Anyone who has ever listened to the radio, watched a movie, been to school, or had parents knows how much love stories permeate everything around us. Poems, songs, stories, and so much more have been written based solely on the throes of love, unrequited love, and all the cultural influences surrounding love. But what is it about all these stories and situations that keep us going back for more? Even with the most painful and heart wrenching stories, there is an atmosphere of the unconquerability of love and the ancient ability it has to create the most exquisite and most painful feelings that remind everyone of age-old stories and stories yet to be told. However, love’s ancient origins and innumerable retellings does not distract from today and all the possibilities that technology has provided for the growth and cultivation of love. Now, instead of waiting weeks or even months for letters to snail their way across countries and oceans, couples and families can express their love through emails, calls, texts, and even web chats. After all, no one ever said you couldn’t stare gooey-eyed into each other’s eyes simply because you weren’t in the same room or neighborhood or country.

As it happens, technology has also done wonders for planning weddings in every aspect. Where mom’s and grandma’s wedding plans may have centered around carefully preserving patterns for china, comparing 37 different types of stationary for invitations, and debating over whether there could ever be too much tulle at a wedding, couples today can do all of that with the touch of a button. Though, of course, it hasn’t quite gotten to the point where couples can download a Wedding app and have it pop up like magic, that may not be too far in the future. For now, couples are looking into different ways of having their special day be technologically savvy. From using digital cameras as centerpieces for guests to capture their own memories (who knew that your roommate’s boyfriend’s second cousin was also a roadie for the Bee Gees?) to digital guest books and touch screen montages of the engagement and bridal pictures, the possibilities are endless. Not only does technology have to be present only at the wedding and the reception. In fact, couples can now make all their information accessible in one place without having to send a single invitation through the mail. They can give directions, direct guests to registries, and let people privately and safely RSVP to their wedding through creating a one-stop site at places like www.besideyouforever.com. Though the tradition of love lives on in the most wonderful and mysterious ways, memories can be captured more quickly and kept more securely through small or large implementations of technology.