# An insufferable wedding announcent. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170 "2016-06-23T17:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/21 "2016-06-23T21:46:32Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > “The couple created a 16-page illustrated pamphlet to guide the 172 guests through the carefully curated nuptial Mass” > > :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: > > “But seriously, can you think of a worse situation to be in than sitting at this gruesome twosome’s dinner table singing in fucking harmony?” > > Heh. I was trapped in such a situation one time – it was pretty bad. “Curated” seems to be one of the latest words to be used, abused, and stretched beyond any original meaning. You’d think that such well educated and intellectually gifted people would know that. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/22 "2016-06-23T21:55:22Z")
I would love to see one of those pamphlets. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/23 "2016-06-23T21:56:21Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > “Curated” seems to be one of the latest words to be used, abused, and stretched beyond any original meaning. You’d think that such well educated and intellectually gifted people would know that. Gah. Yes. Curation is a process applied over time. You can’t “curate” a singular event in advance. We call that “planning.” ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/24 "2016-06-23T22:10:40Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Gah. Yes. Curation is a process applied over time. You can’t “curate” a singular event in advance. We call that “planning.” “Planning” is what we, the hoi polloi, call it, but that’s too plebian a word for the likes of Jane and Nathaniel. By the way, they also have a wedding page on [theknot.com](http://theknot.com). Among other things, it has pictures and links to the various gift registries. I’m surprised that they would register with Amazon. One would think that that would be beneath such people. [https://www.theknot.com/us/jane-sloan-and-nathaniel-peters-jun-2016](https://www.theknot.com/us/jane-sloan-and-nathaniel-peters-jun-2016) Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have that 16 page pamphlet online. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/25 "2016-06-23T22:17:43Z")
I’m going to guess that by the time he was 6, he had experience tying an ascot, a briefcase instead of a lunchbox, and had uttered the sentence, “I prefer Nathaniel” when a classmate called him Nate. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/26 "2016-06-23T22:44:35Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > “Curated” seems to be one of the latest words to be used, abused, and stretched beyond any original meaning. You’d think that such well educated and intellectually gifted people would know that. Not to mention, if you are getting married in a Catholic church or other house of worship, it’s supposed to be a ceremony or sacrament in the eyes of God, to His glory and not your own. There are traditionally only about four or five spots for music in the Mass; how they stuffed 15 pieces in is anyone’s guess. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/27 "2016-06-23T22:52:42Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Not to mention, if you are getting married in a Catholic church or other house of worship, it’s supposed to be a ceremony or sacrament in the eyes of God, to His glory and not your own. There are traditionally only about four or five spots for music in the Mass; how they stuffed 15 pieces in is anyone’s guess. Large donation to the parish is my guess. But yeah, my first wedding was Catholic - "you can pick readings from this set for the first, and this set for the second, and I pick the gospel. You pick music for here, here, here and here. There wasn’t much at all to plan… or curate over time. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/28 "2016-06-23T23:03:45Z")
Yeah, I’ve picked out the readings and songs for my funeral Mass. I had to make some tough choices to get down to four songs - I wanna know how to fit in 11 other favorites 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/29 "2016-06-24T00:47:06Z")
I note with interest there was a private investigator among the guests. One wonders if he was invited, or did he crash the event while investigating someone there? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/30 "2016-06-24T02:35:11Z")
My favourite line: "He’s often seen in a bow tie or some kind of hat.” That says it all. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/31 "2016-06-24T03:08:24Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Having recently discovered that the NY Times maintains a ‘society’ section (and that it’s filled with stuff like this), I developed a new appreciation for the fact that not only is there still a class of wealthy elites in this country, but that they are just as self-absorbed and clueless about their privilege as they are portrayed in their caricatures. I’m related by marriage to a large number of wealthy elites (100, at least.) You have no fucking idea, man. I grew up, not dirt starving poor, but definitely below the U.S. poverty line, and I still cannot wrap my mind around their way of life. I have been attending these functions for fourteen years and it still blows my mind _this culture exists_. The level of entitlement is beyond my ability to comprehend, even now. It never fails to boggle my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/32 "2016-06-24T04:10:49Z")
I read the announcement, and it’s like I’m looking in on an alien civilization. I can’t even wrap my head around the douchebaggery. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/33 "2016-06-24T04:31:55Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > [https://www.theknot.com/us/jane-sloan-and-nathaniel-peters-jun-2016](https://www.theknot.com/us/jane-sloan-and-nathaniel-peters-jun-2016) > > Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have that 16 page pamphlet online. Their engagement photos are terrible! Bark, tree limbs and a sign saying chapel. Gag me with a ladle. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/34 "2016-06-24T04:34:58Z")
> [@](#): > > she in a gown that was both subtle and sparkly, like her. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/35 "2016-06-24T04:38:09Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Yeah, I’ve picked out the readings and songs for my funeral Mass. I had to make some tough choices to get down to four songs - I wanna know how to fit in 11 other favorites 😃 Stick 'em at the beginning and the end. That’s not officially part of the ceremony and it can go on for as long as the people involved want and the priest allows it. Maybe they went for one of the Sung Masses. With these guys, in Ancient Greek: Latin wouldn’t have been highfalutin’ enough. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/36 "2016-06-24T05:19:44Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Stick 'em at the beginning and the end. That’s not officially part of the ceremony and it can go on for as long as the people involved want and the priest allows it. > > Maybe they went for one of the Sung Masses. With these guys, in Ancient Greek: Latin wouldn’t have been highfalutin’ enough. You really don’t want to put them at the end, nobody will stick around. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/37 "2016-06-24T05:28:13Z")
Ahhhh, I feel for them. Going against the grain here, but they can’t help how they were raised and despite how douchey this all seems to us unwashed masses, perhaps this truly is a love connection for them. Even hipsters feel it, yo. My heart hopes that they’ve found soulmates in each other and do good beyond their earthly means. \< flame away at my naïveté \> ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/38 "2016-06-24T05:29:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > You really don’t want to put them at the end, nobody will stick around. Shrug, different places, different customs. So long as “the end” is “before the casket leaves”, why wouldn’t people stay? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/39 "2016-06-24T05:47:20Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Shrug, different places, different customs. So long as “the end” is “before the casket leaves”, why wouldn’t people stay? Oh, I thought you meant at the gravesite. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170/40 "2016-06-24T08:13:59Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Ahhhh, I feel for them. Going against the grain here, but they can’t help how they were raised and despite how douchey this all seems to us unwashed masses, perhaps this truly is a love connection for them. Even hipsters feel it, yo. My heart hopes that they’ve found soulmates in each other and do good beyond their earthly means. > > \< flame away at my naïveté \> They have a right to have a slobbery love connection together. They become mockable when they make it their wedding guests’ business. Never mind all of us at home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-insufferable-wedding-announcent/758170.md?page=3)