Wedding Trends

[blas87]

Nothing wrong with that at all, Rum. Looks like a wedding to me

People are going to have an absolute hayday if I ever get married....I really dislike the color white (because it gets dirty so easily) and I'm not the most traditional lady alive......first I have to find a guy that would even agree to marry me without running for the hills, then I'd have to find one that would be ok with a dress of a different color, and most likely not a long flowy dress, as I prefer tighter and shorter dresses if I have to wear one.

[IDrinkaRum]

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My BIL#2 (who was the Best Man) was late to the wedding! Yeah, not happy about that.

The wedding dress was my mother's. My sister couldn't wear it 'cos she was taller than my mom and I'm the same height as my mom. (The one time I enjoyed being short. LOL)

But yeah ... I wanted the whole "men in tuxedoes lookin'" nice thing even though we got married in the "country".

Let's just put it this way: We got married in the biggest church in Hood (VA). We go married in the smallest church in Hood. We got married in the only church in Hood.

It wasn't a destination wedding, per se. And my parents paid a heck of a lot less for my wedding than my sister did. (My wedding cake was free - Mrs. Hood - the daughter-in-law of the Hood family - for whom the town is named - did my wedding cake as her present to us).

The only thing they had to do is move the cows from the pasture in the back of the church.

And yes, I made sure the ushers and the groomsmen knew they couldn't be scruffy and couldn't be hungover from the night before.

They actually behaved themselves. Not one of them objected to the marriage (though I know they wanted to scream from the rooftops).

[guywithashovel]

My sister has been married twice. First time, she got married at a "cave" (it was at Ash Cave in Ohio---more of an overhang, really). Second time, she got married on the back deck of her husband's parents' house. On top of that, it took place on Thanksgiving Day, and we had Thanksgiving Dinner as the reception.

[Mr Slugger]

You know honestly I think it's their wedding and they can do what they want. I know there was many in our family that didn't like things we did with our wedding, but hey it was my party.

For me and my wife. I mean she wanted the nice dress, and have everything pretty. I wore the tux, and told her make sure you get plenty of pictures because it's not happening again for a long time Both sides called it a night early. We got the drinking party out of the way the weekend before, and it was very much a "no drinking the night before or we'll kick your asses" rule for the night before. They knew they could get as hammered as they wanted at the wedding.

But I personally couldn't have shown up disheveled. I mean I got the hair cut like 2 days before the wedding, shaved the night before didn't want to shave in the morning in case I cut myself. But for the church portion of the wedding everything had to be picture perfect. I even remember the priest before the service actually started told everyone to turn off their cell phones. So none rang during the service. But like I said the church part we wanted flawless, and we got it.

Now the reception was a little different and that where I know people were bitching. Some people didn't like that the song after our first dance was we did it all for the nookie by limp bisket. Some people didn't like that eventual her uncle larry brought in his drums to go along with the dj (which he asked us if he could do) One of my relatives on my father's side didn't like the fact I cut the buffet line. He actually canceled the check he gave us for the wedding I think because of that. He told me the line started over there which I thought he was joking and of course I said being the groom has it's advantages jokingly back. But I mean I heard it from others that some were mad because we didn't say thank you for coming, even though we had over 100 people there and never knew what the hell was going on because people were coming to us all the time. The dance floor was the only safe place really that people didn't approach us. Like I said some were mad about her uncle playing the drums, but he had just found out he had cancer, and in the end that was the last time he was filmed playing the drums. So to us now it's a good thing. But I mean I had family members that were miffed because the wedding party was lopsided because only my sister and brother were in it and the rest was her family, never mind the fact that there was no young side of my family. People made comments about how some of the bridesmaid dresses weren't the same. the were all the same color, and style, but there was two that showed the shoulders and two that covered.

But again the wedding isn't to please the guests, it's to please the bride and groom, and if they are both happy about how it turned out then that's honestly all that matters.

[DesignFox]

Yikes, Mr. Slugger! People honestly COMPLAINED?

I've never had any qualms at any wedding I've been to (well, with the exception of the one time there was a cash bar...but I didn't say anything to the bride and groom about it..after all, they were paying for my ass to eat food and party...and it turned out it was the best solution to a religious conflict...so, I completely understand that!).

It's the bride and groom's day! Who cares what song they walk down the aisle to? And by all means, cut the buffet line! I can't believe your relatives gave you grief for that! And really? People complained you didn't come around and say thank you??? If you missed them, you send a card later...what's the big deal?

That's just so rude!

Anyhow...
The wedding photos I'm talking about in my OP, I wasn't actually at any of those weddings. Nor did I say anything about it to the people involved. Whatever my personal feelings are, it's their day.

I just know I'd kick my SO's ass if he showed up looking like a slob. I want the perfect pictures. At this rate, I'll be hobbling down the aisle in a walker anyway...so I don't know why I even think of these things. Life's making me wait....I want it done right when the day finally comes.

I don't think it matters where it is. Or what you wear. As long as everyone seems to be on the same page. Looking at those photos made me think, "Gee, this sure was an important day to this woman...why does her husband look like something the cat dragged in?" I think that's what bothers me when I see it.

[kiwi]

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Some people didn't like that the song after our first dance was we did it all for the nookie by limp bisket.

That makes you and Mrs Slugger most awesome in my eyes!

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