I'm saddened for the young lady in the news who felt that she had no other choice but to run away from home rather than go through with her pending marriage last week.

Speculation had it that she had been kidnapped or murdered. A hundred police officers searched high and low for her. The neighbors gathered and the town circled the wagons as hourly reports filtered in about the ongoing efforts to find her.

A neighborhood restaurant provided free food to the gathered friends and family as they awaited the outcome. The fiance --visibly shaken was interviewed. He took and passed a lie detector test to determine if he knew anything about her disappearance.

And then from half way across the country came word that the one missing was safe. Hungry and tired she had come forward--first with a lie that she had been kidnapped--but later with the truth. She had bought a ticket a week before and had simply left.

Now back home, the town is upset. There was no dead body, no bound and gagged victim--just a girl who had ran off from the pressure of the pending marriage.

A larger question remains unanswered. Why did she run. No--let's try it again---why did she really run off? Will we ever know?

So the victim has become the object of scorn. A fiance is very much relieved. he claims he still wants to marry her. Should he? Should she?

Marriage is a three way street. You have the bride on one, the groom on another and joining them in the middle is "GOD" If the bride has doubts about the covenant of marriage and therefore runs away, I say salute her for being honest about her doubts. We may all disagree with her actions that left the news rooms with fodder--but we should never disagree with her choice to leave all the fancy ceremony preparations with hundreds of guests sitting along the sideline. If she honestly cannot commit to the marriage then she has done the right thing in the eyes of "GOD"

We should never fear bucking conventional pressure from society when it means doing the right thing. If she was not prepared to say "I Do" then she should not have gone through with it. Entering the sacred commitment of marriage with a lie is a immoral thing to do. Morality trumps all societal trappings.

Like I said. We don't know what really happened. But we do know that at least in this case--the institution of marriage was not abused.

Don't forget Yodi, never be afraid to buck the system if doing so is the right thing to do. But--please make a better choice than running away--if you feel that you must remove yourself from an unpleasant situation. It is always better to come forward and voice your concern in a loud bark--so everybody knows your intentions. Good night buddy.