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May. 23rd, 2009

  • 4:43 PM

Not to be a cynic, but I really dislike weddings. One ritual especially: Bouquet catching. It goes to say that if you are single, you must get herded with the other single girls onto the floor to catch the bride's bouquet. I don't understand why nor do I care. I just know I don't like doing it. It never fails though, every time I go to a wedding, even though I tell people NO, they still grab me and force me onto the floor. I don't know why. I don't want to catch the stupid thing, so what's the point? To point out and make fun of the single girls in the room? I just don't enjoy this part of the ceremony. I think it's dumb. Truly I do. I'm just not big on weddings period. I think it's because I'm extremely shy around people I don't know (weddings are breeding grounds for strangers) and you can't drink too much to get rid of the feeling (it's taboo and you're around family/friends), so the rest of the time you're stuck sitting between Aunt Jane Doe stuffing her face and loudly laughing while someone who is third cousin to the groom sits there trying to eat and fight off the kids.  It's especially bad with families around here . People around here get married extremely young. I'm talking out of high school young with a baby coming a year later. *sigh* Am I the only strange one for waiting my time out to have family and kids? Is there something wrong with me that I don't want a family of my own right now? Every where I look at Weddings, that's what it seems. Every time i turn around, someone is getting married or having a baby. It's aggravating. And then they are rounding you up..."single girl coming through!" catch the bouquet. >_<

*sigh* Weddings are fun or can be fun, but most of the time, I don't enjoy them.  I don't know why. I guess it's my own personal problem to learn to get over, but man, just leave me be about that stupid bouquet, and we won't have a problem.

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[info]adam_epp wrote:
May. 23rd, 2009 10:54 pm (UTC)
Hmm, I'll pick a wedding over a funeral any day.
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[info]sequora wrote:
Jun. 2nd, 2009 11:31 pm (UTC)
Very true. Very true.
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[info]metaphore_art wrote:
May. 23rd, 2009 11:22 pm (UTC)
I never do the bouquet catch, and if I have my druthers I will not be doing it at my wedding, either. I won't be doing any of that - no bouquet toss, no garter toss, no putting the garter on who catches the bouquet, etc. It's stupid.

I know there's some kind of tradition behind it, but I'm just not interested.

Nor will I be walking down the aisle to "Here Comes the Bride." LOL! XDDDDD
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[info]sequora wrote:
Jun. 2nd, 2009 11:33 pm (UTC)
Now that would be an awesome and unique wedding. One that doesn't follow tradation to a 'T'. I always thought that it would be incredibly uncomfortable for a guy to catch a garter and such (just as much as it is for bouquet catchers). I guess that's why liquor is always such a big hit at weddings. lol.

So what song would you walk down the isle too, if I may ask?
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[info]metaphore_art wrote:
Jun. 5th, 2009 05:02 am (UTC)
Trumpet Voluntary. (you can find just about anything on youtube...it's a little frightening) XDDDD
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[info]sequora wrote:
Jun. 6th, 2009 05:07 pm (UTC)
Hey! I like that! It's happy and just really nice to listen too. It's elegant too. "Here Comes the Bride" is a nice song, but it's kinda like "Happy Birthday". A bit outplayed. I like this one though. It's perfect for a bride because of the statement it makes. Elegant, happy, and it makes you want to look at the bride. :o)
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[info]metaphore_art wrote:
Jun. 6th, 2009 05:47 pm (UTC)
That's exactly how I feel about it! "Here Comes the Bride" is okay, I understand the need for tradition (that said, though, it originally comes from an opera and was sung to celebrate a marriage that eventually failed...>____>)

But I've always loved "Trumpet Voluntary," precisely because it's so elegant and beautiful. It just utterly encapsulates that feeling of grandness and elegance, which is the whole point of the wedding procession up the aisle to escort the bride. I've known for years that that's what I would use...if I ever get married, that is. XDDDDD
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[info]laurie_bunter wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 03:50 pm (UTC)
Hahaha. I thought other people really love the bouquet toss. People in my country just hate it, but for some reason nobody gets rid of it because of TRADITION. So instead, a lot of wedding coordinators have come up with lame games and even prizes for those who participate.

The guys seem more willing to participate in the garter toss, but rarely has there been a wedding where the guy gets to put the garter up to the girl's thigh. Not with all those old biddies watching, hawk-eyed. So yay for old biddies on the guest list, LOL.

I only like weddings when I really know the couple and it's fun and intimate. I don't like showy weddings at all...
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[info]sequora wrote:
Jun. 2nd, 2009 11:38 pm (UTC)
Hell no! I hate bouquet tosses, primarily because I hate being put on the spot and a bit because the bride always chooses where she wants to throw the bouquet anyway. It's rigged to begin with and you look stupid standing up there like a herd of cows ready to catch some hay. I told my friends that if they ever did that crap to me, I'm hitting the bouquet like a volley ball and sending it back. (I got a few dirty looks from them when I said this, but I don't care.)

I never understood the garter toss, but then again, all the guys are so drunk by that time that I don't think they even care if they make butts of themselves....I guess it's okay if they get lucky at the end of the night.....

I enjoy fun, intimate weddings where I know the couple really well as well. That's the only way I'll feel comfortable at a wedding b/c then every body isn't looking at me like I'm some sort of Alien for my odd sense of humor or such.

I've been to big weddings. They aren't all that fun. Just a lot of toes you end up bruising at the end of the night. ;o)
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[info]fuku_taicho wrote:
May. 24th, 2009 05:14 pm (UTC)
Lol, I find weddings boring since I was a little kid. I don't go to weddings unless I have to. Luckily nobody ever forced me to stand for the bouquet tossing, but I think I'd go and hide in the ladies room XD

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[info]sequora wrote:
Jun. 2nd, 2009 11:38 pm (UTC)
I tried hiding in the bathroom. They came looking for me in there as well. -__-
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