Pics from sis's wedding

Oh . . . . My . . . . Ghod!!!

I'm speechless.

Hehehehehehehehehe! Think of it this way, Karen: now that she has REALLY met her match in the loopy stakes, maybe it will stick? Third time lucky and all that...

I've got to say that he looks better in that dress than many brides would.

Egads.

What were they thinking?

Probably something along the lines of "Well, I already know I can never run for public office so WTF".

Kathleen

All I can say Karen is, I love your Dad's shirt! He was well dressed for the occasion. Juno

I second that....I mean, I have some "odd" friends and relatives, but none have ever gone to these extremes. I had an inkling that there was some bit of paganism, based on tablecloth, but still, even my pagan friends haven't done anything like this.....I'm in shock, makes me want to smack the crap out of them both, not only for making my stomach churn, but for putting their families through this....particularly the bride's family.

Larisa

BEI Design wrote:

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Ah lighten up. It was their day. If they wanted to make complete prats out of themselves, surely it's their prerogative? (BTW they certainly succeeded!)

Second Beverly's comment! Emily

Notice how some of the background folks are casual, and some are decked out. My outfit came from Value City (dress) and Goodwill (crochet thing) and the silver pin was one often worn by the Hawaiian shirt-maker. My other 3 relatives immediately recognized it. (They'd go to the 50th state and load up on fabric.)

He said he was wearing it to be the purple in the rainbow. The cookies are the Host wafers. (I think Gwen decorated them. Should've checked for cat hair.)

Will add more pics as I get time, and perhaps some illustrative text. (I know--a guest book!!)"

"Uh, Karen, *PLEASE* tell me you used Photoshop to change the heads on the bodies! If that is the unretouched picture.... then YIPPEE! I feel so normal all of a sudden! Mere depressions are nothing! Or, as the Cajuns would scream, aiyeeee!

--Karen M.

Aw, c'mon. Ma's dead. (Other sis and I discussed what she'd have done. I think she'd have burst out laughing like the rest of us, then developed a coughing fit, left the room, and not come back.)

Dad's 81. This didn't kill him so it will have made him a better person for it. (One of his phrases.)

Older sis cracked up. So did brother. We were seated across the round altar from each other (see dad_kare pic) and exchanging messages in sign language, expressions, and gestures. Other sis recently eloped at Niagara Falls, and when I found out two weeks later, I said : "You could have had a joint wedding with your sister." That was silently conveyed across the room at one point, and her new hubby did an "aw, shucks, we should have!" gesture. (All without our phones and texting, too.)

Me, I am getting more than the "6 hours on the highway" worth of fun out of sharing this with my far-flung friends. I was the only immediate member to attend her second wedding so I pretty well had to do the three's-a-charm thing. I'm appalled at the waste of $$$ on the stupid dress (we have yards and yards of the $1/yd white satin rose stripe poly from older sis's first wedding, and the kid knows how to sew). My concerns are more with the strange e-mails the, um, bride was sending me in the weeks previous. (I wasn't sent an invite--didn't provide a postal address--so she was saying that I was NOT invited. She shared some strange family history, I declined it, and she blasted me with "you're not part of the family!") I'd asked her what the theme was this time, and she told me I was being hostile and sarcastic. (She could have just said "rainbow cross-dressing" instead of getting defensive.) Heck, maybe this will provide the nudge for that People magazine does Etiquette Hell article.

And we thought the rainbow bride and the Titanic disaster were out there.

--Karen M.

I didn't mean it as a total slam, just expressing my opinion. I wish I oculd have been there to read the messages y'all were sending back and forth...not "fluent" in sign anymore, but the mind can fill in the blanks. It just strikes me, and this is showing my traditionalist side, that a marriage/wedding ceremony should be a bit more serious. Yes, have some fun bits, but it IS a serious commitment, and well....I know if I say anymore, I will get flamed, hell, I'll probably get flmaed for this since I already have gotten a few negative remarks.

I guess, the best way to put it is, not me, not > Larisa wrote:

Well, my rainbow bride and her 16 bridesmaids were a bit extreme, but at least they all had a blast, and the bride was giggling about her gaggle of chicks all the way through! Both families and all their friends thoroughly approved. By all rights, they both should have been emotional wrecks from their previous encounters with marriage, but they aren't. They both adore all their joint kids, who also had fun at the wedding.

I always felt really sorry for the Titanic dress bride. There really was NO excuse for that on the part of the dressmaker. I think that one of the most professional things I can do is decline a commission that is beyond my skills.It makes me very irritated when people promise to do something like this and then fail so miserably, putting extra stress on the folk doing the organising. Mind you, with that one there were danger signs long before the deadline...

Karen, I think you and your family behaved very well in the circumstances. I'd have been hard put to keep a straight face. DH Alan was totally speechless, and went off twitching slightly... When we got married, we'd been living together for 3 years: *He* was the one that wanted the church wedding and all the trimmings! I'd have been happy in jeans at the registry office! ;) But we did the big dress and church thing, and it was fun (if more subdued than originally intended as my dad died 3 months before the wedding).

Oh my, this is a hoot!! I love it!!!

I just added some more pics. Same place.

It just gets better! ;)

Didn't take it that way. And I agree with you about the solemnity of the occasion. Glad Ed didn't rent a tux like he did with her first wedding (she told us "John will be the only one in a tux"). Glad dad didn't acquiese and put on a tie.

Guess what I'll send them as a gift. No, really. You've already seen it...just need to find a lovely photo frame (from my thrift shop stash) and print it out.

Gas to drive to Dayton....$50 Laser print photos at Kinko's...$5 SEEING YOUR NEW B-I-L WEAR A DRESS TO MARRY YOUR SISTER...priceless.

--Karen M.

I think this marriage has a better chance of being a success than most. The groom obviously is not handicapped by an ego larger than the Atlantic Ocean, but actually cares what pleases his bride. Whatta concept!!

I dunno. It looks to me like a bunch of kids said "Hey, let's play wedding!" Oh well, it's her third and only his first. Who knows, they may just be crazy enough for it to work.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Somebody did a great job on the decorating the cakes, great colors! Unless I've missed the explanation, why 5 cakes? Glad to see Gumby and Pokey made it to the wedding, too.

:-)