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Fairytale Wedding!
OK, though I wasn't really in the wedding mood this morning, I cannot even begin to describe what a wonderful one this turned out to be! The location was amazing!
Yep, this place had it all... Victorian mansion, lake with ducks, waterfall, gazebo, perfect lawns, blooming flowers, even the perfect temperature! It was a mild 76-ish degrees with a very light comfortably cool breeze. How great is that for a February wedding? Oh, and the bride rode to the gazebo in a white horse drawn carriage! YOU GO GIRL!
I'm normally a simple wedding kind of gal. After all, Hubby and I eloped, and have always been happy we did. But today I was thinking, if your guests are traveling hundreds, even thousands of miles to come to your wedding, you might as well make it as special as you can. The neat thing about this wedding is how calm and cheery the bride seemed to be, as if she had no worries whatsoever about how things were going to go.
The groom has two adorable children from a previous marriage. Both of them seemed to have a very close relationship with my niece. They've been calling my sister and brother-in-law 'grandma and grandpa' for years. They were in the wedding party as well.
We sat at a table with some close friends of the groom. Had a lovely conversation with the lady next to me. You could even say we 'bonded'. I forget sometimes that even when lives are very different, some things are common to all of us.
Tomorrow will be a family reunion, which I'm also not in the mood for, but which will probably be fun anyway. Do I sound like a stick-in-the-mud? Well, yeah. Sorry. I'll try to do better. But right now I'm just enjoying relaxing and not doing anything particularly meaningful or important. That's my kind of vacation!
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Thanks for understanding, Nota. I really do. |
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I don't often go to weddings, but usually love the "moment" of two people tying the knot, so much in love, a lot of happy people, etc etc. They usually even bring a tear to my eye. My wedding sounded close to yours. We had about 15 people, very immediate family in attendance. We got married at Mom's Unitarian Fellowship, so not a lot of religious stuff involved. I wore a pretty royal blue dress and hubby actually put on a tie. LOL. My aunt paid for a luncheon at her country club, then we went home and watched a football game in the afternoon. We had lived together 3 years, so couldn't really tell a lot of difference getting married made. But we'd decided to buy a house and figured for the legal reasons, it would just be easier if we were legal ourselves. The marriage was just a piece of paper to us, and here we are 27 years later...never had kids....and happy as can be!! This sounded like a beautiful day for the bridge and groom. It just amazes me how much money some people spend on a wedding!! |
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It was an amazing day! I don't know the cost but I'm sure it was plenty. It was my sister and brother-in-law's third wedding to pay for... and hopefully the last. They had three girls. One is divorced already but she confided in me that if she married again she'd probably do it at the courthouse. I think she should at least do it at home in the back yard or something. I always cry at weddings. What can I say, I'm a romantic. Your wedding sounded nice! And it has lasted... which in my opinion is the most important part! Maybe people shouldn't pay for big weddings, but rather have big celebrations for staying married a long time! |
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All my family (mom, sister, 2 brothers) all live here, so we're always getting together for birthday dinners every month or two. Around our 25th anniversary, the whole family went out for someone's birthday at a nice restaurant, and as a surprise at the end, we told everyone we were picking up the tab for the whole group. We told them that we never give each other gifts, and the best gift we could have is such a loving family, so dinner was on us :-) Sometimes I think the fact that we never had children (by choice) is why our marriage has lasted so long. I think, while we both love our nieces and nephews dearly, children take a LOT of work and responsibility on the part of parents. You give up a lot of your life for them, time, money, stress, etc. And that sometimes leads to divorce. We've had a nice, laid back adventure together over the years of up and downs like everyone, but there's something very comfortable about sharing so much of your life with one person. It just works well for us. |
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OH, that story really warmed my heart! How nice to acknowledge your family in that way! One of my sisters and BIL are childless by choice. It's true, they are a lot of work and stress... and seeing what all of us were going through with ours helped her and her husband decide not to go there. I felt bad if my family influenced her that way. If you've read many of my posts, you'll know of our journey with drugs and personality disorder issues associated with some of our children. That part was no picnic! But I always wanted a family and so did my husband. In spite of everything we've gone through I still don't regret having any of them. |
Do you sound like a stick in the mud? No, you sound tired and as if you need some me time.