Random Thoughts VIII: The Ocho
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They blasted out of here this morning on their way to Montana to visit NIL parental units.
I would think Venice would be a better place for someone with a strong collection of boat shoes.
So, I was planning on Watching the Canelo-Khan fight tonight, but had a wedding reception to attend first. Thought we would leave early since the baby goes to bed by 9 and this reception hall is about an hour from our house (yet still in the DFW metroplex). Well, we didn't leave until 9:45pm and got home around 10:40pm. Went to see if the fight was still on, already done. Main even over by KO in the 6th round and the fight right before it in the undercard over by KO in the 4th round.
Was going to have a friend come over for the fights, but instead drinking a Negra Modelo by myself now.
Was going to have a friend come over for the fights, but instead drinking a Negra Modelo by myself now.
Some solid movies on.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
40 year old Virgin
Grandmas Boy
Never Back Down
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
40 year old Virgin
Grandmas Boy
Never Back Down
Couple of issues I had with today's wedding/reception:
1. Wedding was at 1:00 in the afternoon and lasted until 2:30pm. Took 30 minutes to drive there and 30 minutes to come back home. Then, the reception was not until 6:00 (took an hour to drive there), but the bride and groom don't show up until 7:30pm. Stayed until 9:45 and took another hour to drive back home. Is it inconsiderate to plan your reception that much later than the wedding ceremony? Felt like our whole day was spent on "their" special day.
2. Should a second marriage ceremony ever be this elaborate? Multiple bridesmaids/groomsmen, huge/fancy reception party with multiple performers, full gift registry (china, kitchenware, etc), 3 wedding coordinators, etc. Keep in mind these people are divorced, are in their 40s, and already have their own houses, etc.
Am I wrong here?
1. Wedding was at 1:00 in the afternoon and lasted until 2:30pm. Took 30 minutes to drive there and 30 minutes to come back home. Then, the reception was not until 6:00 (took an hour to drive there), but the bride and groom don't show up until 7:30pm. Stayed until 9:45 and took another hour to drive back home. Is it inconsiderate to plan your reception that much later than the wedding ceremony? Felt like our whole day was spent on "their" special day.
2. Should a second marriage ceremony ever be this elaborate? Multiple bridesmaids/groomsmen, huge/fancy reception party with multiple performers, full gift registry (china, kitchenware, etc), 3 wedding coordinators, etc. Keep in mind these people are divorced, are in their 40s, and already have their own houses, etc.
Am I wrong here?
I would say it's rude to leave several hours in between. I could understand having a cocktail hour while pictures were being taken but more than that seems excessive. Especially for a second marriage. I'd be more understanding of the big wedding if it was a first wedding for either party (or the bride really...because do grooms care?)
Some couples adhere to the groom not seeing the bride before the wedding. So they take pictures afterward. However, 3.5 hours between wedding & reception is flat out rude, IMO.
I was intending a very simple wedding with PapaLew (both of us were divorced). That got shot all to hell when he figured out I had eloped the first time, and had never worn a wedding gown. It sort of exploded from there.
We had multiple attendants (our six kids plus my friend who "introduced" us). We did NOT do a registry, in fact we specifically requested NO gifts as we already were combining two full households & 3 of the six kids into one house and we had enough STUFF already. Nearly full church and big reception with a DJ. Yeah, it was kind of overblown for it not being our first marriages...but in retrospect I'm glad he pushed for the formal wedding. It was the experience of a lifetime for me.
That's how I feel as well. It was just not a good day today.
-We arrived 15 minutes late to the wedding because my brother in law made us drive an extra 30 minutes to pick him up because his car battery died, only to call us back when we were almost there to pick him up that his car had now started. This made us drive 45 minutes for a place that was only 15 minutes away. I was so ****ing ****** off.
-Since we got there late, we had to sit on the balcony. That means right next to the camera recording the wedding with a 10 month old baby. Baby GTO started crying so I had to take him outside in a hurry and I accidentally knocked a fire extinguisher from the wall and it came crashing on the ground. The whole church heard it. Nice.
See, I can understand if your first wedding was not a huge wedding. However, the bride previously had a huge first wedding (as is customary in Indian culture) and this one was insane. Don't get me wrong, it was beautiful and very well done, but seemed a bit much.Some couples adhere to the groom not seeing the bride before the wedding. So they take pictures afterward. However, 3.5 hours between wedding & reception is flat out rude, IMO.
I was intending a very simple wedding with PapaLew (both of us were divorced). That got shot all to hell when he figured out I had eloped the first time, and had never worn a wedding gown. It sort of exploded from there.
We had multiple attendants (our six kids plus my friend who "introduced" us). We did NOT do a registry, in fact we specifically requested NO gifts as we already were combining two full households & 3 of the six kids into one house and we had enough STUFF already. Nearly full church and big reception with a DJ. Yeah, it was kind of overblown for it not being our first marriages...but in retrospect I'm glad he pushed for the formal wedding. It was the experience of a lifetime for me.
Looked for a .gif for this, think I'll get banned if I post any of them.
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