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"Sonia and I started planning our wedding around the time some friends of ours were finalizing theirs. The bride asked what kind of ceremony we were having. I said I didn't really care as long as we didn't have "anything fucking gay like a sand ceremony." They had a sand ceremony."

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH wow that would be my luck.

6/20/2011 2:02:54 PM

my sister's marrying a hindu dude.

this means a really really long hindu ceremony.

I will die. I, unlike the other 1 billion of my brown brethren, have little patience for ritual and ceremony.

6/20/2011 2:05:16 PM

^^ hahaha yeah same.

But seriously the sand ceremony is lame, as are most tactile visualizations of how you're joining your lives together, especially when you're doing multiple ones in the same ceremony. You get a pass if it's something inherently done in your culture's wedding ceremonies.

6/20/2011 2:36:29 PM

My cousin got married on a golf course outside in late November in Pennsylvania. It was cold and windy as hell.


Their candles blew out several times until they just gave up trying to light the damn unity candle.


The marriage didn't last long.

6/20/2011 2:39:36 PM

Lol I also went to an outdoor wedding where it was too windy to light the unity candle. Don't think most people think that one through

6/20/2011 2:42:13 PM

i've been to at least a dozen weddings and have never heard of a unity candle

6/20/2011 2:44:30 PM

It's basically "blah blah blah two flames become one blah blah blah."

6/20/2011 2:46:42 PM

Yeah I don't dig sand ceremonies

Just give me another ring for my right hand or something to symbolize our union.

6/20/2011 2:51:58 PM

I don't need a SandArt kit to show the joining of our lives.



The last wedding I went to had "Butterfly Kisses" playing during the ceremony.. like, everyone had to stop and listen to it. The whole thing. Everyone was staring at each other. It was awkward.

6/20/2011 3:14:48 PM

I went to a funeral once that played Mariah Carey's "Butterfly" during the service. My friend and I were to that.

6/20/2011 3:45:18 PM

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" my sister's marrying a hindu dude. this means a really really long hindu ceremony. I will die. I, unlike the other 1 billion of my brown brethren, have little patience for ritual and ceremony. "

i was gonna come bitch here about how long indian weddings go on for and how you people have it easy but bobby beat me to it!

6/20/2011 3:49:16 PM

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"The last wedding I went to had "Butterfly Kisses" playing during the ceremony.. like, everyone had to stop and listen to it. The whole thing. Everyone was staring at each other. It was awkward."

WAT

i think i would burst out laughing

6/20/2011 3:50:03 PM

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"if I had to have a wedding, I would want it in the mountains in october. Mountains >beach"

The garden wedding I went to in the mountains was quite nice except for the bugs.

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"Personally I agree it's rude or at the very least inconsiderate to have a large time gap between ceremony and reception. I also think it's pretty crappy to have the two more than a thirty minute drive apart."

That all depends on what is happening in the world. My cousin got married on June 17, 2006. The wedding ended right before the kickoff of USA vs Italy in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The reception started about 3 hours after the wedding ended. It worked perfect!

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"We have a friend that planned their wedding the weekend of an NCSU game (AND MY 30th BIRTHDAY), and our crowd is pretty fucking upset about it. Plus they have like a 4 hour gap between the ceremony and the reception (which is when the game starts). We're thinking about trying to do both. Everyone has season tickets together too ALSO....yea my frans got married on the beach last October and it was hot and humid as fuck...this was also late in the evening too! Good luck with that"

If it is open bar then going to a wedding on your birthday is a good deal. My sister was born on June 17th, so she was very happy when our cousin had an open bar at his wedding on her birthday.

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6/20/2011 9:37:28 PM