I got sick the week before the wedding and went to the doctor and told him all of my symptoms and that I wanted to be better by the wedding. I walked out of there with an antibiotic, prednesone (steriod), and prescription cough syrup and I was fit as a fiddle by the wedding! ;)

When my cousin, the groom, got married for the second time, the entire families of both sides flew into the Mid Atlantic for the wedding. Everyone from out of town was invited to the rehearsal dinner (about 120 people). As we went through dinner, people from both sides got to know each other better.

Unfortunately, the best man was another cousin who is a very talented surgeon, but always at a loss for words (unless he is talking about curing prostate cancer). So, my aunt decided to make the toast. Blah, blah, blah, blah and blissful marriage to Greg and Marie. Marie was Greg's ex-wife.

All of us held our breath at that point. But Greg's new wife, Cathy, was as graceful as always. She smiled and gave a big kiss to my aunt. Lucky for all of us, the marriage is still strong 15 years later.

I just remembered something that happened when my oldest got married. Some of her best friends from camp (she was a counselor for years) were late. Turns out that they'd been trying to find their way through Alabama and made a wrong turn and ended up in a small town Christmas parade! All they could do was play it off and wave left and right at all the cheering kids lining the road.

Haha that's really cute!

Is it bad that all of this makes me excited to get married someday? :D

All this makes me want to go to the courthouse!

That's cute.

Although you know he's bringing that up every time he messes up from here on out.

Too true! Hahaha, "Mary and Herman"!!!

That's so sweet!

And poor honeychile! I can't even imagine. I would likely throw a fit if my wedding was going that way.

Most of my wedding went pretty well so a couple of the bad things were fairly minor:
- I HATED the corsages and boutenniers for the parents. They were hideous. The rest of the flowers were fine, but those things were ugly. When I talked about creating something custom, she should've just said "I can't do that" instead of "sure!".
- Our wedding was outside in August, so we handed out fans in our wedding color (red). I hate being hot. Well, it didn't rain, but it was a little cool. So really it was comfortable- but made the fans useless.

However, one bad thing did happen that completely shadowed the entire day:
- I got a migraine. I'd suffered from them off & on for about 7 years and because they were relatively infrequent (every few months) I didn't have any medication. Well this was one of the worst- including my first experience with intense nausea and heat chills. My hair & makeup person was so great about it- as I was huddled in the chair with my eyes closed, she was trying to pin my updo as gingerly as possible. We have a picture of one of my bridesmaids running to the venue with saltines and coke. I remember my bridesmaids and friends from out of town coming in so exuberant and excited, only to be told "shh, she has a migraine!" and sit huddled at the edge of the room. All that delicious food we had tasted terrible, my dress was miserable because it was hot and heavy, the last thing I wanted to do was have a first dance (and really I only made it about half the dance)... you get the picture. I'm not an overly outgoing preson, but I was feeling less than social that day.

I also wound up getting a migraine on leg 2 of our honeymoon. It started to hit on the flight from Buenos Aires to Santiago, and fully manifested in the Santiago airport. If anyone's been to Santiago, they have a very lengthy customs process. Not only do you have to clear customs, but you also have to pay tax for visiting. Two extensive lines. By the time we finally got up to customs, the agent looked at me so sympathetically when I asked where the bathroom was... it was a good 5 minute walk past customs. My husband stayed there to get stamped while I stumbled for the bathroom... I was very fortunate that customs agent was so nice. My first day in Chile was less than pleasant.

I got a prescription for migraine medication as soon as we got back. I've had other very unfortunate times (like when we had my family over for Christmas or 10 minutes before my friend's bridal shower), but those definitely took the cake.

On the bright side, you can't tell how miserable I was in most of the pictures.

I have been HIGHLY entertained reading things. Thank you, everyone. :)

honeychile gets an award. A big, shiny, gold award.

I just realized something. We've been to several weddings recently and the MOB, MOG, (grandmothers were dead) didn't wear flowers. So much nicer, in my opinior, than wearing a giant flower that looks like a third boob.

I'm glad I entertained y'all. I did think I'd mention that my story is on pages 3 AND 4, though. (And my guy marvels at my non-bridezilla attitude! Maybe I'll let him read why.)

ETA: I'll throw in one thing that didn't happen, but I recently saw a picture of it and maybe I'll share it. We were talking to the florist and somehow, the traditional of the cake smashing in the face came up. Whether it's urban legend or not, she mentioned a bride who had warned her husband not to smash the cake or else. Of course, he smashed the cake, and she picked up the cake knife and stabbed him! I turned to my then-fiance and said, "and let that be a lesson to you!" In all of the cake cutting pictures, you can tell that I have a death grip on the cake knife!