Sweet Jesus, not mine!!!
This post is about marriage as I've had some time to think about it recently. My friend Bret is going to be marrying Emily later this year. I also have a few other friends that already are married (Abby Burgett-Crull for one). Of course, we could begin a very philosophical discussion about the merits of marriage in today's society and then contrast that to the societial norms when our parents or parents parents got married, but I'm sure we'll all agree that it's just not the same as it used to be (for most Americans). This post will really just be about the wedding day itself and the activities that lead up to it.
First, I'm guessing all of us have been to a wedding or two, whether it be a family, friend, or stranger's wedding (no, not wedding crashing, just meaning that you're the "+1" and don't know the bride, groom, or anyone else invloved).
From my experience, there's a different level of enjoyment on the wedding day, depending a great deal on how much you have invested in the wedding couple's life/courtship. For many family weddings, it's a great day as everyone's excited, happy, drunk etc. And, you know everyone invloved... even the aunt that pinches your cheek and makes you kiss hers (bleech!). These are good times. It's often a similiar feeling, though to a lesser extent, if it's a friend's wedding. Of course, there's less people that you know, but you tend to make up for it in fun. Again, these are fun times and the people getting married remember the day that much more.
Now the last kind... when you attend the wedding as a +1... these can be tricky. You don't know anyone but the person that dragged you there and are only going b/c of the promise of free booze (unless you "really like weddings!"). This is the kind of thing that gets (me) people in trouble. You wind up giggling under your breath during the ceremony and can't wait for the reception (read: open bar) to begin. it provides opportunity, just guessing here, for taking a center piece from the reception table, piling it full with "cocaine" (sugar) and pretending to snort it. This would be fine if it was just for the wedding table you're at, but you also decided to use the reception's disposable camera and capture it for the bride and groom. How nice, you left them a special gift.
So, where am I going with this?
Well, it's clear to me that the best weddings happen when people know each other and can have a good time (with no cocaine snorting). This past weekend, we got to meet alot of the friends in Bret & Emily's wedding. It's nice to get to know everyone before the wedding, which will be held in Quebec. I have no doubt that the wedding day, er, weekend will be much more enjoyable and memorable for the bride & groom and all of us. Plus, we might prevent the "+1"s from getting out of hand.
I missed Abby's wedding and I'm sure it would have been a good one too. She had alot of great people that all knew each other beforehand. I'm sure it was a blasty-blast.
This post is about marriage as I've had some time to think about it recently. My friend Bret is going to be marrying Emily later this year. I also have a few other friends that already are married (Abby Burgett-Crull for one). Of course, we could begin a very philosophical discussion about the merits of marriage in today's society and then contrast that to the societial norms when our parents or parents parents got married, but I'm sure we'll all agree that it's just not the same as it used to be (for most Americans). This post will really just be about the wedding day itself and the activities that lead up to it.
First, I'm guessing all of us have been to a wedding or two, whether it be a family, friend, or stranger's wedding (no, not wedding crashing, just meaning that you're the "+1" and don't know the bride, groom, or anyone else invloved).
From my experience, there's a different level of enjoyment on the wedding day, depending a great deal on how much you have invested in the wedding couple's life/courtship. For many family weddings, it's a great day as everyone's excited, happy, drunk etc. And, you know everyone invloved... even the aunt that pinches your cheek and makes you kiss hers (bleech!). These are good times. It's often a similiar feeling, though to a lesser extent, if it's a friend's wedding. Of course, there's less people that you know, but you tend to make up for it in fun. Again, these are fun times and the people getting married remember the day that much more.
Now the last kind... when you attend the wedding as a +1... these can be tricky. You don't know anyone but the person that dragged you there and are only going b/c of the promise of free booze (unless you "really like weddings!"). This is the kind of thing that gets (me) people in trouble. You wind up giggling under your breath during the ceremony and can't wait for the reception (read: open bar) to begin. it provides opportunity, just guessing here, for taking a center piece from the reception table, piling it full with "cocaine" (sugar) and pretending to snort it. This would be fine if it was just for the wedding table you're at, but you also decided to use the reception's disposable camera and capture it for the bride and groom. How nice, you left them a special gift.
So, where am I going with this?
Well, it's clear to me that the best weddings happen when people know each other and can have a good time (with no cocaine snorting). This past weekend, we got to meet alot of the friends in Bret & Emily's wedding. It's nice to get to know everyone before the wedding, which will be held in Quebec. I have no doubt that the wedding day, er, weekend will be much more enjoyable and memorable for the bride & groom and all of us. Plus, we might prevent the "+1"s from getting out of hand.
I missed Abby's wedding and I'm sure it would have been a good one too. She had alot of great people that all knew each other beforehand. I'm sure it was a blasty-blast.
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