So I was in a NSW Service centre the other day and saw this.
What order would you put these pamphlets in?
My friend wanted to change the order to Birth, Marriage, Death. Thinking that's the order he expects these events to happen to him.
The official name of the governing body is " Births, Deaths and Marriages".
The way I see it is Birth and Death are unavoidable - these happen to everyone and there is nothing we can do about it. Marriage is avoidable and indeed forbidden for some. And many people I know are getting married after they have kids.
I guess it all depends on who's looking at it and if you think of it as your own birth or the birth of your child. If you think about what order you might need to fill in each of these forms then the photo is correct...kind of.
On the other hand placing marraige before birth suggests a soul connection . That's an awesome & creepy concept - predestination .
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