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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:04 PM
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So, what's the wife of the best man supposed to do at a wedding?
Do I get to go to the rehearsal dinner? Do I trail the best man (husband) throughout the day or do I need my own transportation to the site of the ceremony?

What should I wear for a 2 p.m. church wedding on the Saturday after Thanksgiving?

I am glad I got married at City Hall.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:06 PM
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1. Drink heavily if open bar; lightly with lots of bitching if cash bar.
There is no one set of wedding rules so just ask.
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:07 PM
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2. Oh, there's no bar... no alcohol... we're getting sparkling grape
juice for toasts.... yuck!
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:08 PM
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5. Then get drunk before the ceremony
make a complete ass out of yourself, flirt with the groom, steal the $$ from the dollar dance jar, dance on the head table, and generall have a good time.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:17 PM
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9. dollar dance jar?
Reminds me of a different kind of dance. When my sister got married, the grooms family insisted on a 'green back shower' where my sister would walk around and people would pin cash to her clothes. Is that fucking tacky or what? At least it was not AT the reception.
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:14 PM
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7. Bring a large purse
with a mickey in it. Pour into grape juice. Have fun. Wear something gorgeous and comfortable. Dance lots.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:17 PM
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11. Yeah, a really big purse for a box of wine. nt
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:14 PM
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8. Is a Taliban cleric presiding over the ceremony?
What a load of shit. Guess you'll have to sneak your own booze in. A small bottle of Wild Turkey will fit in your purse. Sparkling grape?! Who ARE these assholes?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:19 PM
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12. UMMM
Neither my husband nor I ever drink. We toasted with sparkling apple cider. There were many people at the wedding who were in recovery from alcoholism, therefore we did not serve alcohol at the wedding. There was a cash bar at the reception hall for those that wished to partake.

A non-alcoholic wedding is a viable and beautiful choice.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:21 PM
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14. of course it is.
Forget what I said.x(
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:24 PM
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15. I am sorry if I took your previous post too personally
I am just very protective of people in recovery.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:36 PM
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20. I'm just kidding.
Truth is I hate weddings and naturally assumed some anesthetic was necessary. Actually, I had an outdoor wedding and was not going to supply alcohol because 1. I'm a cheap bastard and 2. I didn't want my British inlaws getting hammered and stumbling around the woods or yelling at the neighbors. I ended up caving in to social expectation and supplied beer and wine coolers in the end.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:08 PM
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3. Some rehearsal's are just for the wedding party, but
every one I have been to (including mine), the spouses or 1 guest was also invited.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:08 PM
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4. I'd get a date and whoop it up!
You should look something like this by the time the dancing gets started (then you don't have to cough up a buck for the dollar dance.)

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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:11 PM
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6. Get drunk and hit on the groom
Just kidding

I am not sure of protocol, but at my wedding the partners of all the wedding party were invited to the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.

As for the day of the actual wedding, you may want to drop your husband off, and grab a cup of coffee before the service, since many wedding parties are now doing the photos before the actual service.

Maybe the other groomsmen and your husband can carpool to the reception, so you can have the car?
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:17 PM
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10. Spend the entire night scoping out the best place to catch the bouquet
Then when the bouquet is in the air, don't just go for it. Get in a three point stance and throw your shoulder into the nearest member of the wedding party. Then stand over her and taunt her with your new bouquet.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:20 PM
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13. wow, that's boring
:evilgrin:

I was going to suggest doing a table dance, but it seems a bit over the top now.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:24 PM
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16. Sorry, I should've stated that while scoping, you must drink a 5th of JD.
It makes the tackle hurt less.
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TallahasseeGrannie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:29 PM
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17. Ah weddings. My daughter had one.
All her attendants were losers, she said:

Amy dropped the ring getting out of the limo and it rolled away;
Mary took off her dress after the ceremony and put on jeans;
Briana **cked my brother;
Susie chewed gum during the ceremony and down the aisle, even popped it once;
Ellie the flower girl, 3, ate the flowers and then cried;
Abbie told my husband she would always be there for him if it didn't work out;



so I think the wife of the best man should go up to the maid of honor and say, "if you touch my husband I will see to it you never have children" and walk away.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:30 PM
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18. LSD, and lots of it.
:evilgrin:
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-08-05 03:33 PM
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19. Smoke 420 all night long
and watch the water turn to cherry wine...
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