Hick Wedding

[FenigDurak]

Sounds like quite a few people spent a bit of money on that wedding. I mean, how common is it to have black Carharts? it's certainly a new twist on the popular black and white motif.

[mikoyan29]

Sounds like a theme to me.

[Indigo]

Some crowds are dancing crowds, and some aren't, I guess.
I imagine it's really frustrating for a DJ to deal with.

I would agree with this. If you know ahead of time that your crowd is not going to be the dancing type, then don't hire a DJ that likes to hype the crowd up. None of my relatives really dance so if we have music it'll probably be a mp3 player with some speakers for background noise.

Other than that, it was their wedding and if that's what made them happy, then I'm glad for them.

[Mr Hero]

I feel like breaking into song after reading the topic title. It's a great day for a hick wedding.

[AccountingDrone]

Well that used to be traditional on Barrayar for the Emperor and Empress. Gotta prove you're not muties, after all...

I prefer Gregor's style, mutual inspection with a doctor, perfect for getting the shot of valium at the same time =)

But hopefully not for the guests.

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[Ben_Who]

I understand that some people do the hick wedding thing as a "theme." It's kind of cute in an ironic way. And, let's face it, it's a way to stay under budget. If the marriage is true, bless 'em.

...Then there's my sister's wedding.

I knew my mother was thrifty, but I had no idea that she was one of the most spectacularly cheap people on the face of the Earth until I showed up in my rented tuxedo. They didn't even have it in their own church, she was that cheap. She found a cheaper church. This was one of those whitewashed clapboard Baptist things in the toolies rather than the soaring 300-year-old stone Protestant structure she frequents. The reception was in the basement, which...hell, it looked like a basement. Concrete walls, little windows...you get the gist. At least it was painted yellow.

Folding chairs. Folding tables. Not unusual. No tablecloths? Not even cheap plastic disposable ones. Music? My cousin plays the bagpipes. BADLY. Mother made the cake. ... It was a sheet cake. It looked like a glacier. It looked as if it had been frosted with a fire extinguisher. She also made the dress. She sews as well as she bakes. My poor sister looked like a parade float. There were no flowers.

I stood there in a six hundred dollar suit looking like James Bond in "Deliverance." Photographer? Yeah, that would be me, which I found out when Dad shoved a disposable Kodak in my hands and told me to start taking pictures.

Don't get me wrong: I disagree with the philosophy that a wedding should cost more than a mortgage. And maybe she had a point; the marriage only lasted three and a half years. But it was as if she wanted ALL the elements of a "traditional" $50,000 wedding without having to pay for ANY of them. It was a cargo-cult wedding.

I don't think she was hurting for money at the time, either...

Love, Who?

[iradney]

Just a note here guys:

OP's husband obviously did not tell the guests and happy couple what he's saying here. He did his job, then came home and told his wife about this wedding.

I'm sure at least 99% of us have done this. Done our job, then come and told our SO/Friend/Neighbour "ZOMG you will NOT believe the redneck/valley girl/prostitot/half naked Victoria's secret model I saw today!"

Carry on.

[smileyeagle1021]

Ben, you just made me feel so much better about my upcoming wedding... our theme is fuck themes.
The programs (which we made ourselves) have a picture of us in front of a replica old west building (with a sign that says "odd couple rest home"... seriously, couldn't resist getting a phone in front of that). We are wearing traditional Scottish outfits. The wedding party will be wearing suits/skirts (as is appropriate) with a scarf and or tie in the tartan for their respective clans. The venue is a mountain cabin theme (it was a steal, it's really a meeting hall for the state park service, but they let people rent it out when it's not in use for state park business). The food is going to be deli style (because, well damnit, I want sandwiches.) The cake is a plane two tier (white with purple accents and decorated with fake roses), which will be surrounded by a rainbow of cupcakes... oh, and the cake toppers are rubber duckies (seriously, I found rubber ducky cake toppers, that is one of those things you just HAVE to use once you've found them ). Oh and the afterparty is going to be at a buffet back down in the city, because no one could agree on what they wanted to eat (all 25 of us who are going). Is it classy, hell no, but it's going to be a lot of fun.

... also, I'm reminded that I have to harass our friend who agreed to DJ about making sure she knows what songs we want.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Sounds like quite a few people spent a bit of money on that wedding. I mean, how common is it to have black Carharts? it's certainly a new twist on the popular black and white motif.

Carhartts aren't cheap to begin with anyway.

[Ree]

OP's husband obviously did not tell the guests and happy couple what he's saying here. He did his job, then came home and told his wife about this wedding.

Yes...and I think some people have only quickly read or skimmed through the first post, as there appears to be a misconception about his being asked to move his vehicle.

It was the person delivering the wedding cake who told him the hotel staff would be asking him to move his vehicle.
He was never actually asked by a member of the hotel staff to move it.

He told a non-employee of the hotel that the hotel could kiss his ass if they did ask him.
He did not tell the cake person to kiss his ass.
He never actually told anyone to kiss his ass.

I hope that clears up some confusion.

[Sheldonrs]

Ben, you just made me feel so much better about my upcoming wedding... our theme is fuck themes.
....

I like that theme!

[Ghel]

Sounds like quite a few people spent a bit of money on that wedding. I mean, how common is it to have black Carharts? it's certainly a new twist on the popular black and white motif.

I got the impression that they picked Carhartts either because it was something the guests would already have or because it was something they would all wear again.

Just a note here guys:

OP's husband obviously did not tell the guests and happy couple what he's saying here. He did his job, then came home and told his wife about this wedding.

I'm sure at least 99% of us have done this. Done our job, then come and told our SO/Friend/Neighbour "ZOMG you will NOT believe the redneck/valley girl/prostitot/half naked Victoria's secret model I saw today!"

Carry on.

Yes, this exactly. Hubby didn't tell off any of the wedding guests. And since no one from the hotel actually asked him to move his truck and trailer, he didn't tell off any of the hotel staff. (Nor do I think he would have if they had.) His view of the bride and groom and their guests did not effect his professionality in any way.

[blas]

I dated a guy who had a lot of expensive equipment and liked to mix and play stuff as a hobby. Then people started offering lots of money if he'd DJ their wedding (since his stuff was just as good, if not better, than the pro stuff). But then some people got cheap and just expected it as a treat, since he was a friend.

And as big of a dick as this guy was, he never had the balls to say no.

The drunks were the worst part, but he also wanted to do a facepalm and hide whenever people would ask for the funky chicken dance, the YMCA, or any other classic dumb songs that people who are extremely intoxicated like to dance to and make fools of themselves.

[Becks]

people would ask for the funky chicken dance, the YMCA, or any other classic dumb songs that people who are extremely intoxicated like to dance to and make fools of themselves.

...and I enjoy dancing to those sober.

Great fun.

[depechemodefan]

I looked up Carhartts online (I never heard about them before) but I get images of different things. What items are you talking about?

Also, this reminds me of Etiquettehell, where they have a seperate section for weddings, that make the op's tale rather tame.