Wedding Etiquette Dilemna

farmerjerome · Jul 13, 2006

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FarmerJ said:

21 said:

You can always tell when the wedding is about the trimmings and not the people. Â Everyone looks bored, the bride has too much lipstick and melting makeup, and the groom hasn't blinked in four hours.

My sister had one of those weddings...she is crazy in love with her husband, but on the one day that mattered, she treated him like the cabana boy. Â I listened to speech after speech, saying how this was 'the most important day of your life!" Â So when it was finally my turn, I got up and said 'I really hope this is not the most important day of your life....save that for when you hold your first baby, or walk through the door of your first home, or fall asleep in each others arms when you're 70 and still in love...' Â Then I got all teary and had to sit down. My mother thought it was worst speech she ever heard, so I know it was really good.
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Wow. I never would have had the guts to say that. Maybe I'm misreading the tone of your post -- but I would have been pretty pissed if I was the bride.

Then again, I was so nervous on my wedding day I really don't know what I'd do.
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I said it sweetly...not like 'oh god, this wedding sucks, i sure hope you have better days than this!'Â It was more like 'You have your whole life ahead of you, this is just one special day, the first of many...'

Of course, they all think I'm a total bitch anyway, so they probably took it the wrong way.Â 8)

But am I wrong? Your wedding is a day....now you have to live the life you promise to live.Â That's where the glory is, in making it work--not in picking good table candy.
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You're right. Honestly, I just wouldn't have want to have heard in on the big day. Even in small weddings, there's too much shit going on.

Actually, if you said it at the bridal shower it might have calmed your sister's nerves.

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