Category — Humor

Every once in a while it’s good to look at how weird weddings can get.  It makes you feel more…normal.

That’s what I’m in the mood for today.  Let’s dish up some weird weddings, shall we?

In wedding news…

Jiang Dezhang and Tie Guangju, who both worked as high-rise window washers in China, got married suspended by ropes and pulleys.  “It was both romantic and like our daily work,” he said.  As the couple exchanged rings, a scroll reading, “High Altitude Love” unfolded down the building.

Huh?

When my husband and I work together as DJs, we joke that it’s work and date night all-in-one.  But this is a little extreme…even for me.

Here’s the story of a bride who bailed on her wedding…to take a final exam.  On May 5th, 2008 an Indian bride bolted from the temple in the middle of her wedding ceremony in order to take her final exam.  Apparently the exam had been rescheduled.  The groom waited patiently outside.

Talk about taking school seriously.  That would never happen in the US; we’d be suing for mental duress.

Or how about this bungee jumping exchange of vows.  Earlier this month, this UK couple said their vows, kissed, and bungee jumped off a platform 150 feet in the air.  This was the first couple to “take the plunge” with Marriage in the Sky, a Belgian company who offers bungee jumping marriage packages.

Yeah.  Till death do us part is right.

What’s the weirdest wedding you’ve ever heard of?  Leave me a comment.

In this video, Bubba offers some helpful advice about what to give as a wedding gift. Yep, Bubba’s etiquette wedding suggestions include beer, scantily clad “negligie-things,” and more BEER. And make sure it’s cold.

Funny, right?

Um, not if Bubba is one of your wedding guests.

So how can you tactfully ask for money as a wedding gift?

According to Miss Emily Post…YOU CAN’T.

If you ask for money right up front, it’s considered offensive, tacky and selfish. But that hasn’t stopped many a bride from finding creative ways to get the green.

Check out these “poetic” requests from Love Of Poems:

“This wishing well before you here
Has a purpose that’s pretty clear.
Please drop some dough into the slot,
Please don’t skimp…make it a lot!
We would think it pretty nifty
If you could give at least a fifty.
After all, it cost us lots of money
To plan this day and our moon of honey!”

“Don’t worry about gifts, don’t buy us a yacht,
The things that we need, we’ve already got.
Our home is quite compact, we may have to move
Then our storage and space will surely improve.

Don’t know how to word this but we’ll give it a shot.
Contributions are most welcome, we’ll go somewhere hot!
A honeymoon would be marvellous, to start off our life,
In our long winding journey, as new husband and wife!”

Now that I’ve stopped laughing…honestly, what would you think if you read that in your invitation?

My RSVP might look like this:

“You ask me for money
An ‘innocent’ plea
How about some manners?
And NO GIFT from me.”

There are some ways to offer “gentle encouragement” for money gifts…

- Set up a very short gift registry, primarily with gift certificates, for those who prefer to give a gift. When the registry fills up, guests will ask your family and close friends what to get…have them suggest that cash would be most appreciated. They can circulate the news for you, so you don’t look bad.

- Set up a honeymoon gift registry like Honeyfund so that your guests can help pay for your honeymoon.

- If you’ve got the guts for it, don’t set up a registry at all. Your lazy guests will write you a check. Of course, your cheap guests may practice a little re-gifting…

Got a tactful, subtle way to ask for wedding gifts of money? Leave me a comment.

I’m tired of being so serious.  Time to add a dose of humor to ye ole blog.  How ’bout some weird wedding photographs?  ‘Tis the season, after all…

http://www.abum.com/13288/Gothy-Wedding.html

This couple certainly gives new meaning to the phrase, “Till death do us part.”  Yeesh.

www.abum.com/25394/Made-For-Each-Other.html

I like it.  It’s sort of David Lee Roth meets Punk Bride of Satan.

And my Most Disturbing Wedding Couple of the Year award goes to…

Okay.  I’m thoroughly creeped out now.  Woof.

