tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post975282164770126962..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Wedding WrongsLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-57181279699374276522010-03-13T17:45:28.331-05:002010-03-13T17:45:28.331-05:00Hi, again: Charmaine: I'm betting a family blu...Hi, again: Charmaine: I'm betting a family blue in "Aussie'' is like a fight? Plenty of those in Himmarshee, Fla.! Nancy ... it's amazing how much money can be spent on these things, even the tacky ones ... more money doesn't always equal more happiness, for sure (See Kathleen's comment about the bride-and-groom brawl ... Happy Day, right?!)Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-92049664068338025102010-03-13T15:12:27.379-05:002010-03-13T15:12:27.379-05:00I'm sadly finding out now that the worst weddi...I'm sadly finding out now that the worst wedding isn't my own horror stories, it's going to be my daugher's. She's 1200 miles away from me, in Texas, and a family friend is taking on wayyyy too much of what should be MY responsibilites. She's driving my daughter up a wall, and me too, in absentia. We have a Bridezilla mother who isn't even her mother, which is breaking my heart and annoying my daughter no end.Shelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763944794673350184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-9755930711003491572010-03-13T06:13:30.647-05:002010-03-13T06:13:30.647-05:00It's amazing what an industry bridal planning ...It's amazing what an industry bridal planning is today. As a parent of a daughter, the potential cost is enough to give me shudders, but I'll want her to have a dream wedding like I did. As with anything, moderation is the key to maintaining a budget and one's sanity.Nancy J. Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228901230896110347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-6042421239952253702010-03-12T22:40:12.467-05:002010-03-12T22:40:12.467-05:00An Aussie wedding wouldn't be traditional with...An Aussie wedding wouldn't be traditional without a family blue - Uncle Wazza wackin' Cousin Jill's date.Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642615452680721583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-73400026176933449952010-03-12T19:56:50.362-05:002010-03-12T19:56:50.362-05:00Nothing tacky in my memory, either, thank goodness...Nothing tacky in my memory, either, thank goodness. I did hear once that someone I worked with was arrested on her wedding night, at the hotel, with her new husband. Evidently they got into a brawl that was violent enough to warrant intervention.Kathleen Ernsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009876100214388898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-67072436178844954272010-03-12T17:11:21.992-05:002010-03-12T17:11:21.992-05:00Thanks for all the laffs, y'all. Nothing truly...Thanks for all the laffs, y'all. Nothing truly tacky, but that's why we have the Internet sites, right? <br /><br />Cheers!Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-16891834206937164242010-03-12T15:21:52.739-05:002010-03-12T15:21:52.739-05:00My SIL and BIL were married by his Rabbi, but in a...My SIL and BIL were married by his Rabbi, but in a restaurant (reception on larger room of that restaurant). Very short, very sweet. No one mentioned to her about the tradition of hoisting the bride and groom in separate chairs and carrying them around the room. Suddenly we heard a SHRIEK! and there she was, clutching the arms of the chair for dear life. Her hubs and all the lifters were laughing--and so was everyone else. Great moment.Alice Loweeceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269785237562203610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-28079640188167092442010-03-12T12:12:29.184-05:002010-03-12T12:12:29.184-05:00I was on a plane & this groomsman rushed to th...I was on a plane & this groomsman rushed to the head ibwas exiting & Lordy lord....<br />Oh, that's right, you said can't tell this story any more.<br />HahaKerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071588731642490144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-35637163456711582682010-03-12T10:30:50.208-05:002010-03-12T10:30:50.208-05:00Oh, now we're talking longest weddings we thou...Oh, now we're talking longest weddings we thought would never end? That would be a Catholic/Jewish ceremony that had to have gone on 2 hours - because we were in essence getting a hybrid of 2 complete ceremonies rolled into one.<br /><br />Several of the children in the wedding party had to be scooped up and hauled away about midway through. The adults were not so lucky.