[DeltAlum]

The future Mrs. DeltAlum and I went to the wedding of one of my former girlfriends. We sat behind her grandmother, who, before the service turned around and said, "This is a wonderful day, but I always (expected or hoped -- I can't quite remember) it would be you up there."

The future Mrs. DA wasn't too amused.

When we got married a year or so later, the same former girlfriend happened into the room where I was waiting for the minister (she was looking for the women's room in a confusing old church), so we chatted about old times for about 30 minutes. It was the first time I told her about her grandmother's comment and she was mortified.

On another topic, most of our family is involved in musical theatre. When our oldest daughter married a second time, it was in the theatre where she and hubby number two met during a production of Into The Woods (Baker and Baker's Wife respectively). Our son was also in that show as Jack.

The ceremony began with several minutes of stand-up comedy by the director. Then several of the best performers in Denver theatre sang. When it came time for son (best man) to produce the rings, he checked his pockets, and with a look of horror, ran off the stage and brought back "Milky White" (those of you familiar with Into the Woods will know what that means) and proceeded to fish the rings out of the cow's mouth. When he sang a song from an original musical written for his high school, it nearly literally stopped the show.