Steve Martin's character's daydream of the backyard barbecue wedding is more my speed than how the main event actually played out in Father of the Bride.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Jun 02, 2009 9:09:25 am PDT #11746 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Nora Deirdre - Jun 02, 2009 9:13:03 am PDT #11747 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
It didn't matter, because at the end of the day I get to spend the rest of my life with the person I adore more than any other in the world.
Wrod.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 02, 2009 9:13:45 am PDT #11748 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
backyard barbecue wedding
That's basically what my sister did, with a lot of style. My dad had a decent-sized garden in which to put up a marquee, so they fitted a fair few people in. It was definitely done in their own style. Which seems to be the key to getting these things right.
beth b - Jun 02, 2009 9:14:11 am PDT #11749 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
It didn't matter, because at the end of the day I get to spend the rest of my life with the person I adore more than any other in the world.
Can't argue with that
Pix - Jun 02, 2009 9:15:00 am PDT #11750 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
I don't think big weddings are bad at all! This time, though, we can't afford a big wedding (plus, I did that once already), and the stress that it would cause Drew to worry about his mom and sister (though for very different reasons) would take the enjoyment right out of it. Unfortunately we also can't elope right away because of some lingering financial business stuff Drew has to deal with before we can make it legal. The soonest we could take care of it is probably after New Years.
§ ita § - Jun 02, 2009 9:15:27 am PDT #11751 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Part of me would go for a teensy wedding on some beach somewhere, and then a world tour where people throw the receptions they want for us, or none. But I think my parents would be heartbroken, so maybe immediate family only.
So NOT something I need to worry about.
beth b - Jun 02, 2009 9:18:50 am PDT #11752 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
and then a world tour where people throw the receptions they want for us
very cool idea
Connie Neil - Jun 02, 2009 9:20:51 am PDT #11753 of 30000
brillig
at the end of the day I get to spend the rest of my life with the person I adore more than any other in the world.
That's what got me through the fiasco that was my wedding. I wish we had eloped rather than deal with Master Sergeant Mom-In-Law (her honestly earned rank in the Marines), but it got me my Hubby, and the rest became irrelevant.
erikaj - Jun 02, 2009 9:35:19 am PDT #11754 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
ION, things I would never have said before writing Entourage fanfic. On hearing members of my family had a "guys' night", there again, not including me: "I make a better guy than any of them." And Mom was just like "???" But I think it's true. So, I guess they are officially losers. (Well, I don't know about officially...)
Jessica - Jun 02, 2009 9:43:16 am PDT #11755 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(It involves telling people after you elope, as always.)
I'm guessing this is a lot easier when you don't propose in front of 2500 of your closest invisible shiny-box friends?
Just don't stint on the cake. Cake is key.
Wise advice for any occassion, really.