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July 18, 2004
Make it a Double!
This weekend i attended a wedding for my friend Justin, with whom i went to my undergrad college F&M and first introduced me to the world of HCI. He was marrying a girl he met in grad school, and altho i've seen them a sorry few times together, they looked wonderful and happy (in addition to being very tired from the day's events [and previous days and weeks and months of planning] ).
"So, just a wedding?" you say. "That's not amazing news..." Well, have you ever been to a double wedding? I never have before, until now. Justin married his now-wife, AND Justin's younger sister married her now-husband, at the same time! :) Everybody exchanged the same (assumably co-written) vows, and took turns lighting the candles, and then the famous words "Husbands, you may now kiss your wives" was proclaimed. The main table was huge, to accomodate both parties of bridesmaids and best men and all four wedding vow exchangers. The wedding was very nice in itself -- lots of good food and free wine :) and lots of guests. Even better, i was reacquainted with my friend Beth, whom i haven't seen in 2 years! I wish i could have stayed longer, but overall it was a great night.
Posted by MaTT at July 18, 2004 03:58 PM
Comments
The idea of a double wedding is so weird!
Posted by: srah at July 20, 2004 05:22 AM
Yeah -- we joked that they had better not get the couples mixed up or Justin would end up marrying his sister! eek!
Posted by: MaTT at July 20, 2004 11:46 AM
Yeah... I think somehow it would feel slightly (but only slightly) less weird if it were two brothers or two sisters.
Posted by: srah at July 20, 2004 01:20 PM
How many bridesmaids/groomsmen were there for both couples? The wedding I went to on Friday had ten.... on both sides! Plus flower girl and ringbearer, totally 15 people at the alter, and a pianist not far behind....
Posted by: Rachel at July 21, 2004 09:54 AM
10 on both sides?! Wow, i think mine only had about 5 or 6 on each side, with the 2 wedded-couples bridging the middle.
Posted by: MaTT at July 21, 2004 10:32 PM
I'm going to have 75.
Posted by: srah at July 22, 2004 04:53 AM
Men and women, or 75 of each?
Posted by: alfie at July 22, 2004 09:02 AM
That means you'll have room for like 3 guests! (unless you want a huge wedding...) i guess you get to invite only who you really want then :)
Posted by: MaTT at July 22, 2004 10:54 AM
Who said anything about men OR women? I'm going to be attended by lobsters. On the moon. Lobsters with little bubbly space helmet things on.
Posted by: srah at July 22, 2004 02:18 PM
Better watch what you serve for dinner then...
Dancing would be fun on the moon -- hey, moonwalking! (i say that for the pure lameness that it is) ;)
Posted by: MaTT at July 22, 2004 02:38 PM
And i don't think lobsters even have heads! They just have eyes sticking out of their backs or something...
Posted by: MaTT at July 22, 2004 02:50 PM
Well they'll have special lobster helmets! This is MY wedding and I'll have lobsters! And we'll have BEEF at the reception.
Posted by: srah at July 22, 2004 04:31 PM
And no one's invited to the reception except me.
Posted by: srah at July 22, 2004 04:32 PM
Not even the lobsters? Who's going to shove wedding cake in your mouth?
Posted by: MaTT at July 22, 2004 04:41 PM
Wedding cake? I don't like cake. I will shove wedding pie into my own mouth, thank you!
Posted by: srah at July 23, 2004 03:50 AM
Wedding pie? That could get even messier! What kind of pie is it?
And dancing with lobsters would be sorta tough. Maybe they'll stand on top of each other until they are tall enough for you (shouldn't need too many lobsters for that...)
Posted by: MaTT at July 23, 2004 05:11 PM
Are you going to argue with jam over your golden wedding pie?
Posted by: alfie at July 24, 2004 12:49 AM
Of course. And then we shall play Dance Dance Revolution.
Posted by: srah at July 25, 2004 03:32 PM
Just don't fall on your katana blade...
Posted by: MaTT at July 27, 2004 11:47 PM
You not... seen him... stack... books...
Posted by: srah at August 2, 2004 06:25 PM
Mmmmmmmmmm....carrot juice.
Posted by: alfie at August 4, 2004 12:26 AM