- The bride was 18 years old. I could barely spell my own name at 18, let alone think about getting married. Granted, getting married was about the only way she was going to get out of her even-weirder-than-her parent's house (as she didn't graduate from high school and has no job skills...I know this because I spent two months when I first got home fixing all of her mistakes).
- Despite the fact that both the bride and groom are young, I have to say that I believe that this marriage will work because they are clearly "made for each other"...meaning that their overly abundant weirdnesses are the same.
- The reception center was decorated with ropes...meaning "lariat" ropes.
- The bride wore a white turtleneck under her dress..which was made out of rope lace. And her choice of footwear? White, pointy toed cowboy boots.
- The only thing weird mother could say about her when she got up to give her wedding toast was, "This is the most accident prone child on the face of the planet." To which her older sister felt it was necessary to add, "Yeah, she's like a walking stitch. Or a band aid." Perhaps sometimes it's hard to say something nice about your children but you should at least be prepared with at least ONE nice comment for their wedding day.
- Their wedding announcement read, "Love has lassoed our hearts....please join us in a celebration of us gettin' hitched." Ok, three words that should NEVER go on a wedding announcement: lasso, gettin', and hitched (if you wish to see said annoucement, please let me know).
- The groom wore a teal tuxedo top and black Wranglers for the bottom. The bride didn't feel it was necessary to do her hair.
- Two of their wedding pictures were of HER holding HIM after the wedding and another was of him popping a wheelie in his mother's wheelchair.
- The groom had a 10 inch skinning knife in a scabbard on his belt. Guess you never know when you're going to need a ginormous knife at your reception.
- And last, but certainly not least: the bride's older sister, who also got married at 18 and is now a whopping 21 years old walked up to me carting her ugly baby (let's face it, some babies ARE ugly) and said (in the "oh, I feel so sorry for you" voice), "Someday you'll have children." DO I LOOK LIKE I'M WORRIED OR UPSET ABOUT NOT HAVING CHILDREN? Then she said, "Well, if you had a baby, maybe you could lose some weight. I lost 58 pounds with this baby." I had to struggle to keep my retort in my mouth...looks like she did something about the fat but there's nothing she can do about the stupid.
So, the question about all of this is: do these observations make me a snob? I mean, after all, it is their wedding and I guess they should be allowed to do whatever they want without judgment. Perhaps I should take the high road and not make fun of/belittle it. Then again, where's the fun in that? That wedding was weird. And more than a LITTLE special.
3 comments:
Whoo! There are some good Jeff Foxworthy Redneck jokes in that story. My favorite being the one about the 10in skinning knife. That's classic redneck!
One more thing to say, you should email this story to Jeff Foxworthy. I'm sure he could use in his act. There is so much material in just this wedding alone!
Yes. Bless the people around me for being so weird.
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