What a wonderful wedding. Of course, when it's two of your closest friends who are so totally perfect for each other, it can't help but be wonderful.
Tacia and I made the drive down to St. Louis on Thursday, which only ended up being four hours instead of five, so I was very pleased about that. We checked in about two, and since the rehearsal wasn't supposed to be until 4:30, thought we had time for a swim. Wrong! Turns out we were supposed to meet to leave at 3:15. We found out at 3:05, and I still hadn't taken a shower yet. Fifteen minutes later, I had showered, dressed, and was out the door. We even ended up beating everyone there. Take that!
Friday we decorated the community center for the reception, and then went into St. Louis for a little sight-seeing. We took the Budweiser tour, and got our free beer. There was a lot of beer consumed on this trip, let me tell you. I felt like I was on a bender. Then we headed for Ted Drewes' for ice cream, and by that time, everyone was pretty much wiped, so we headed back to the motel for naps, and played cards the rest of the evening.
The wedding was held in the Jewel Box, in Forest Park. Us girls got ready at Kristen's grandpa's house, since he lives only about 10 minutes from the Jewel Box. That may not have been the best idea, because a couple blocks from his house, we were stopped cold by a funeral procession. A cop had been killed in the line of duty, and we were treated to half an hour of motorcade. Now, I'm all for honoring the people who have served us, but this was ridiculous. Around 2:00 (ceremony: 2:30), I had to get out of the car, walk up to the guy directing traffic and ask, "Is this going to take much longer? The wedding ceremony starts in half an hour, and we have the bride." We ended up getting to the "church" on time, and they have a story to tell on their 50th wedding anniversary.
The reception was awesome. Todd and Kristen pretty much picked out all the music themselves, and they did a great job. There was great food, much dancing, and a great time had by all. Mollie (another bridesmaid) and I commented on the lack of single guys at the reception, but I suppose you can't have it all.
posted by Amanda @ 4:43 PM
16 Antiphon:
I'm glad you enjoyed yourself! It sounds like a fabulous wedding. :-)
I would have been freaking out! There is NO WAY I would have sat there for a half an hour! I SO would have been out of that car! All respect to the dead, but its my wedding day. Laet me through.
I never actually learned if they let you guys through or if you had to wait until the procession had passed.
When a Funeral Procession passes you should let them go on there way without trying to cross or cut in front of them. It is a matter of respect. As a rule all members in the funeral party should have their lights on so you can distiguish them from regular traffic. Actully, This post did bug me. I was in a motorcade to bury my uncle and had to put up with a very rude twenty something blonde who was pissed off she had to stop for two minutes. I'm sure they weren't going to run out of shoes or cute guys wherever she was going.
As for the Cop? You have the bride, I'm sure the whole wedding would have been there two hours later. I'm sure Todd wasn't going anywhere.
As for the single guy thing, Why would you expect any single guys at a wedding? That would be like a deer walking into a NRA convention.
The one sure date for a guy is a wedding. If a guy can't find someone to take to a wedding, he's not trying. Any guy who was traveling would have brought his own date, spouse, GF, mistress, next door nieghbor, or random women with a pulse. Any man in the wedding party would have brought someone, because it's uncool to be stag at a wedding. Weddings are no longer the social mixer they once were.
Actually, we only had the place for a total of an hour and a half, in which we had to squeeze seating, ceremony, and pictures, so if we hadn't gotten there for two hours, the wedding wouldn't have happened.
Half an hour, Ken! It wasn't purely people getting to the funeral, it was for show. There was one person in each car. I wouldn't have been nearly so upset if we had been merely inconvienenced.
What? Um, how many weddings of twenty-somethings have you been to lately? If you bring someone to a wedding, especially if your family is going to be there, it means you're at least semi-serious, or at the very least your family is going to think so. Doubly so for the wedding party. Yeah, great way to impress a woman: bring her to an event where she doesn't know anyone and then abandon her through the ceremony and dinner.
That's the point, any guy who would do that wouldn't be at the wedding anyway. Why would a single non-serious guy show up?
Perhaps because he would like to celebrate the wedding with the couple?
Nope, The Guy would be in the wedding party, or bring someone with him.
How about this ladies ( who read this blog ) , ask any male you know, would he go to a wedding all alone and why?
Ah. You missed the "not" in "Any man in the wedding party would have brought someone" that's why I was confused.
I posted the question to the WD. All questions of that sort can be answered there.
http://forums.buffyguide.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=regular&Number=537577185&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=2&fpart=
I still need an answer from someone with a "Y".
Maybe the question should be... Why do you think there weren't any single guys at the wedding?
Patience. I only posted a couple hours ago.
Why? Todd and Kristen's pool of friends who were willing to make the trip to St. Louis were already attached or I (or my best friend) had already dated them. There wasn't a big conspiracy.
There are single guys at weddings. All the friends are getting married and we all have tons of guy friends who ccome to our weddings. And they arent there "with" anyone, they are friends of the people getting married. I can name at least 7 single guys who at MY wedding w/o an s/o.
Let's rephase the question. If a guy has a choice between going to a wedding as a single guy or with someone which would he choice and why?
This is not an etiquette question. Your invited and you can bring as many people as you want or just yourself. It's not a matter of money, class, or weather.
I need a Y Chromesome to answer. Which would you rather do bring a date or go by yourself? Explain.
I'm glad the wedding went so well. And I'm right there with you on the funeral comments. I am quite happy to respectfully wait and watch a funeral cavalcade go by, but half an hour is taking the piss.
~CosmicAvatar
p.s. There were single males at our wedding. I got the impression it was because they wanted to be there with all of us.
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