She is a great kid, I miss her. She has always been my buddy so when she got hooked on my dh I was happy she liked him.
NORTHERNNAAN 4/27/06 10:39 A
Ah, that's cute! Your little sis sounds like she is full of life, and knows what she wants!! Go girl!
SEZZYSUE 4/26/06 4:28 P
At my wedding my little sister was the flower girl. It was a year ago so she was only 5. We bought her a dress and she was mad that she couldn't be the ring bearer. Then she got all pissy because she had to wear her hair up "I want to wear it like dad's!" she says. Then she saw a cousin before the wedding and wanted to play so she cried all the way down the aisle (butt head). So all was good then my husband and I kept laughing when saying our vows. He repeated after the priest, but the second line he said everything from the first and the second. He spilled wax down his hand from the unity candle, so that made us laugh. At our first dance, my sister was jealous so she ran up so my new hubby could hold her, it was really cute.
Then the best. Since my sis is such a tomboy, I asked her if she was going to marry a boy one day. He response was "I'm gonna marry Tim when you're don't with him!" It was so funny
BIELLE 4/25/06 3:26 P
How about being out at the Sand Dunes and him losing My Ring?!?!?! He was going to propose in the Dunes, but thankfully decided to do it in camp. Had a hole in his pocket and there went the ring. 10 people looking for it (told me they were looking for a 4 wheeler key)... he looked down about 30 minutes later and it was in the top of his boot!!! Talk about luck!
NORTHERNNAAN 4/25/06 9:41 A
Wow! Those are some precarious stories! Thanks for sharing everyone!
And yes - there is a good lesson here. It all won't matter in the future. A wedding is about a marriage to last a lifetime - not a party for a day!!!
Cheers everyone!
LAUROURA 4/25/06 9:39 A
i just plain didn't get my proposal. david gave me a stuffed pink flamingo for 4th of july but told me there was a condition on getting it. when i looked up from looking at the flamingo he was down on one knee with the ring and said will you marry me? and silly me i say okay but what's the condition? he gave me the look he always gives me when i lack common sense and then i said ooooh!
he laughs every time we tell the story.
PSUWIEST 4/25/06 7:48 A
Thanks for the reminder to chill out about the little things. My wedding isn't until August but I'm one of those people who plan things way in advance and then worry about the decisions I've made. So thanks for the reminder that no matter what happens (or doesn't) it's still going to be the greatest day I've had yet.
JANICESKATES 4/25/06 12:00 A
A few days before Terry bought the ring, I started stomping around unhappy because he hadn't done it yet. We had a handshake agreement to be engaged by the end of last June, I think...on account of (1) me being insecure and having a lot of engaged or recently married friends and (2) us having bought a house the previous July. The deal was in place for well over a year and he had plenty of time to work on it and I didn't actually expect him to wait til the last minute, because I'd be expecting it.
By the beginning of May, I was pissed at him for putting it off so long and I wasn't keeping it a secret. One day, he stayed home sick and when I got home from work, I confronted him.
Turns out, he wasn't sick, he was shopping. He showed me the reciept from the jeweler to prove it. I had actually almost found out from hearing half a phone conversation between Terry and our boss that afternoon, but I had completely missed it. Instead, I threw a hissy fit and he had to tell me.
He told me the ring wouldn't be ready for another week, but wanted to go to the restaurant where we had our first date that Friday. I thought he was lying about not having the ring then, but I didn't say anything. I felt bad enough.
Then, everything at work blew up and we couldn't go out to dinner - we worked til 11 Friday night and had to be back at 8am the next morning. We worked long hours and were pretty much never alone for the next 10 days. We had to cancel our vacation with another couple. That first Friday night, he propsed in our living room, still with his coat on. He didn't want to risk anything else going completely wrong.
I made the conscious decision not to read or watch any proposal stories before he proposed - I didn't want to sour the moment if it wasn't a fairy tale. Tired, sweaty, in a borrowed t-shirt that was free from a vendor was not anywhere in any fairy tale I've ever read. But I still have that t-shirt. And it was very us...
AURORAB345 4/21/06 4:28 P
Those are great stories.
