Hick Wedding

[Sparky]

LOL...I got an email today about a bride and groom who stripped naked for their wedding.

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

But hopefully not for the guests.

NO, no. That would be the Betaziods.

[greek_jester]

i do believe that this is what they were wearing

Well, damn. Now I wish they were sold over here, so I could buy some bits for my stepdad.

He's got a chronic disease, & feels the cold very easily (he often wears jackets in 80 degree heat). Something like that would be perfect for when he's on a DIY kick. Only partial lung function, but will he sit back & rest at the weekends? No! If he can't poke at something with a screwdriver or paintbrush, he gets snappy. This is me, trying to get either him or my mum to sit down for 5 minutes ->

[xx_wolfie_xx]

i do believe that this is what they were wearing

[Micer]

Hey, whatever makes you happy on your day =D
And agreed, I'm another one of those that doesn't get the whole need to spend an arm and a leg to make sure it's a memorable and special day, my younger cousin did that, the whole church, limo, rented a hall, catering, dress and hair and the whole she-bang (her mom sold their lake house to fund it) of a two week long honeymoon - Disney followed by a cruise.

All we did was go to the court house on Halloween, I wore one of my dresses used for Ren-fairs, his mom was our witness... and the woman doing the ceremony was tiny. Like 4'1 tiny. (He's 6'2, I'm 5'5, was a weird scene) And went to Halloween Horror Nights as a honeymoon. Saving the money was worth it - plus it avoided a lot of family drama.

[Ironclad Alibi]

No point in talking about hick weddings with a few videos.

While not a hick wedding, here is my favorite wedding.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

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

I'm guessing pants or bib overalls. They're available in different colors but most often seen in a fetching puke tan color. Every self-respecting redneck around here has some Carhartt item to wear. They're geared toward the farmer/construction worker/anybody who works outside in extreme cold and has a job that's tough on clothing set.

My dad actually has a Carhartt jacket and bibs, but I've never seen him wear them. So I borrowed the jacket once. That thing is like a blast furnace for your torso.

[Little Retail Rabbit]

I also don't believe a wedding has to cost the earth and several major organs, but "casual" for me would be suits and evening dresses under £100s, quiet service at the registry office and then a quiet meal with loved ones. But then that's me ^^;;

Having said that, me and my fiance are going to do the "spend the money on ourselves" kinda thing. We have to marry in the US but we don't want to marry in his homestate as there are a lot of very unpleasant relatives we do not want to invite. So we're "eloping" to California and going to get married on the beach. I say "eloping" but we will invite our parents and people we want there, and tell everyone else we didn't want them to feel obligated to go across the country >:3

It was actually my mum's suggestion. She said weddings end up being about spending lots of money on people you sometimes don't even like and don't even want there. So she suggested a quiet, intimate ceremony, just hire a minister, and then spend all the cash on the trip and honeymoon- make the wedding into a holiday, she said

[Shalom]

<i'm on the email list =) ]

Yah, so'm I. Been subscribing since '02, with a gap around 04-06 more or less when my e-mail forwarding expired briefly and the list messages started bouncing. I haven't posted there much, but I do participate occasionally.

(Heh. Someone was once trying to figure out how many/few pharmacy personnel were on the list. After identifying myself as such, I also felt it necessary to point out that a certain Author Of Our Acquaintance is a retired pharmacy tech. She once mentioned in an Afterword somewhere that Miles V. was based on her supervising pharmacist. I was surprised to read this, as I was positive she'd based him on Carl Steinmetz, I mean he's a dead ringer for him. Same physical deformities, same genius, sense of humor, etc.)

Also, what the h3!! are Carhartts? Google isn't much help there; they seem to make a lot of stuff. Boots? Raincoats? Other clothes? PPE of some sort? I would love to see a wedding with everyone dressed up in NIOSH respirators...

On the topic of low-budget weddings, my aunt got married on my parents' back porch, which isn't all that big; there was just room for them, the rabbi, the witnesses, and my brother with his accordion. Admittedly it was her third marriage, and both she and her new husband are in their late 60s and grandparents already. I guess they figured what's the point of renting a hall for that.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Sheldonrs]

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

I like that theme!

[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.

[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.