Port Angeles? Doesn't make sense. Ana's reluctance to give an immediate yes made a little more sense how it was written. She was near hysterics after Christian's helicopter crash, had just been told why he liked to dominate brown-haired girls, and his timing was kind of off. In addition her response wasn't shock and repulsion, it was shock and amazement. As Kate pointed out, they have only been together for 16 days. Edward and Bella had been together a year and had pledged to be together forever--marriage wasn't that far out of left field. It made sense for him to ask her and her aversion and repulsion to it just felt odd. Had her reaction been "no" but written differently, it would have been more believable. The more I think about it, and the more I read and write about it, the age difference between Ana and Bella seems vast. Yes Bella is supposed to be very old for her years, but in so many ways she seems like a little girl. Ana is inexperienced and that shows, but she isn't afraid or wary of much. She knows what she wants and goes after it. All Bella wants is to be an immortal and be with Edward forever--however being married to him is somehow a ridiculous request. This makes the marriage of Ana and Christian seem natural and a given even before she agrees--I mean we just knew she was going to say yes, but because she knows what she wants, she deserved a more romantic proposal. I think Bella's initial refusal would have been more believable if it had been written more sympathetically. I do like that Edward stood his ground as far as the sexual activity waiting for marriage--not that I'm a prude, but because he stood up for his beliefs. Just because he is a male doesn't mean he should have to put out if he isn't ready.