# I'm getting married! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812 "2010-04-30T01:39:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/41 "2010-04-30T17:31:53Z")
Congratulations! I will third (or fourth, fifth, something) the don’t sweat the small stuff advice. The wedding will still be beautiful and memorable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/42 "2010-04-30T20:48:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > One of my groomsmen is a native Kentuckian and will have an earbud in during the reception, with my blessing. He’ll also have a flask of mint julep, but he doesn’t know that yet. 😉 Aw! (Though I’m wondering if you know that a [julep](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mint-Juleps/Detail.aspx) requires that you _boil sugar water_, _lightly crush mint_ and _pour the sugar mixture and bourbon over crushed ice_ into a _silver julep cup_. I’m sure you have better things to be doing on your wedding day. Buy him a half-pint of Makers; he’ll make do.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/43 "2010-04-30T21:08:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > \ > > The rehearsal is in four hours. I think I’m supposed to be nervous but I’m really not - so I’m starting to get nervous about not being nervous. :smack: Don’t worry - you have plenty of time to get nervous yet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/44 "2010-04-30T21:12:21Z")
Don’t do it! You still have time! Just kidding. You’re a beautiful couple and I wish you all the best. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/45 "2010-04-30T21:34:16Z")
Congrats! May you both never have arguments over the toilet paper direction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/46 "2010-04-30T21:37:10Z")
Congratulations and best wishes!!! ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/47 "2010-04-30T23:36:29Z")
I forgot to ask - are you guys incorporating any Swedish or Indian elements into it? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/48 "2010-05-01T01:38:22Z")
Um… I guess now it would be awkward as hell to state that I always thought you were a female? :eek: Congrats! She’s lovely and you two look very happy. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/49 "2010-05-01T01:39:58Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Um… I guess now it would be awkward as hell to state that I always thought you were a female? :eek: And blonde, because of the name? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/50 "2010-05-01T02:00:48Z")
If the ceremony involves any kneeling down, check out the bottoms of your shoes when you put them on. My brothers were my groomsmen/ushers and they found a bottle of Liquid Paper the night before. On the bottom of the left shoe, they wrote “HE” and on the bottom of the right shoe, “LP.” Congregation got a nice little chuckle out of that. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/51 "2010-05-01T05:02:17Z")
Beware the Chicken Dance. It is most undignified. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/52 "2010-05-01T12:23:15Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Beware the Chicken Dance. It is most undignified. That sounds like it belongs in the [Monty Python non sequitur thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560831). More to the point: wishing that today is the worst day of your life together. Think about it. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/53 "2010-05-01T15:10:36Z")
Congratulations! I hope all goes well today, and welcome to the married folks club! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/54 "2010-05-01T16:04:52Z")
Good luck today! I hope everything goes well and that you can laugh about the things that will not be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/55 "2010-05-02T10:27:55Z")
Congrats! You two make a great couple. Get her posting more on here 🙂 So, I take it you’re inviting all the Orlando dopers to the wedding? Haha, just kidding. (But seriously, I enjoy weddings.) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/56 "2010-05-02T19:36:21Z")
Thanks for the well-wishes and such, everyone. I guess the thread title should now be **I’ve gotten married!** 😃 We did find 10 minutes to soak it all in between the ceremony and reception, mostly by hiding in the bridal suite before our entrances. The soaking-in was interrupted pretty much immediately by a flood of bridesmaids who came in to bustle the dress and help her get the veil off. > [@lindsaybluth](#): > > I forgot to ask - are you guys incorporating any Swedish or Indian elements into it? We didn’t - her family are fourth-generation immigrants, so the most Swedish thing about them is the name and some old furniture. She wore something Swedish but I forgot what it was. She also wore a _mangalsutra_ for part of the reception, and some of the traditional bridal bangles the whole time (I have no idea what those are called). My mother is throwing a Hindu marriage blessing ceremony/party for us, and we’ll both wear traditional dress (kurta, mandarin collar coat on me; sari for her) during the ceremony. Only have a couple of pictures uploaded so far, but [here’s one I like](http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll268/dutchboy208/weddingkiss.jpg). I’ll post more soon. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/57 "2010-05-02T19:44:16Z")
Congrats again 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/58 "2010-05-02T22:12:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > …mostly because I wasn’t smart enough to figure out when I’d been handed a good thing on a plate with watercress around it. I hear you, **RNATB** ; I’ve been there. Fortunately for me, _this_ time I saw the platter with watercress garnish right away. I hope to have a thread discussing porcine aviators in a few months. 🆒 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/59 "2010-05-03T03:22:21Z")
Say, you were married on Saturday? And the honeymoon’s in New York? Can it be coincidence a car bomb was just planted in Times Square? Shouldn’t Homeland Security at least interview you? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812/60 "2010-05-03T17:36:43Z")
We’re staying at the Millenium Hotel at the UN Plaza. Some big muckety mucks are here so there are a sozen armed uniformed LEOs in the lobby and about 20 more guys with suits and earpieces. Plus about twice the number outside. We had to pass through metal detectors and have our baggage X-rayed just to get to the elevators! Just got into the room… its’s a corner room with a view of the river and midtown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married/537812.md?page=4)