Weddings
'Tis the season for weddings to begin again. We went to one today for my S.O.'s friend. They had a nice ceremony, though the preacher kept talking about Satan, and how they had to fight Satan and not each other during their marriage. Not sure what to think of that, I generally think that you shouldn't mention the devil during the wedding ceremony, call me old fashioned. Then they had a really lovely reception that involved a full meal, dancing, and a semi-open bar (beer and wine on them). I was quite surprised by that, because serving all of those people a full meal must have cost an insane amount of money. They had a small wedding party and didn't hire a DJ, so they saved money that way, but still. I did like that they had the ceremony on a Saturday afternoon, because it left time for us to do other things, and we felt we could take our time and enjoy the wedding.
The strangest things about weddings is how people dissect them as they are in progress. Eyebrows are raised during the ceremony if the preacher talks too long, everyone is judging the dresses and the colors, the behavior of the new couple at the reception is scrutinized in minute detail...the whole bit. I am far from above it, and there are a few things that drive me up the wall about many weddings that I have to get off my chest. One is children in the ceremony, mostly because I like children best when they are seated and quiet, and I don't like to pretend that they are cute (I only like it when children actually are cute, and stomping around in a tux hardly qualifies). My second complaint is rude photographers. The one today was the topic of a lot of complaints. He was all over the place with a rather bright flash, and even got in the way of us taking pictures of the couple with our cameras. And I really don't like it when they take photos during the ceremony because it distracts from the couple and the event. They are supposed to be one of the most hidden parts of the whole thing, and this guy was one of the most obvious fixtures.
At this point, I only have two more weddings to go to, unless I make it to Alaska for another friend's wedding, but that will depend on airfare. One is local, the other is family. I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be an action-packed year for weddings for me, just from what I am hearing from friends and family. I suppose I am getting to that age when all the people who didn't want to get married young start to feel like they are old enough now to settle down. Isn't that such a terrible phrase? As if life before marriage was unsettled or something. What other terms are there, aside from planting roots, starting a family (ahahahahahhhhhhh)...there should be something that implies affirming that you have selected someone as your lifelong companion, rather than you have given up your mobility or something. Will think on this more.
The strangest things about weddings is how people dissect them as they are in progress. Eyebrows are raised during the ceremony if the preacher talks too long, everyone is judging the dresses and the colors, the behavior of the new couple at the reception is scrutinized in minute detail...the whole bit. I am far from above it, and there are a few things that drive me up the wall about many weddings that I have to get off my chest. One is children in the ceremony, mostly because I like children best when they are seated and quiet, and I don't like to pretend that they are cute (I only like it when children actually are cute, and stomping around in a tux hardly qualifies). My second complaint is rude photographers. The one today was the topic of a lot of complaints. He was all over the place with a rather bright flash, and even got in the way of us taking pictures of the couple with our cameras. And I really don't like it when they take photos during the ceremony because it distracts from the couple and the event. They are supposed to be one of the most hidden parts of the whole thing, and this guy was one of the most obvious fixtures.
At this point, I only have two more weddings to go to, unless I make it to Alaska for another friend's wedding, but that will depend on airfare. One is local, the other is family. I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be an action-packed year for weddings for me, just from what I am hearing from friends and family. I suppose I am getting to that age when all the people who didn't want to get married young start to feel like they are old enough now to settle down. Isn't that such a terrible phrase? As if life before marriage was unsettled or something. What other terms are there, aside from planting roots, starting a family (ahahahahahhhhhhh)...there should be something that implies affirming that you have selected someone as your lifelong companion, rather than you have given up your mobility or something. Will think on this more.
posted by Courtney at 10:48 PM
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