odd wedding

[sewingmom]

I grew up very sheltered and today's world seems very "soap opra" like. The wedding was out doors at a lodge by a lake in a "dry" county. The bride and groom had a 2 year old son and their relationship had been on and off for 4 years. He had a problem with drugs and alcohol. Supposedly he is straight now but before the evening was over., his family and friends were in the parkinglot away from the wedding party. The fatherinlaw was comming out to get the groom. We left at this point.
The wedding itself was wannabe elegant but some of the participants were so redneck that the elegance was wasted. I felt sorry for the brides parents because of the expense they had gone to. The colors were were red and black. The bride wore a red and white dress embellished with silver filigree. Very pretty. The brides maids wore black and carried a spray with one red flower and black feather like things.tied with a red ribbon. The tiny flower girl and ring bearer wore bride and groom look a like outfits. They were reluctant to particiipate and had to be led down the aisle by the girls grandmother. The father of the bride officiated. The sun was beating down and the men in the wedding party kept sunglasses on. Perspiration was pouring everyones browbrow.

[sewingmom]

Perspiration was pouring down everyones brow. My son drove 2.5 hours to get to the wedding and he and his wife were left out of the seating arrangements and were left standing till they spoke to someone about the omission. There were some gentlefolk at the wedding that obviously had better deportment and many of them had driven up from Miami. My oldest sons family are snubbing me and I hope they thought I was having a good time because it sure hurt and I don't want them to have the satisfaction of knowing that. Hopefully I wont be called in to work today and can sew. Wish I could go to church but being on call makes that not work.

[lendube]

Well I hope the new couple are happier than your post sounds, Sewingmom. Not a wedding that appeals to me but to each his own. Hope you feel better as the day goes on.

[sewingmom]

Lennie, I will make every effort to smile arround and be productive to blow away this cloud of doom. I am tired of posting gloomy stuff. Perhaps a positive move will help. We have temporary new neighbors. I think I will invite them for supper and scurry around tidying up the house. I found just a few photo's posted about the wedding so perhaps things went better later in the evening. They planned on dancing till 11:00 PM. I hope they post photo's of the cakes. I saw the wedding cake and it was a work of art but I am told the grooms cake was awesome and in the shape of a car. It was displayed away from the wedding cake so I never saw it. The brides mother made the wedding cake and the aunt made the grooms cake.

[MartySews2]

Sounds like some weddings that I have attended in the past. Fortunately, other than my youngest sister's wedding & the weddings of a cousin or two, I haven't had to attend any family events. When I could travel, I went to all of the family stuff & there was always a mixture of the good, the bad & the ugly. The one time that I hosted my family for Christmas Eve dinner, it was a disaster. It was the first time in 15 yrs that my mother had all 5 of her children together under 1 roof for a meal including the in-laws. It was in 1984. I went to a lot of work to put it together the Christmas dinner in my small home while working 2 jobs. It was a bad idea & we haven't been together since then.
Marty

[Sewing Lady]

Sewingmom, I have had some of the redneck weddings come thru here (roll eyes now). You can't teach taste to anyone, just learn to ignore what isn't proper.