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I'm leaving early Thursday morning to travel to Florida for my sister's wedding. This will be my first experience being a maid-of-honor. My sister picked out the dress I am to wear and mailed it to me a couple of weeks ago. It's a pretty dress...but made for someone built quite differently than I am. There is a certain amount of...umm...feminine equipment necessary to hold up a strapless dress. I am somewhat lacking in that department. $40 to the tailor to take in the sides of the dress to make it tighter fitting (too loose AND strapless!) and some double-sided tape and I'm HOPING not to end up as the subject of one of those humiliating photos that makes its way around the nation via email...the wedding guest who lost her dress! Trust me, I will not be lunging for the bouquet!!
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Tell me something: Is three weeks too soon to know that you are madly in love with someone?? (Scan down a couple of posts for photo.) I am absolutely crazy about this guy, even if he is a little naive about his dog. (I actually find that kind of charming.) We have so much in common and I can't find a single thing to dislike about him. I can't imagine he can maintain this level of sappy romance and sweetness forever, but am I ever enjoying it right now! It's still too soon to know who is buying dinner in the controversy over just how virtuous Sally the retreiver is. Time will tell...
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Don't forget me! I'll be back after Labor Day. I'm hoping to connect with the McG's while in Florida for a little pre-BloggerCon get-together. At some point, I promise to get someone to take my picture while I'm wearing my Blog Ho shirt! Post to follow!
While I'm gone, I suggest reading this really good story. I'd also highly recommend this one, which will have you laughing out loud. And you should be visiting this site to start every day with a chuckle. Have I ever steered you wrong before??
posted by WordWhiz at 8/29/2005
17 Comments:
1. Have a great time, and make McG wear his shirt with his face on it in the picture!
2. I still feel giddy sappy happy about my husband after a year of marriage, so yes, it's possible!
3. You HAVE to take a picture of you in that dress...just for us!
12:08 AM
...even if you HAVE the equipment to hold up a strapless dress, it won't necessarily stay up if you dance. This lesson I learned the hard way at my friend Kelly's wedding. She, too, had us wear strapless dresses. She made us take ballroom dancing lessons too because she wanted ballroom dancing at her wedding. Then she made it clear that AT THE RECEPTION, all of her friends MUST dance. I was the maid of honor, so I knew I'd have to shake it or she'd kill me.
There's still video of that somewhere. I think by now waaaaaayyyy too many people have seen my tits.
As far as the three weeks thing goes...well, after I met Alex in person, it took the duration of his visit for us to fall in love with each other (about three weeks total), but then the poor boy had to contend with me panicking, screaming, and running away madly for a year before we actually started up full blast. Still, I'd be lying if I told you that for that entire year, we both continued to love each other madly--him openly admitting it, me trying to get it to go away...LOL
6:06 AM
Paige: #2 is so sweet! Okay, post of me in the brides maid dress to follow also. (So long as the dress stays on!!)
Kira: I don't think my sister intends to have dancing at her wedding, which is very lucky for me!! I'll be praying for Alex and his visa all day today!! Good luck!
6:15 AM
Yeppers, 3 weeks is too soon. Take it slow kiddo.
6:22 AM
You know what, WW, I reckon 3 weeks is ample time. In my case, I'm at the 4 week stage (I hope my ex doesn't read this!) and I am also blissfully, screamingly, heart-renderingly happy. Seems too good to be true, doesn't it?
Best of luck as maid of honour - I'm a Best Man next year and I'm already terrified. If you've ever seen "Four Weddings and a Funeral", you'll know exactly what sort of wedding I'm going to - and it's daunting! And you HAVE to dance - it's the rules. My sister uses double-sided sticky tape to hold up her strapless dresses for similar - ahem - anatomical reasons! Good luck....
11:07 AM
But you have to go after the bouquet!
11:13 AM
Hi! Yeah, totally possible. Hof and I had 4 days in Vegas. That was enough...
Of course he too deals with the frantic, neurotic person that I am. But deep down? he loves it.
Have a GREAT time!! And sticky-tape? Yeah, v. important.
11:17 AM
Cowboy: I can always count on you to be the voice of reason. I'll be careful. Thanks.
Johnny: Hey, that's not a bad idea, really. (Not the monkies, I meant the paint.) Have you seen those photos of the painted woman. Of course, if I was built like them, I would not be having this issue!
Merkin: Aww...that's so sweet. We (women) figure guys rarely/never say sweet things like that. I bet she's flipping for you too!! And yes, it does seem WAY too good to be true. (Which I suppose is Cowboy's point.)
Lejnd: Hmmm....it would be nice. Maybe I can get my sister to aim it in my direction.
A*: Paul seems pretty smitten too, which is AWESOME...hence the "too good to be true" feeling!
A* & Merkin: Where the heck do I get that tape stuff??
11:34 AM
I've actually found that sticky tape at fabric stores...yeah, I didn't get why it was there either!
2:10 PM
Paige: It was there for flat-chested women like me who have to wear a stupid strapless dress for their sister's wedding!! Thanks!
2:25 PM
Three weeks is too soon to commit to anything. But three weeks is not too soon to know. Just don't act on the knowledge too soon.
My husband and I started speaking of marriage within three weeks of our first date. We waited for a year to actually marry, but we knew from the start. Our oldest child just had her 46 birthday. Somehow I think our marriage is going to last.
3:36 PM
Lucy: That is EXACTLY the way I was thinking and I'm so glad you put it into the words that were escaping me. I'd say your marriage is on pretty solid ground! Congratulations and THANKS!!
3:42 PM
I married after 6 months of dating and my mom and dad married after 6 weeks! They were married 50 years and I am at 41.
Maybe you are right about this one; but give it a bit longer to gel.
5:35 PM
Aw you went and ratted me out again....
Hey, do not look that "gift horse" (Mr. Naive But Pretty) in the mouth. Kiss it, instead.
There should be a law prohibiting sisters from giving sisters imaginary knockers.
Have a good time. I will miss you a bunch.
7:42 PM
I agree with the others. 3 weeks isn't necessarily too soon to know, but perhaps too soon to act on it. He sounds wonderful and the picture is great!
8:41 PM
Kenju: Thanks! Good to know that other people have experienced that "this just FEELS right" feeling!
Steve: I hope you're right about the dress, but I'm still nervous. I picked it up today and it's fine so long as I never exhale. I think I will spend the entire day adjusting myself. I have a rule about buying clothes which require me to contantly adjust!! I DON'T! Sigh...I got stuck with this one. I just gotta find that tape!!
Snake: Well, he's taking me to a fancy resort in the moutains to see the fall foliage in early October...and I'm going to very graciously accept that gift! I looked the place up on line tonight and it's just gorgeous!
Monique: Thanks. I left you a link on your blog to a review I submitted of my last cruise! It's nice to find another cruise fan! I just LOVE it!! I have two of them scheduled for 2006!! (Neither with the new guy, I'm sorry to say. The reservations pre-dated the guy. He'll just have to live without me for those two weeks.)
10:19 PM
Met her in May; married her in November. I does happen.
Hope you have a great time in FL. Hurry back.
my secret code tonight is ztftw
11:14 PM
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