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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1440038" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>I think you'd be surprised. The wedding-industrial complex (kinda like the prison-industrial complex? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ) likes to try to convince people that they need a big wedding because that's what's expected. Not everyone "buys in."</p><p>To me it seems more cultural. (Ever been to a Macedonian wedding? woo-whee! Free-flowing liquor, food for miles and a back-up polka band for when the first one takes a break. Southern Baptists, on the other hand (in my extensive experience) think an awesome reception takes place in the cement basement of the church on folding metal chairs, and involves a big bowl of red punch (unspiked), small bowls of Jordan almonds, mixed nuts, and dinner mints; and watching the happy couple unwrap their gifts. Actually, watching the bride unwrap "her" gifts).</p><p>Hubs and I left work on our lunch hour and met at the courthouse. Were married by one of the courthouse ministers (who took turns as people came in, sorta like a car salesman on a lot). He was a very dignified elderly black minister. Asked us "long or short?" "Short." Married us in a minute and asked hubs to sign the certificate for him (the preacher was illiterate. To this day we joke that that is our "out" is either of us turns mean--we were never legit-married! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />). We were both back at work in a half hour and told no one for quite some time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1440038, member: 20599"] I think you'd be surprised. The wedding-industrial complex (kinda like the prison-industrial complex? :D ) likes to try to convince people that they need a big wedding because that's what's expected. Not everyone "buys in." To me it seems more cultural. (Ever been to a Macedonian wedding? woo-whee! Free-flowing liquor, food for miles and a back-up polka band for when the first one takes a break. Southern Baptists, on the other hand (in my extensive experience) think an awesome reception takes place in the cement basement of the church on folding metal chairs, and involves a big bowl of red punch (unspiked), small bowls of Jordan almonds, mixed nuts, and dinner mints; and watching the happy couple unwrap their gifts. Actually, watching the bride unwrap "her" gifts). Hubs and I left work on our lunch hour and met at the courthouse. Were married by one of the courthouse ministers (who took turns as people came in, sorta like a car salesman on a lot). He was a very dignified elderly black minister. Asked us "long or short?" "Short." Married us in a minute and asked hubs to sign the certificate for him (the preacher was illiterate. To this day we joke that that is our "out" is either of us turns mean--we were never legit-married! :D). We were both back at work in a half hour and told no one for quite some time. [/QUOTE]
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