“Something old, something new
Something borrowed and something blue”

Wedding traditions are weird to begin with. The tradition of having a bride wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue on her wedding day dates back to Victorian England. “Something old” represents the family and past she is leaving behind; “something new” represents their new future together; “something borrowed” was an object from a happily married woman whose good fortune would rub off on the bride; and the “something blue” represented purity.

But there are far weirder wedding traditions than this one…

Blackening the Bride - In northern Scotland, the bride is “blackened” before her wedding, as demonstrated in this lovely YouTube video. Friends and family dump goo mixed from soup, fish, eggs, cheese, and whatever sticky mess they can come up with over the head of a willing bride. Supposedly it comes from the tradition of washing the feet of brides to make them clean. Of course, it’s more fun if you get them really, really DIRTY first.

Breaking Dishes - Oh, what fun to break dishes before a German wedding! All the effort and trouble the bride and groom will have picking up the pieces is supposed to enrich their marriage. Yep. At least we can hope they had dishes on their registry.

Kidnapping the Bride - I witnessed this Russian tradition myself. When the groom isn’t looking, the guests (usually his trusty groomsmen) “kidnap” the bride. The groom is then required to perform three tasks to get her back. In this case, he had to a) drink three shots of vodka (or have his Best Man drink six, b) publicly proclaim his love for his bride, c) break dance. In our case, the groom, who was already drunk, compromised and drank one shot of vodka, shouted his undying love into the microphone (ouch) and break danced to “Ice Ice Baby.”

More of the World’s Weirdest Wedding Traditions in this entertaining post.

What’s your weirdest wedding experience? Leave me a comment. (Or a confession.)

I’m in favor of every bride planning a dream wedding that really represents her…

As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words…and so does a graffiti covered wedding gown.  More in the post at ChickenCrap.com.

Check out these photos of a parking lot wedding.  Gotta love what the photographer did with the barbed wire fence backdrop.

And if you don’t laugh at these TackyWeddings.com posts…Well, let’s just say you need to get out more.  You’ve got the wedding cake made in the bride’s own image.  (Creepy.  Can you say, “House of Wax?”)  You’ve got your ugly brides, your wedding blooper videos, and who could forget?  The ultimate BAD WEDDING DRESSES.

Do these pictures make you laugh or cry?  Leave me a comment.

It’s time for a wedding laugh attack.

You know you’ve earned it…hours on Etsy, fingers cramped over the mouse from do it yourself programs, countless websites surfed to find the best deal on tulle.

It’s all about moustaches, surprise group dances, and big, fat 90’s wedding cakes.

Oh, yeah.

Check out this wedding where everyone came down with a rare affliction…

Or this video evidence capturing a spontaneous “break out” of group dancing for one unfortunate bridal party…

Or read about one bride’s not-so-fond nostalgia for her Big Fat 90’s Wedding Cake…

If you’re in need of a good laugh, check out the 2008 winners of the Wedding Photojournalist Association’s “Wedding Photos We’ll Remember” contest.

When you hire a good photographer, they’re going to capture those moments you missed…and maybe a few you wish you had missed!  Either way, candid photography grabs the real stuff of a wedding, for better or worse.

Check out these photos to be inspired by the photos you want and DON’T want taken on your wedding day.

Have you ever noticed how as soon as you say the word “wedding” the price of a product or service magically increases? By A LOT.

“I’m a wedding photographer…”

“I’m a wedding entertainer…”

“It’s a wedding gown…”

Sure, sometimes it’s worth it to pay more for a wedding specialist…IF it’s a top priority piece of your wedding. A wedding expert has the experience, the know-how, and (hopefully) the talent to give you the best.

But why pay 30-300% MORE for the exact same product or service just because it has the magical word “wedding” attached to it?

I got a good laugh out of this video. But that’s because, sadly, it’s TRUE. Don’t be suckered in like this bride who throws a tantrum over the special “wedding” cake.

Just because it’s stamped with the word “wedding” doesn’t make it better. And if you buy something “non-wedding” for your wedding day, it doesn’t make you any less of a bride.

Beware! The wedding industry will push you into overpaying for specialized “wedding” products and services…if you let them.

Be creative, seek out “non-wedding” options, and find those savings!