Amanda.Rx
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Trillionaire! How ya feelin''? How was the wedding?
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The wedding was wonderfully beautiful! The church was beautiful and perfect, the bride's dress was TOO DIE for, and I don't even like lace (sorry, no pics yet). Everything went sooooo so so fast! I think I blinked and they had kissed and jumped the broom! Mom, dad and brother shed tears as they married off the youngest of their 2 children, it was VERY sweet! I sat right down in front, next to the mother and father of the groom, at their insistence.
During the wedding rehearsal the night before, they made me sit with them (I was seated across the room to stay out of the way), and SO's dad asked me if I was taking notes on the wedding!
After the ceremony wrapped up, it was time to take the family pictures, you know, bride's side and groom's side photos. No less than 5 of SO's family members (aunts, uncles, cousins and parents) Insisted that they considered me to be family and that I must be in the family photo. (I am not the type to make such a presumptuous move, but I thought it would be poor form to refuse, so there I am, in the family photos
)
My dress was a hot pink number from J. Crew, which I loved and got LOTS of compliments on. I wore my hair down during the ceremony, and put it up for the reception (after I got hot standing outside in the CA sunshine). I think it looked more flattering up. At the reception, I was seated at the reserved table with the parents of the bride and groom, the bride's son, the pastor of the church, and one other person. (Yup, I was VIP, lol!) I was sitting across from SO's parents, so I couldn't talk to them as much, but I spent plenty of time with them over the course of the weekend. I was actually seated next to the bride's 5 year old son, which worked well for me because it kept me busy and gave me something to do since SO was in the wedding party and seated away from me. (I am pretty sure that SO's parents were observing how well I was working kids, lol)
Once the meal portion of the reception was over, SO's mom walked me around and introduced me to some of her siblings whom I had not met yet. She introduced me as "her future daughter-in-law" or "your future-niece." She laughed, saying that she knew that I would never say it, so she was going to say it for me. The rest of my interactions with SO's family were lots of winks and smiles, hand squeezes and "You're next!" statements. When we were leaving, they all kept telling SO that they were going to be watching the mail for their invitations. It was quite funny, and they all insisted that they hoped to see me again SOON!
It felt FANTASTIC to be so warmly received by SO's family (I had met about half of them before), and they all (aunts, cousins, parents and friends) took turns coming to sit with me since SO was being conspicuously inattentive.
(it was his brother's wedding, after all, and he was the best man, but that didn't quite get him off the hook, lol) It was funny to hear them fuss at him and tell him they better not see me sitting by myself anymore. Whenever he did come see me, he was all long-lingering hugs, and kisses and "I love you's,"
, which was cute. Many gushed to SO about how pretty I was, and basically demanded to know what the hold up was. Hehehe... Clearly I was eating this up and relishing all of the attention. I would swear that they were more concerned about me than the bride, lol. (Or maybe I was just more concerned about me than the bride, LOL!)
After all of the wedding hoopla, we spent time with SO's parents, and his dad's brother and wife, the dad's aunt and cousins. We ordered drinks and listened as they told crazy stories about childhood. It was lovely and low-key, then we retired upstairs and spent another hour talking with SO's parents and drinking 1994 Le Reve sparkling wine from the Domaine Carneros winery.
I really love his parents, and the whole family is just great.
I am also happy to report not ONE TWINGE of jealousy. I was happy for the bride and groom, but I am really in no rush to get married, and I had too much fun being doted on by everyone
. The next day, SO and I had the whole day to ourselves, and we milled around together and walked through a rose garden and some old Sacramento neighborhoods. It was pretty perfect, then we flew out together on the same flight before parting ways Monday morning in Charlotte. The weekend was great, and the wedding was lovely, and I think SO's family did plenty of mental work on him, so I really just got to sit back and enjoy!
The ONLY downside is that SO is now thinking he would rather have a wedding than elope
... but we have time to figure that out. He does have to propose first, after all
After the ceremony wrapped up, it was time to take the family pictures, you know, bride's side and groom's side photos. No less than 5 of SO's family members (aunts, uncles, cousins and parents) Insisted that they considered me to be family and that I must be in the family photo. (I am not the type to make such a presumptuous move, but I thought it would be poor form to refuse, so there I am, in the family photos
My dress was a hot pink number from J. Crew, which I loved and got LOTS of compliments on. I wore my hair down during the ceremony, and put it up for the reception (after I got hot standing outside in the CA sunshine). I think it looked more flattering up. At the reception, I was seated at the reserved table with the parents of the bride and groom, the bride's son, the pastor of the church, and one other person. (Yup, I was VIP, lol!) I was sitting across from SO's parents, so I couldn't talk to them as much, but I spent plenty of time with them over the course of the weekend. I was actually seated next to the bride's 5 year old son, which worked well for me because it kept me busy and gave me something to do since SO was in the wedding party and seated away from me. (I am pretty sure that SO's parents were observing how well I was working kids, lol)
Once the meal portion of the reception was over, SO's mom walked me around and introduced me to some of her siblings whom I had not met yet. She introduced me as "her future daughter-in-law" or "your future-niece." She laughed, saying that she knew that I would never say it, so she was going to say it for me. The rest of my interactions with SO's family were lots of winks and smiles, hand squeezes and "You're next!" statements. When we were leaving, they all kept telling SO that they were going to be watching the mail for their invitations. It was quite funny, and they all insisted that they hoped to see me again SOON!
It felt FANTASTIC to be so warmly received by SO's family (I had met about half of them before), and they all (aunts, cousins, parents and friends) took turns coming to sit with me since SO was being conspicuously inattentive.
After all of the wedding hoopla, we spent time with SO's parents, and his dad's brother and wife, the dad's aunt and cousins. We ordered drinks and listened as they told crazy stories about childhood. It was lovely and low-key, then we retired upstairs and spent another hour talking with SO's parents and drinking 1994 Le Reve sparkling wine from the Domaine Carneros winery.
I am also happy to report not ONE TWINGE of jealousy. I was happy for the bride and groom, but I am really in no rush to get married, and I had too much fun being doted on by everyone
The ONLY downside is that SO is now thinking he would rather have a wedding than elope
fieryred33143
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It sounds like it was a pretty amazing and extremely eventful weekend
. It''s probably a good thing that he is at least saying he wants a wedding rather than elope. It means he can see himself standing up there, doing the first dance, cutting the cake
. I''m glad you had such a great time and it is so much fun to be doted on by the family LOL
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Date: 7/22/2008 5:05:21 PM
Author: fieryred33143
It sounds like it was a pretty amazing and extremely eventful weekend. It's probably a good thing that he is at least saying he wants a wedding rather than elope. It means he can see himself standing up there, doing the first dance, cutting the cake. I'm glad you had such a great time and it is so much fun to be doted on by the family LOL
It WOULD be great if I wanted any of those things.
I DO know what you mean though, I suppose it would be much worse if he was saying, "Yeah, I never want to get married." I think the whole experience was very moving to him. He LOVES his brother soooooo much, and his whole family, I think it was the first time he thought about them NOT being a part of his special day, and what that would mean.
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Oh, I did forget to mention that one young lady at the wedding was there in an all white dress (short bubble dress), which I thought was odd and a major No-no! She as actually in the wedding program, so not just an inconspicuous random person. To the bride''s credit, I don''t think she even batted an eye about it, but I was a bit worried that people would be upset about it.
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