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-91806067469030252802010-03-12T10:24:30.881-05:002010-03-12T10:24:30.881-05:00My best friend's wedding (I was one of 5 bride...My best friend's wedding (I was one of 5 bridesmaids) took place in June. She wanted the entire wedding party in white. We looked like the Wedding from Glad. (Assuming y'all remember the "Man from Glad" commercials--I know I'm aging myself there.) It was hot. Very hot. Loooong Catholic ceremony--1-1/2 hours. All the bridesmaids were inside the altar rail. So it comes time for Communion--and yours truly is no longer a Catholic. The only member of the wedding party who isn't, natch. Rather than sit in my chair in front of the entire congregation making lacy white butt the center if attention, I got in line with everyone else. When the priest held the Host up for me, I made a very small negative gesture and shook my head. I thought that priest was going to rain fire and brimstone on my heretic head! Fortunately he just waved me away. <br /><br />My own wedding, which had potential for angry divorced guest food-fights (I was truly woried) went off beautifully. Except for the gorrm and the best man watching the local college football game in the limo on the way to the reception. *eyeroll*Alice Loweeceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269785237562203610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-90537517409975541712010-03-12T09:44:11.741-05:002010-03-12T09:44:11.741-05:00I haven't been to any tacky weddings either. ...I haven't been to any tacky weddings either. Must be lucky.<br />My daughter's best friend & her husband got married by a justice of the peace. First they got lost, then they had to wake up the man who'd gone to bed early. He (the JP) wore golf pants and his wife was in curlers. That's the closest to tacky I've been - and I wasn't there - just heard about it a week later. They are still married.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027863093216977171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-6121728731630337642010-03-12T09:36:43.365-05:002010-03-12T09:36:43.365-05:00Looking forward to Mama's wedding. Pardon me w...Looking forward to Mama's wedding. Pardon me while I go google "drunk, swearing grooms." I really need to invite myself to a few more weddings, just for research purposes. But I probably won't drink too much. Probably.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910940019597891081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-4971759752239182712010-03-12T09:28:49.262-05:002010-03-12T09:28:49.262-05:00Boy, has my wedding-going life been dull. As many ...Boy, has my wedding-going life been dull. As many weddings as I've been to (and none my own, thank you very much), nothing has ever gone awry or been considered tacky. I once went to a wedding where the bride and groom rode to the alter on horseback (the wedding was in a corral) and we adjourned for a reception of long-neck beers, barbeque and country music, but even that was done with a lot of flair and taste. The worse I've experienced was a family wedding where both grandmothers of the bride unintentially showed up in the same dress. One laughed it off. The other nearly had a stroke.<br /><br />In my Odelia Grey book #6, which I'm writing now, a dead body is found in the coat room at the reception. Again, no personal experience there.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-54030562032283874172010-03-12T09:05:22.858-05:002010-03-12T09:05:22.858-05:00I try to avoid weddings, as a participant, or obse...I try to avoid weddings, as a participant, or observer. The most "interesting" one I've been to? Two different people fainted on stage. Yep, they were dropping like flies that day.Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-43553242525712058132010-03-12T08:27:39.709-05:002010-03-12T08:27:39.709-05:00Hi, there L and GM: yep, nothing like the vomit in...Hi, there L and GM: yep, nothing like the vomit in the b-room to set a classy nuptial tone ... and yep, scary/depressing indeed.Deborah Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575491644343480392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-92014157670405330892010-03-12T08:07:15.850-05:002010-03-12T08:07:15.850-05:00The TackyWeddings site is just scary/depressing/st...The TackyWeddings site is just scary/depressing/strange. Is this a great country, or what? (They all look like American weddings, which is scary/depressing/strange on a whole other level.)G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-87101552693994156732010-03-12T07:17:07.974-05:002010-03-12T07:17:07.974-05:00Last wedding we attended, one of the bridemaids go...Last wedding we attended, one of the bridemaids got stinking drunk, threw up all over the ladies restroom (so lovely to take my daughter in there), and stole one of the groomsmen's cars to drive off in a huff (and DWI).Lisa Borkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174197592575631864noreply@blogger.com