THE ART OF WAR

note: A few of my wedding and honeymoon pics are now to the side. I find myself smiling whenever I look them. I don’t expect others to smile but I’ll enjoy them when I visit my blog.

Hubby and I went to a wedding this past weekend. It was located in the town he used to live in. My maternal family is from that town, thanks and praises that many left. Because all did not leave I spent many HOT summers in the town.

It’s so hot there that people tend to schedule their activities for after 6 p.m. I guess the best thing is that you can swim everyday, its a 2 hour drive from Vegas, 1.5 hour from L.A. and a little over a 3 hour drive to the Bay.

Many of the people there, including my maternal family, are super country and slow. The city has a larger population than Oakland and is fast growing but it has a small town feel. That type of atmosphere is conducive to low stress, relaxation and slow moving. Being in that type of atmosphere for too long can frustrate me. People still go visiting out there, just like when my mother was a kid.

The wedding was scheduled for 5 p.m. Hubby, who hates to be late forced us to arrive on time. I told him it would start an hour late but the timeliness of others doesn’t matter to him, and we arrived a little before 5. The parking lot had about 3 cars.

One hour and 45 minutes later, in the dark and with the weather cooling, the wedding began. The bride and her escort had the nerve to do some stanky slow pace, like they were on time. I wanted to trip them both.

I was even more upset because the majority of the guests didn’t arrive until about 6:15, it was as if they had been given the true start time. The groom had told hubster that it would be 5 o’clock sharp. One of my husbands friends showed up at 7 and told my husband he should have known the wedding would not be on time.

The ceremony lasted less than 15 minutes. As we left we noticed enormous amounts of liquor. I concluded that the main purpose of the wedding was the party afterwards. I seemed to be the only one frustrated that I waited nearly 2 hours for a 15 minute ceremony.

I had on my afternoon, daylight makeup and my summer outdoor wedding outfit. I realized everyone else wore their nighttime club clothes. When I asked my husband if he realized I had on afternoon makeup, he replied yes. I think that was the thing that saved me from kicking up a fit, going to the car and taking a nap.

Had these people been my friends I would have arrived at 5:30 and left at 6:30.

Please know I am still screaming inside- What is wrong with people? What takes them so long to put on a dress and get down the aisle. They knew at least 14 days before that they had scheduled an event for 5. What happened to make them, the hosts, late? Why are so many wedding couples so rude?!

The bright side, my husband got a chance to catch up with his friends/poker buddies. The wedding had the potential to be very nice and casual. It was a small event, maybe 100 guests. The wedding was outside in a garden the reception in the hall behind it. The dark side, I was too annoyed to appreciate it.