Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Wedding Bells

My uncle is 55 and has been living the bachelor lifestyle for quite some time. My dad called me a few months ago asking for my address so that Uncle Ed could send me a wedding invitation. What? Why? I'm convinced this wedding took place for financial reasons because after 10 years of living together why fix what's not broken.

On the way to the wedding my sister and I were discussing the bouquet. I am determined to catch a bouquet damnit! It actually has nothing to do with the whole getting married part...I just want the attention of being the young, hot single who caught the bouquet. Is that wrong? I don't think so. Luckily my sister has no interest in drawing large amounts of attention to herself, so we came up with the plan of her pulling a volleyball-type serve over to me if the flowers were heading in her direction. Sweet.

We pulled up in my 2002 Hyundai Accent among all the other BMW's, Mercedes, and Lincolns. My date thought he would be funny. "Maybe we should have taken my car..." he says with a chuckle to himself. Yeah, because your Toyota Corolla certainly would have caused some jaws to drop.

We got inside and we were waiting to go in for the ceremony and there was a bar available. I liked the idea of that. I went over to the bar thinking about what I should start the evening with. "A nice glass of a good ass kicking red", I thought to myself. Then a little sign caught my attention.

A cash bar will be open for your enjoyment before your event.

Cash bar??? I immediately went into a panic. I assumed this would be open bar since my uncle is a bartender. I literally had $4 in my clutch and that was for the vallet and my toll home. As I really begin to worry about where my cheerfulness will come from this evening my cousin steps up behind me.

"This better be an open bar. He's a bartender....cash bar would be so tacky."

At least I wasn't the only one thinking it.

Luckily once cocktail hour began the cash bar became open. Praise the Lord. I was looking around at the guests and quickly noticed something...we (my sister and the rest of the cousins) were the youngest people there by at least 20 years. There was no bouquet being thrown. If they had, it would have been me, my sister, and my two cousins on the dance floor waiting to fight to the death to catch this thing. Actually, that's a lie. My sister had already agreed to send it my way and my two cousins are 17 and 12. I wouldn't have had any competition. It wouldn't have been exciting...just sad. What's worse is that if they tossed the garter then it would have been between my father and my date. I don't even have to say it...I'm sure you can already imagine the horror.

Instead they played the anniversary dance. All the married couples got on the dance floor to compete for a very pricey bottle of champagne. One by one the DJ called them down by how long they had been married

Less than 5 years...

Less than 10 years...

No on on that dance floor had been married for less than 25 years. The couple who won had been married for a whopping 48 years. They got married the year my mother was born. That's certainly something to brag about.

My aunt was actually the one to say what everyone else was thinking..."This is by far the oldest wedding I've ever been to".

Well said, Aunt Beanie.

10 comments:

Boozy Tooth said...

Yay Aunt Beanie. Gotta lover her for the name and being brave enough to say what everyone was thinking.

Fun story. Do you twak with a heavy New Yawk accent? I imagine you that way and was just wondering...

Joanne said...

Hey Auntie Bean I resemble that remark!!

LOL -- being an old bride last year marrying an old bachelor (47)I believe in everything - well except dancing - no dancing at our wedding.

BlackSnow said...

lol funny story

True "This is by far the oldest wedding I've ever been to."

Mango Girl said...

Weddings are usually fairly entertaining, for a variety of reasons.

That was a cute story.

Mike said...

I hate going places with only a few dollars in my pocket, maybe that is why I always stay home!

Joanie said...

The only time the anniversary dance was ever done at a wedding I attended was when my nephew got married and I was newly separated. I had to leave, I was completely undone!

Jaime said...

i've never seen the anniversary dance. but after many years of seeing the garter/bouquet toss, i refused to do that to people at my wedding. who wants a total stranger running his hands up their leg... well...i guess it depends on the stranger ;)

Medora said...

I always hide from the bouquet. I'll pass, thanks.

Hit 40 said...

I thought I was married a long time!! We have been married 19 years.

Lisa said...

Funny and to think that you were almost Jennifer Aniston in Picture Perfect!