In the "proposal thread" I already told about the circumstances surrounding our wedding. We were under a lot of pressure trying to deal with all that in 3 short weeks. And a number of things went wrong. One of the big ones was the day before the wedding, the photographer we had researched, loved his work, and booked and paid for, emailed me and told me he was in the hospital with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and would be there for the next two weeks! That one was tough - good photos were the one thing that was really important to me, especially in light of things with my Dad's cancer. Except for secretly crying in the shower, though, I held it together. When we stopped by the reception hall to drop something off, one of the girls asked me how things were going, and I told her what had happened. She told me she had a friend who was a photographer, showed me his website, called him, and he was willing to fill in on the spot. His pics are gorgeous, we were thrilled with them. So many other littlier things went wrong the day of - when the flowers were delivered, they were all wrong, my veil wouldn't stay on and we were desperately trying to pin it in place as I was comming down the aisle, we forgot to bring anything to bustle my dress with, the florist didn't give me a tossing bouquet, I forgot to bring my vows (I remembered as I was walking down the asile(luckily, the minister had a copy:), when the DJ announced us, he said the wrong names(despite having gone over everything with him repeatedly), etc. I could keep going. And going.
But here is my point, and one thing I wish I could pass on to those of you who are really, really worried about things going wrong. NONE OF IT MATTERED!!!! There is not a single thing I would change about our wedding day. It was just a breathtaking, amazing time - I got to marry the man I love with everything I am, and had those I loved there to share and celebrate!! We were both so relaxed and happy that day, and because of that we were able to fully enjoy that precious time. It was such a gift.
Things will go wrong, in spite of all meticulous planning. But there is even joy in things going wrong, and remember, one of the best things ever is happening to you - enjoy it!
HOTTIEWANNABE 4/21/06 3:13 P
I was participating in the bouquet toss at my cousins wedding and was determined to get it. When she tossed it up, it hit the low ceiling and came straight down. While running and bending to catch it, I stepped on the bottom of my long dress which pulled me to my knees and propelled me straight foward head first into her butt. She tripped forward and came sooo close to falling onto the table of food, but luckily she caught herself. And I did catch the bouquet!!! Its funny to laugh about now, but she didn't think it was too funny then. (I just wish we could have gotten it all on tape, we difinately would have won Americas funniest home video, or at least been on one of the wedding blooper shows!!)
NORTHERNNAAN 4/21/06 12:04 P
I just thought of another - hopefully even if yours and my stories are negative we can learn from them. THis post isn't supposed to just be a downer.
I was at a wedding of a family member and the bride had a whole TRAY of RED WINE spilled on her dress shortly after the ceremony. She spent an hour in her hotel room crying. Sad -YES. BUT the moral of the story, she wasted one hour of her party and celebration to boo hoo about something that was already done. She will never get that hour back!
Smile, laugh and go on. On the bright side, You never have to actually wear that dress again, and the pictures were already taken!!
NORTHERNNAAN 4/21/06 11:55 A
Reading the proposal stories made me think of this huge horrible incident! (a little long - sorry)
My boyfriend had a business trip away from home for three nights. It was at a particularly important time in our relationship. We love each other indescribably, but we both have children(4 in total) and combining our families was very tricky. I knew I couldn't live with how things had been going, but couldn't put my finger on, or communicate exactly what our issues were, or how to resolve them.
Anyhow, Those four days he was gone were a major turning point for me. I had time to sort some things out and get all of my thoughts, feelings and issues out onto paper.
When he called halfway through his trip, I told him that when he got home there was a letter waiting for him and this was a major cross-roads for us. He/we would either deal with the un-resolved issues, or go our seperate ways. I could tell he was really worried, but handled it well, and said he would read it with an open mind when he returned home. (We do have a fantastic relationship, and communicate well, just couldn't figure this one out!)
The letter was honest, diplomatic and to the point. When he got home, he read it and agreed that I had hit the nail on the head. He was relieved to see how I was really feeling and not how he thought I was feeling! I'm happy to report that it enlightened him, and we have resolved the issue and are doing well!
So the whole MISHAP comes into play here: The day before he left town for that 3 night business trip, he custom ordered a ring to be made by a local jeweller. IMAGINE how he felt 3 provinces away when I told him there was a letter waiting for him when he got home. The poor man!!!
Anyhow less that a month after that weekend, on March 16, he proposed, and said it was hard for him to hold ont to the ring for even a week!!!
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