OT Wedding Announcement

Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. I received what I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. South Mississippi

It could be worse, Kate. You could be the mother of the groom, forced to
attend, wear beige and keep your mouth shut. At least now all you must do
is send them a nice card with your best wishes. Polly

"Kate T." wrote Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. I received what
I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. South Mississippi

That was sort of my knee jerk reaction also. Maybe you could send a
gardening tool as a wedding gift. Or - maybe you are on the "B" list (or C,
DO, E, F) and anyone not on the A list got a proper invitation? That is a
strange one. I went to a wedding in July & the ceremony started half an
hour after it was supposed to. Turns out the bride planned it that way, so
that nobody would be late! I was wondering why this girl, who seems to be
so together was half an hour late for her own wedding. The mother-in-law
told me she found out the night before that the wedding was going to start
half an hour later than the invitation stated. The ME-I-L called an aunt,
who could not have stood around that long to give her a heads up.

Pauline
Northern California

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
...
It could be worse, Kate. You could be the mother of the groom, forced to
attend, wear beige and keep your mouth shut. At least now all you must do
is send them a nice card with your best wishes. Polly

"Kate T." wrote Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. I received
what I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. South Mississippi

Our step-grandson's wedding last year was over a 1/2 hour late starting - as
they were getting the bride dressed the zipper broke in her gown. Luckily
the groom's aunt had a sewing kit in her car so she sewed Sophia into her
dress! I just wish they would have come down and told us why it was taking
so long. Everyone would have understood, but there we sat with no idea why
none of the wedding party was appearing when they should have! This was an
outdoor wedding and it was REALLY windy that afternoon. Some of the chiffon
from the trellis where the couple was supposed to stand blew into the pond.

One thing they did that I thought was really neat. They had bought a cute
little wooden chair at a yard sale and painted it bright red (the bride is
Chinese and they consider red to be a lucky color is my understanding).
Everyone in attendance signed the chair with a gold paint pen.

Donna in SW Idaho

I went to a wedding in July & the ceremony started half an
hour after it was supposed to. Turns out the bride planned it that way,
so that nobody would be late! I was wondering why this girl, who seems to
be so together was half an hour late for her own wedding. The
mother-in-law told me she found out the night before that the wedding was
going to start half an hour later than the invitation stated. The ME-I-L
called an aunt, who could not have stood around that long to give her a
heads up.

Pauline
Northern California

That is pretty astonishing all right. They want a fun wedding. It sounds
like it is going to be different but fun.


"Kate T." wrote in message
...
Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. I received what I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. South Mississippi

They just keep getting weirder and weirder! At least that one didn't
instruct you what gift to send, if any!

One of my favorite nephews got married a month ago or so. The ceremony took
place outdoors at the bride's mother's home. The wedding party and most of
the guests were skateboarders and/or tattoo artists and dressed in a, shall
we say, variety of styles from evening dresses to denim Capri trousers. The
minister had just gotten his mail-order preacher's license, and the bride
and groom wrote their own vows. The wedding was fun, but far different than
anything I ever saw before. I wonder if it's any more legal than jumping
over a broomstick. Still, they are a fine young couple and I hope they have
a long and happy life together.

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Kate T." wrote in message
...
Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. I received what I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. South Mississippi

On Sep 6, 7:02*pm, "Kate T." wrote:
Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. *I received what I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. *Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. *That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. *I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. *I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. *The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. *No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. *South Mississippi

HA!! A few years back, our neighbour's daughter was getting married -
everyone was to wear black - the bride and groom wore black, bouquet
was black - horrible, depressing. When a friend of my daughter's was
getting married, she put on the invitation 'no plastic gifts' ....
when my daughter got married, guess what her *friend* gave her??? Uh-
huh .. plastic!!!

Sharon (N.B.)

In CA as long as they have the right preacher license and they file all
the paperwork it is legal.
I got an email wedding announcement/invite forwarded to me. Dad had
gotten if from my cousin, it was her son. It mentioned excitedly
that they had just found out what sex the soon to arrive baby would be!
Wedding was going to happen day before big potluck celebration at the
MIL house. I had to laugh but you know at least they are getting
married, having a bit of a celebration and nobody is going broke doing
it. You just don't feel an obligation to send a toaster with that
kind of invite. LOL Since it was the other side of the country I missed
it. I bet it was a fun party though. Everyone seemed welcome, at least
there was no 'B' guest list like some of the overblown event weddings.
Taria

Carolyn McCarty wrote:

They just keep getting weirder and weirder! At least that one didn't
instruct you what gift to send, if any!

One of my favorite nephews got married a month ago or so. The ceremony took
place outdoors at the bride's mother's home. The wedding party and most of
the guests were skateboarders and/or tattoo artists and dressed in a, shall
we say, variety of styles from evening dresses to denim Capri trousers. The
minister had just gotten his mail-order preacher's license, and the bride
and groom wrote their own vows. The wedding was fun, but far different than
anything I ever saw before. I wonder if it's any more legal than jumping
over a broomstick. Still, they are a fine young couple and I hope they have
a long and happy life together.

As I understand it, in most states the ceremony could be a game of
hopscotch so long as the person signing the license is legal in that
state, and the witnesses are of age.
It's kind of wierd, my DH has two mail order ordinations and is legal
to perform ceremonies in more states than my dad who is church
ordained.
DD2 who is getting married in May, is getting her officiant in a
package deal with her cake. We have been wondering if being a baker
requires some form of ordination or etc. in North Carolina. (G)

NightMist

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:38:17 -0700, "Carolyn McCarty"
wrote:

They just keep getting weirder and weirder! At least that one didn't
instruct you what gift to send, if any!

One of my favorite nephews got married a month ago or so. The ceremony took
place outdoors at the bride's mother's home. The wedding party and most of
the guests were skateboarders and/or tattoo artists and dressed in a, shall
we say, variety of styles from evening dresses to denim Capri trousers. The
minister had just gotten his mail-order preacher's license, and the bride
and groom wrote their own vows. The wedding was fun, but far different than
anything I ever saw before. I wonder if it's any more legal than jumping
over a broomstick. Still, they are a fine young couple and I hope they have
a long and happy life together.

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Kate T." wrote in message
...
Am I old-fashioned, out of touch or what. I received what I think is
an odd wedding announcement.

I haven't attended a wedding I many years so I could be just out of
touch with modern times.

This announcement was a long post card. Just the name of the bride
and groom with the date and time of the wedding. That's all.

The bride mowed my yard a couple years ago. I know her Grandmother
from Bingo. I understand the bride will be in a white gown trimmed in
red. The Groom will wear tux pants with a hunting vest. No one
attending is to wear shoes. ?????

I know I am a senior citizen but am I having a senior moment, brain
freeze, brain fart or what.

Kate T. South Mississippi



--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

HA!! A few years back, our neighbour's daughter was getting married -
everyone was to wear black - the bride and groom wore black, bouquet
was black - horrible, depressing. When a friend of my daughter's was
getting married, she put on the invitation 'no plastic gifts' ....
when my daughter got married, guess what her *friend* gave her??? Uh-
huh .. plastic!!!

I had some friends who wrote a very general list, rather than having a
list with specific items, I think it was brave of them to say plates,
cutlery etc without specifying, but hey. One item on the list was "vases
(no flying pigs please)", I think it was to indicate they didn't want
anything novelty - anyway, that was the only place they had been
specific about something they didn't want, so of course, it was the one
thing they definitely got, the bride's father had one of the brides
younger siblings paint pigs onto a plain glass vase and he presented it
during his speech! This particular couple must have some crazy friends
as one of the other gifts was a knitted computer!

Cheers
Anne