My not-so-perfect wedding

I felt inspired by this thread.
I planned the perfect wedding - had the bridal consultant, the perfect flowers, top of the line caterer, rented mansion, open bar, and haute couture dress which will probably end up on E-Bay since I don’t know what else to do with it. Everything was scheduled right down to the time I threw the bouquet. Instead, my father who was fighting cancer had to have emergency surgery the day before the wedding and was told he wouldn’t be able to leave the hospital. So I got married at the hospital. The nurse dressed him in his tux and they hid me in the room next door with an alzheimers patient with a busted hip who remarked every few seconds what a pretty dress I had on and could I get her out of there. Poor thing. My mom dragged the priest in, and we had a small wedding with just family. On the way out, I dusted the floor with the train on my dress turning it a kind of sooty grey. Then we had to rush to the church because no one else knew this was happening and we had 100 some people waiting. Going up the steps my maid of honor stepped on my train and rrrrrriiippp - took the whole back off. I didn’t think I’d ever stop laughing. We pinned it up and made it through the rest of the 2nd wedding (everyone remarked how calm we were - yup, already married!) and the reception. I should mention that my mother is the one who wanted the lavish affair. I wanted to run off to Vegas. Nope, no such thing as a perfect wedding. :smiley:

Congratulations, Kiger! It sounds like you made the best of what could have turned into a dreadful day. You Rock! And I bet your marriage does, too!

My mother died from breast cancer some 13 years ago, so she couldn’t be at any kind of ceremony. You’re so fortunate you got to share that special moment with your father. And how wonderful a daughter are you that you would have your ceremony where he could attend, no matter where that was. I sure hope he’s still around and doing well now.

Here’s to wedded bliss and hoping you have a lifetime filled with it! Mazel Tov!

Actually sounds pretty perfect to me. Your father was included in spite of his hospitalization. Your mother got the lavish affair she wanted. You got a great story for the grandkids - including the torn train.

Sounds like you got a great innovative start. Congrats.

Thanks and same to you! Unfortunately, my dad died last year so looking back I’m so glad we made sure he got to share that day with us. Cancer sucks. :frowning:

BTW, your dress looks almost exactly like mine. I applaud your good taste. :smiley:

Hey, I think the way you did it is what made it perfect. Anything else would have been pretty empty. Congrats.

Any pics with the back of the dress ripped off???

That would have been the icing on the cake so to speak. Which reminds me, I almost forgot that it was so humid that day that my cake started to melt and threatened to fall off the table. Now I think back…did ANYTHING go right? :smiley: