So I have been casually thinking about wedding traditions, and which ones I want to partake in and which I will pass on. If Wedding Sunday on WEtv has taught me anything, it is that your wedding can be anything your crazy little brain can think of. And weddings these days seem to have a 'theme' rather than just being a wedding. While I think themes are way fun, and can be done in a way that makes the whole shebang personal to the couple yet still classy - some people go waaaaaay overboard. This isn't your eighth birthday party, people. I am more of a fan of keeping your wedding like a wedding. It doesn't need to be skulls and crossbones, or Wizard of Oz, or Safari themed. I get it if you want to go retro or earthy, but that is about as far as themes should go, if you ask me.
SourceNo thank you.
I like traditional stuff though. It is hard though, because the personalization of literally everything involved in a wedding makes your choices limitless in creating the exact perfect day that personifies you and your fiance to a t. If I were to just spout out some ideas, I'd say; I'd wear a sweater over my dress, and glasses, and I would have a giant cheese sculpture of the characters from The Office (or something to that effect), during the cocktail hour our signature drink would be diet coke, Aaron's cat Irene would be our ring bearer, we'd feast on breakfast for dinner (for dinner), and the party would be over by 10, because we are tired by around then. Fun party, right? More like totally weird.
SourceOr maybe a cow on a motorcycle?
The thing that sticks with me about traditional vs. not, is that I feel like I would regret not doing something the traditional way. Not that I am in love with all things traditional, but I like that my wedding day would not be all that different from the day my Mom married my Dad, or my Granny married my Grandpa. Like it is part of the human experience. I am certain that Granny did not arrive to her wedding on an elephant because it was safari themed. Though that would have been kind of awesome.
The only tradition I am semi unfond of is the bouquet and garter toss. I don't know, but being single up until my late 20s, I can tell you that I would rather hide in a bathroom than stand in a group of fellow single ladies trying to fight over some flowers being thrown at us. And when I would try to be cool and stay at my table, all the relatives are like - Go Up there! All loud and stuff. Ugh. Do I want to subject my single friends and family to this?? And plus A pulling a garter off my leg in front of everyone seems equally mortifying. And I don't know if I am going to have anyone 'give me away' and escort me down the aisle. It is a complicated issue, which I will go into at another time. The Orthodox Christian wedding ceremony is kind of different that a regular wedding. And I only know what it is like from youtube, so I can't go into a lot of detail at this point, but that too can be saved for another post.
But there are plenty that I want to include. The 'something old, new, borrowed and blue', and not seeing A until wedding time on the day of - we Mexicans can be a superstitious bunch..., throwing rice alternatives (since rice isn't allowed anywhere anymore), toasting, and cake eating, etc. It'll be fun! :)
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Your mom should give you away fo sho.
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