Tranquility! I can so identify with your wedding! Just as I was about to walk down the aisle, my dad (who never really talked to me in my whole young life said, "You know, you don't have to do this!) But there I was...the wedding arrangement, the church, flowers, presents, families, and I lacked the courage to have a disaster like in THE GRADUATE movie! Shortly thereafter, Paul Simon's song FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER played repeatedly on the radio, and I identified totally. But unlike Tranquility, I stayed for an agonizing 20 years, raising a daughter who witnessed my unhappiness the whole time! Thankfully, she has emerged well despite this, happily married with lovely twin boys.
As Want2fly has so accurately stated, the hormones are raging when we are young. There is also the glorification of the wedding ceremony as a goal for many young women (of which I was one....thinking I deserved it!). This is just one day! The lifetime together afterward is what's important!
Patty