You might have missed it, especially with all the rain we've had around these parts, but spring has sprung. Technically this event took place on Sunday. Spring combined with the fact that I am 27 means only one thing: wedding season is about to start. Not my own, I assure you, Sam and I are not really ready for that step. We are prepping for moving in together and that's enough stress, so a wedding is not on our radar screen.
Between now and the beginning of July, we have seven wedding celebrations to attend. That's right, seven. I bet you can't top that. If you can, you have my condolences. It's not that I am against marriage as an institution, it seems to work, well ... at least 40% of time, but I hate weddings. All the sermons on two becoming one, one thought, one soul, yada, yada, yada. This is usually accompanied by a sweeping gesture, where the minister/preacher/rabbi takes his two index fingers and brings them together in an arching motion. It is at this point in the ceremony I whisper to Sam that he has permission to shoot me when we start only have one thought and he responds by fake vomiting. Yes, there has been more than one occasion when we have been scowled at by little old ladies sitting in the pews around us. I mean, isn't marriage about having interesting company legally bound to stick around? How does that work when you only have one thought?
Between the smarmy sermons and watching grown women dive for wedding bouquets, I just don't have the stomach for these things. Alas, with seven in my immediate future, I better get over it and fast.
wow, that was beautiful, Caolionn. Could you hand me a tissue?...
*wipes away a tear*
Posted by: sam (not Caolionn's sam) | March 22, 2005 at 01:47 PM
Nevertheless I am still happy spring has sprong
Posted by: Wim | March 22, 2005 at 03:19 PM
seven! wow! The most that I had was 5.
Can I ask you a "girl" question? Will you wear the same dress for the 7 weddings or did you buy 7 different dress?
Don't worry : you're 27 and you're deep in the "wedding years" for all your friends and cousins I imagine.
It was the same for us but now that I'm 32,we have 1 or 2 weddings per year. I know we are getting older because in June, we have our first re-wedding (or second wedding, I don't know the correct english word) for a divorced friend who is getting married again (with someone different of course!).
Posted by: sophie | March 23, 2005 at 01:09 AM
Ahhh .... Sophie, I haven't even begun to think about attire!! I can't afford seven new outfits, so I will be on the rotation. I am not really a dress kind of girl - my usual way around it is to get one nice pair of pants, then I can rotate different tops. It accomplishes the variety aspect without being as expensive as buying dresses.
I imagine everyone goes through the "wedding years", it is funny to think that there might be a strech of "re-wedding years" which eventually shows up (especially with the divorce rate being what it is).
Posted by: Caolionn | March 23, 2005 at 04:00 PM