Posted on 08/09/2024 2:40:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
My husband had good taste and piped in on occasion.
One thing we both agreed on was no Madonna songs. We both couldn’t stand her inane screeching.
He definitely had opinions when it came to the food. There was so much food at the cocktail hour buffet that people thought it was the dinner.
We had 10 hot offerings, a carving station, fresh fruit, a fresh vegetable platter, a
Charcuterie, and servers with shrimp cocktails and Swedish meatballs.
Imagine their surprise when, after being seated in the main hall, they were treated to a four course plated meal.
Party of a lifetime.
I convinced my wife to have our wedding on my birthday. That way I never forget our anniversary.
I'm right there with you. And that is one area I would probably be the groomzilla about. I think I will have a list of what can be played.
By brother's wife wanted this expensive 17-piece band for the wedding. The parents paid for that, but they told him, he had to pay for that, if they wanted it. It was very expensive, but he paid. I thought it was a waste of money before the wedding, but they were fantastic, and it really made the wedding. Well, second to my best man speech. LOL.
It wasn't like I had a choice. For over a year before the wedding, my bride-to-be, her mother, and a bunch of other women, whose names I mostly don't remember, were busy as bees planning the whole thing out.
Women live to plan out extravagant weddings. Of that, I am convinced through experience.
On the wedding day, all the women spent hours that morning getting all fixed up with a crew of make-up artists and hair stylists. Meanwhile, my best man and grooms hung out in a hotel room, doing shots and listening to U2 and Lynyrd Skynyrd mostly.
When it was time, we got a knock on the door, put on our bowties and jackets, combed through our hair, and headed down to the limo that took us to the church.
37 1/2 years later, the wife and I are still married so I guess it was all for the best.
I still tell her I would have been more than happy to have eloped to Vegas and gotten married by an Elvis impersonator. Would have saved everybody a lot of money and fuss!
Not all. My drop dead gorgeous girl was modest. We had a few fake floral arrangements. She was pleased with a used modified dress etc. Budget was just north of 100 in 1972. A couple days honeymoon about 100. She is no longer on this earth but we had 35 years.
We had a small wedding outdoors with some friends and relatives, maybe 50 people. My FiL gave us the $ he otherwise would have spent that we saved on a down payment on a house.
Yeah, you won, because there’s no way I would have done that. The marriage is both of yours; the wedding was for you.
You do not want to marry someone who posts all of their life online. You’re not going to be happy with that. They have yet to learn life is not where they are the star of their own little show. You don’t want to be supporting cast to someone like that. Ever.
I am so tired of how the internet has created so many whiny critical young women!
I am an amateur musician. I have played many and many weddings. The men don’t care what time the wedding is. They just want to get it over with. Weddings are for the bride.
Ever play a gay wedding?
I’m a tax accountant. Our anniversary is April 14th. I still remember our first date, too: June 4, 1982. We were married by a JP in Fort Lauderdale. I felt sorry for my FIL, he had 7 daughters, he deserved a break.
He showed up, she’s lucky.
For now she’s saved from a future of being a childish cat lady.
As a matter of fact I have. The audience was a collection grotesque “queers.” I could see the sadness in one of the dad’s face. I got out of their seconds after my obligation.
Well, educational, if nothing else.
I always said that I was getting married in May. “May the day never come.”
I ended up getting married in May!
Snob appeal. Consultant is high class.
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