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Adventures in Weddingland

Edgy MD Jul 05 2013 06:58 AM

You're at a garden wedding in June. A swanky, colonial-era estate, string quartet, and drinks served in quality crystal even before the ceremony begins. You all sit down, and the quartet breaks into the Mission: Impossible theme, and the groom's party enters in dark suits, dark sunglasses with their fingers in their ears, pretending to be casing the room as part of some secret mission. You think: a) "That's cute. I've never seen that before." b) "Whatev." c) "I'll just stare at my toes until this is over. Oh, look! Toes!" d) "This marriage is doomed. DOOMED!"

Ceetar Jul 05 2013 07:01 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

e) "So cliche..can they get on with it so the bar opens up again?" f) "Crap, they're onto me!" and dive under the table. g) "This is exactly why we need gun control in this country"

Benjamin Grimm Jul 05 2013 07:04 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Edgy MD wrote: a) "That's cute. I've never seen that before." b) "Whatev." c) "I'll just stare at my toes until this is over. Oh, look! Toes!" d) "This marriage is doomed. DOOMED!" I think, if they're in their early twenties I'd cut them some slack and tend towards option A. But the closer they are to thirty, the more my eyes would roll. And if they're over thirty, it's option D.

Edgy MD Jul 05 2013 07:13 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Bride 34-ish. Groom 40-ish

Ceetar Jul 05 2013 07:18 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

but in seriousness, I dig any creativity in the wedding process, even if it's cliche.

cooby Jul 05 2013 07:20 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

h) "the classy stuff was a setup. This is their real selves"

Edgy MD Jul 05 2013 07:21 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

If it's cliche, it ain't that creative. And I'm thinking, if you're gonna drop that sort of lettuce on a ceremony, and then subvert it all with a joke, you'd better land it.

Ceetar Jul 05 2013 07:40 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Edgy MD wrote: If it's cliche, it ain't that creative. And I'm thinking, if you're gonna drop that sort of lettuce on a ceremony, and then subvert it all with a joke, you'd better land it. well, the bar for 'creative' at a wedding is pretty low imo. Even if it's cliche, it's outside the box enough to be interesting usually. "OMG, her wedding dress has a wee pit of a pink tinge at the bottom?! EVIL!"

MFS62 Jul 05 2013 07:55 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

If you have been invited to the wedding, you must know at least one of the couple and know if they have a sense of humor. I'd give this a big laugh and a "well done" when I have a chance to tell them. (Snipers on a balcony and a black SUV with smoked windows checking license plate numbers in the parking lot would be over the top, though.) Later

Benjamin Grimm Jul 05 2013 07:56 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Edgy MD wrote: Bride 34-ish. Groom 40-ish DOOOMED! Is this a first marriage for either or both of them?

Edgy MD Jul 05 2013 08:15 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Both first. We're trying to be cool about it. She's our friend, and we certainly like him well enough, but we all adored her last boyfriend, who finally gave up after spending years trying to convince her to marry him, and then went and got married to someone else like six months later. She's a legendary ditherer, chronically unable to make decisions, and we fear only made this one out of biological urgency. Subtext: he's from a Moroccan family; she from a Brady Bunchy one (really, six siblings, blonde girls, brown-haired boys). The best man, who's sweet and goofy and we like (but he's possibly the guy behind the Mission Impossible fiasco), capped his toast with "God bless America!" That must really suck when you feel you and your family are viewed with such suspicion in public that you feel compelled to make a statement of loyalty, which is what it was.

sharpie Jul 05 2013 08:44 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

I read this post immediately after reading this article: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... tives.html That makes me more suspicious than the Mission: Impossible stuff.

themetfairy Jul 05 2013 10:14 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Is it a theme that I'd choose for a wedding - no. But I'm past the point of judging. If the bride and the groom both enjoyed the wedding and the theme meant something to them, then fine. Hopefully they'll have great stories to tell about it on their 50th anniversary.

Ashie62 Jul 05 2013 05:12 PM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Corny but cute...

Edgy MD Jul 05 2013 05:34 PM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

themetfairy wrote: Is it a theme that I'd choose for a wedding - no. But I'm past the point of judging. If the bride and the groom both enjoyed the wedding and the theme meant something to them, then fine. Hopefully they'll have great stories to tell about it on their 50th anniversary. You're right. I'm indulging in less-than-charitable gossip. My apologies.

soupcan Jul 05 2013 07:39 PM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Edgy MD wrote: You're right. I'm indulging in less-than-charitable gossip. My apologies. Eh. If not here, where?

Ceetar Jul 05 2013 07:46 PM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

soupcan wrote: Edgy MD wrote: You're right. I'm indulging in less-than-charitable gossip. My apologies. Eh. If not here, where? The wedding after party. (Of course, if it's anything like mine, they won't remember anyway so don't worry)

Fman99 Jul 05 2013 08:52 PM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Douchey.

Kong76 Jul 06 2013 09:13 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

Fman99 wrote: Douchey. Agreed

metsmarathon Jul 06 2013 10:47 AM Re: Adventures in Weddingland

It depends on how well they pull it off, whether the bride and her party are in on the action, and whether they carry the theme through the reception. If its just a throwaway, then it's just a big missed opportunity for awesome.