Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!bmcg!unicorn From: unicorn@bmcg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.social Subject: Weddings Message-ID: <1119@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Jul-84 12:03:33 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1119 Posted: Tue Jul 24 12:03:33 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 20:18:58 EDT Organization: Burroughs Corporation, San Diego Lines: 32 After reading so many articles on the insanity of brides-to-be, I'd like to add my own experience to the list. I was married on June 2nd of this year. My bridesmaids (all 2 of them) each wore a different, lovely, lavender long dress. Neither one could afford an expensive dress that would never be used again. Because they are my dearest friends, I wouldn't expect them to. My youngest daughter, who is 9, wore a fancy white dress (she wanted to look like Mommy) that we got on sale at a department store. My husband wore a very nice 3 piece grey suit that he'll be able to use again and again. The best man forgot his jacket, so borrowed someone's. Oh, no one's shoes matched; no one cared. I, on the other hand, bought a very expensive, never-to-be-used again wedding dress at the best store in town. I wanted it, and I could afford it. The wedding day was strange and beautiful. About twenty of our friends came over early to help clean the barn (where the reception was held) and set up rented tables and chairs...and make punch, etc. Everyone was dusty & dirty by 4, so everyone took a shower & changed. By the time the first guests (75 in all) arrived, everything looked lovely. It was a wedding to which all of our friends contributed, yet it still cost a small fortune, even buying the wines at the Price Club and hiring a very good band who didn't charge much. The ceremony, which was held in the courtyard of our home, is a blur to me even now. I do know I gave my husband his ring twice and that I clutched his hand so tightly that he said it hurt. In retrospect, my friends helped me to survive all day. To me, that was a wedding.