# I'm getting married tomorrow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845 "2008-02-01T13:08:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/1 "2008-02-01T13:08:06Z")
Tomorrow I’m getting married to my lovely fiancee whom I’ve been with for 7 years now. I’ve been adopting a surprisingly Zen approach to the whole thing; I’ve known the wedding was coming for 2 years now, but until a month ago it was really just a date on a calendar with a mental note that I needed to have a shave that morning and that were was a tuxedo involved in a non-James Bond setting. 😉 Then I realised this morning I had to give a speech, and more importantly, I hadn’t written said speech. It’s now just after 11pm here, and I’m sitting in my study with a tuxedo hanging off a hook behind me, a copy of my speech coming out of the printer, and a sudden realisation that _I’m Getting Married Tomorrow!_ And I feel good about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/2 "2008-02-01T13:09:58Z")
Oh, congratulations, **Martini**! ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/3 "2008-02-01T13:23:59Z")
Congrats! I pray for you both to have a very long and happy life together. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/4 "2008-02-01T13:26:26Z")
One word of advice: the day will be hectic, make sure to make eye contact with your new bride when everyone is pulling you this way and that for photos and to catch up on old times…The day is about you two, make sure you both keep hold of eachother on the day! Congratulations!!! ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/5 "2008-02-01T13:26:33Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/6 "2008-02-01T13:28:27Z")
Where’s the honeymoon? ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/7 "2008-02-01T14:16:53Z")
Hope it’s a lovely day for you both. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/8 "2008-02-01T14:25:54Z")
Congrats! If you lived in Michigan ( and don’t you wish you did?) You could get married in a big fat snow storm that is (apparently) THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!!!111!!! Wait…you are getting married on Groundhog’s day. There is a joke in there somewheres… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/9 "2008-02-01T14:27:57Z")
Congrats! If you can’t come up with a speech, just use the Gettysburg Address. It’s short and apparently pretty memorable. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/10 "2008-02-01T14:29:34Z")
Congratulations! May you and your beloved have many years of health and happiness! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/11 "2008-02-01T14:30:16Z")
Many congratulations to both of you! Marrying the man I did, more than 19 years ago, remains one of the best things I’ve _ever_ done! Marriage rocks if you marry the right person! Oh, and, FWIW, we agreed to write part of our own vows. Hubby, who had _never_ done any creative writing prior to that, had his done in no time. I, OTOH, had written numerous love poems, compositions, and a short story or three. I didn’t get mine done until the night before the ceremony. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/12 "2008-02-01T15:03:34Z")
**Martini** , congrats, and good luck on your speech! Short words are generally best, and short speeches are even better. I’d suggest you not talk about guns, but it’s really up to you. 😉 As **Phlosphr** said, take time during the day to simply stop, take a deep breath, look at your bride, look around and savor the moment. It’ll be over before you know it, but you’ll have memories for a lifetime. My wife and I have been married 17 years now, and despite our ups and downs, she’s my true love and I can’t believe how lucky I was to have found her. May you and your bride be similarly blessed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/13 "2008-02-01T15:05:59Z")
**Martini Enfield** : Are you going to get married in your British Empire uniform? 😃 Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/14 "2008-02-01T15:35:19Z")
It’s arrived, has it? Congrats dude. Best wishes and all that. Here’s to a long life, and a merry one; A quick death, and an easy one; A pretty girl, and an honest one; A cold beer, and another one. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/15 "2008-02-01T15:38:33Z")
Congratulations, man! Sorry I can’t be there to perform the ceremony! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/16 "2008-02-01T15:39:08Z")
Mazel Tov! ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/17 "2008-02-01T16:10:21Z")
Dude - too cool for school!!! Congrats!! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/18 "2008-02-01T16:43:46Z")
Congrats! How about taking advantage of the chance to be a dick from the get-go and texting in a post from the reception? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/19 "2008-02-01T16:47:36Z")
In school, I did all my best work at the last minute. I bet your speech is awesome! Congratulations, and I wish you all good things. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845/20 "2008-02-01T16:55:00Z")
Congrats! I wish you both peace, happiness, and health! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-tomorrow/435845.md?page=2)