the old college try
The other night we arrived home from honeymoon to a refrigerator that contained approximately 17...
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Tag: eschewing tradition
roshamBEAU: gender roles, wedding expectations, and my blissful ignorance
A couple of weeks ago, when I got home from work one day, the beau looked straight in the eye and said, “I wrote a blog post.” My response was to gaze back at him slack-jawed, for he might as well have said he...
Read Moreregrets, i’ve had a few
I’m a lazy bride. And I’m not just talking about the fact that I’d rather rent burlap table runners than make my own. I don’t so much actively seek out our vendors as I trip and fall into them. Our photographer? Was the first...
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in which the details escape me
I tried, you guys. I tried to be normal. I walked to the post office, waited patiently in line,...
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the ring thing
I took my engagement ring into the jeweler’s to see about getting a wedding band made. And my...
Read Moresocial networking has ruined my communication skills
At the caterer’s place, working on the timeline Caterer: “OK, so are you guys going to want to do the grand entrance?” Me [exchanging confused glances with Beau]: “… Grand?” Caterer: “You know, when everyone goes to sit down...
Read Morelet the music play
It’s funny how we’re sort of born with our personalities firmly rooted in place. Each morning my second grade teacher, Mrs. O’Keefe, would lead us in a rousing rendition of “Oh, What a Beautiful...
Read Moreour wedding role model
For most of my life I assumed that if I got married, certain things would happen a certain way. I assumed I’d get married in a church. I assumed I wouldn’t see my partner on the wedding day before the ceremony. I...
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just desserts
I knew from the very start that I didn’t want a big fancy wedding cake. I had ideas, kids....
Read Morehi, my name is
Very occasionally I find myself regressing to middle school.* Like this afternoon, when I found myself writing my name in different handwriting styles over and over again in the margins of my note pad.** Then — of course...
Read Moreit’s a party
The matter of the wedding party has been settled. I still have my three best ladies, and the beau now has his five closest buds. We do not feel compelled to have matching numbers of attendants, but I may still borrow one of his...
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