Dum dum da dum!
It's Wedding Season in my world. I am now up to six weddings for the 2010 season, the first of which is in two weeks. I am very excited: I adore this couple and am happy for them to finally get married, I'm betting it's open bar, the old gang is getting back together, I have a new dress, and Bryan is coming with me. It will be our first wedding together. That's always a treat. He gets dressed in a suit and tie - yummy. He holds your hand as the couple exchange vows. Then there is the slow dancing. I love a good slow dance and I am excited to get a chance to sway back and forth with my boyfriend. So, I am looking forward to this wedding for several reasons.
Some of my single friends are going to weddings without boyfriends. In exchange I know that they have asked some of their girlfriends to be their dates. For some ridiculous reason, some of these friends are refusing said invitation.
Are you insane?! I don't care if you know the couple or not. This is not about them. Its about you, so let's be selfish here. A wedding is the perfect place to meet someone. I learned this early on. Brad was a boy I met at the wedding of my cousin back in 1992. He was the DJ's son and was there to help his dad set up. He was adorable with brown hair and freckles. Our eyes met at dinner, and we slow danced and small talked all night. I still have a cocktail napkin from that wedding tucked away in a chest somewhere at my parent's house. Since then, I have always enjoyed wedding hookups. Everyone is dressed to the nine's, dancing, happy and drunk. When I was single, I would go to any wedding I could. There are DJ's, bartenders, bouncers, caterers, ministers, and of course friends of the couple whom you would never meet if you were not at this particular wedding. Endless possibilities.
So, as the season begins, I encourage you all to go to weddings as emergency dates. If you are single and dateless for a wedding, do not go alone! Take a friend. A single friend. Hey, if you don't meet anyone, at least you enjoyed the open bar.
Until Next Friday,
Pauline
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Yes for a good wedding, no for a church-basement reception at 2 in the afternoon wedding (blech!) Beware the Baptist or Church of Christ wedding! No booz, no food, often long uncomfortable sermon about not having sex till marriage and how much fun the couple will have that night-- delivered by the father of the bride. Really. I lived through that.
I love readding, and thanks for your artical. ........................................
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