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The title is pretty simple. I ask because I attended my cousin's wedding last weekend. It was a short ceremony at St Patrick's followed by a small(ish) reception at a nice uptown venue. There were maybe 50 people.
There was a great little band in an historic building with an open bar. All of my cousins were there from out of town and my grandfather, who is now an elderly 86, had a couple of beers and was saying inappropriate things to the young ladies. The bride insisted we stay at the bar after the official ending time. We obliged and all had way too good of a time into the late hours. In short, it was the best wedding and reception I've been to in a long time.
The next morning I get a call from my father, who wasn't there, saying that he had heard how bad everything was and that he was glad he didn't go. What...the...heck? Then he goes on and on about how he heard the food was terrible, etc. What planet am I on that people are judging someone's wedding celebration on the fact that the gumbo ran thin? I didn't expect much so I ate before the ceremony.
Am I wrong here? I know some of these people travel a ways to get here and are older and need certain comforts. But geeze louise...I thought it was an awesome celebration of family. It was like there were two weddings...one for the 30 somethings and the other for the old fat farts who were worried about getting their money's worth at a free party.
There was a great little band in an historic building with an open bar. All of my cousins were there from out of town and my grandfather, who is now an elderly 86, had a couple of beers and was saying inappropriate things to the young ladies. The bride insisted we stay at the bar after the official ending time. We obliged and all had way too good of a time into the late hours. In short, it was the best wedding and reception I've been to in a long time.
The next morning I get a call from my father, who wasn't there, saying that he had heard how bad everything was and that he was glad he didn't go. What...the...heck? Then he goes on and on about how he heard the food was terrible, etc. What planet am I on that people are judging someone's wedding celebration on the fact that the gumbo ran thin? I didn't expect much so I ate before the ceremony.
Am I wrong here? I know some of these people travel a ways to get here and are older and need certain comforts. But geeze louise...I thought it was an awesome celebration of family. It was like there were two weddings...one for the 30 somethings and the other for the old fat farts who were worried about getting their money's worth at a free party.
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