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[Mr Ferret 75]

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Happy anniversary you crazy kids .

 

[rshell68]

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Happy Anniversary!!

 

[Songbird76]

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Congratulations! What a great picture!

 

[JenniferS]

Congratulations! What a great picture!

Totally staged.

We only had the photographer for 8 hours, and this photo was one of the last he took before he left. Staged cake cutting too.

I don’t think we’d even sat down to dinner yet, so this was 100% not our “first dance”

But yes, thank you. The picture might have been staged, but the love was, and continues to be genuine.

 

[MinnieM123]

@JenniferS , Happy Anniversary to you and Mike.

 

[Bullseye1967]

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Happy Anniversary!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

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[JenniferS]

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This is an S-Family staple meme for every anniversary!

 

[PUSH]

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Happy anniversary!

 

[Goofyernmost]

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

 

[Songbird76]

Totally staged.

We only had the photographer for 8 hours, and this photo was one of the last he took before he left. Staged cake cutting too.

I don’t think we’d even sat down to dinner yet, so this was 100% not our “first dance”

But yes, thank you. The picture might have been staged, but the love was, and continues to be genuine.

Oh, I didn't realize it was supposed to be the first dance. I just assumed it was staged. Most of our photos were staged because the church wouldn't allow photography during the ceremony. Everything like the rings and such had to be staged after the ceremony was over. In hindsight, I wish we had just gotten married in a park or some to. There were way too many ridiculous rules in the church, and we were only getting married in that church to please my mother.

 

[JenniferS]

Oh, I didn't realize it was supposed to be the first dance. I just assumed it was staged. Most of our photos were staged because the church wouldn't allow photography during the ceremony. Everything like the rings and such had to be staged after the ceremony was over. In hindsight, I wish we had just gotten married in a park or some to. There were way too many ridiculous rules in the church, and we were only getting married in that church to please my mother.

We got married in the Motherhouse at the Convent where Mike worked at the time. The second floor choir loft was overflowing with more than 100 nuns.

I was late to the wedding because my Maid of Honour D had had a gallbladder attack during the night, and one of my bridesmaids (who had also slept over at my house) rushed her to the hospital at 5:00 am. D, high as a kite on morphine, wasn’t released until late morning, and still needed hair and makeup done, and someone to dress her, as she was still groggy.

Anyway, I got to the chapel late, maybe 20 minutes, and three nuns were waiting for me and my dad at the door.

Sister: You can’t go in yet Dear, he’s not here.
Me: He’s here-here though, right … just not “here”?
Sister, seeing my mild panic: Oh yes, he’s here, just not in the chapel yet, the lads are just making their way from the Bishop’s suite now.

Yeah, the “lads” had been washing cars, and eating McDonald’s, and had lost track of time. Beer was also involved, but Mikey was too nervous to drink.

 

[Goofyernmost]

We got married in the Motherhouse at the Convent where Mike worked at the time. The second floor choir loft was overflowing with more than 100 nuns.

I was late to the wedding because my Maid of Honour D had had a gallbladder attack during the night, and one of my bridesmaids (who had also slept over at my house) rushed her to the hospital at 5:00 am. D, high as a kite on morphine, wasn’t released until late morning, and still needed hair and makeup done, and someone to dress her, as she was still groggy.

Anyway, I got to the chapel late, maybe 20 minutes, and three nuns were waiting for me and my dad at the door.

Sister: You can’t go in yet Dear, he’s not here.
Me: He’s here-here though, right … just not “here”?
Sister, seeing my mild panic: Oh yes, he’s here, just not in the chapel yet, the lads are just making their way from the Bishop’s suite now.

Yeah, the “lads” had been washing cars, and eating McDonald’s, and had lost track of time. Beer was also involved, but Mikey was too nervous to drink.

Wow, that is an exciting way to start things isn't it. The only real screwup at our wedding was that the Priest started the ceremony by saying: "We have come here to join Richard and Gloria in Holy Matrimony". The problem was that except for the first letters of each, it was not our names. I had to lean in and whisper what they were and he was OK from there. We got married in the University of Vermont Chapel so he wasn't used to doing weddings. For a while I thought that might have given me a way out, but he had it correct on the Marriage Certificate. We did make it for 29 years though. So 32 is impressive. Keep caring!

 

[Songbird76]

We got married in the Motherhouse at the Convent where Mike worked at the time. The second floor choir loft was overflowing with more than 100 nuns.

I was late to the wedding because my Maid of Honour D had had a gallbladder attack during the night, and one of my bridesmaids (who had also slept over at my house) rushed her to the hospital at 5:00 am. D, high as a kite on morphine, wasn’t released until late morning, and still needed hair and makeup done, and someone to dress her, as she was still groggy.

Anyway, I got to the chapel late, maybe 20 minutes, and three nuns were waiting for me and my dad at the door.

Sister: You can’t go in yet Dear, he’s not here.
Me: He’s here-here though, right … just not “here”?
Sister, seeing my mild panic: Oh yes, he’s here, just not in the chapel yet, the lads are just making their way from the Bishop’s suite now.

Yeah, the “lads” had been washing cars, and eating McDonald’s, and had lost track of time. Beer was also involved, but Mikey was too nervous to drink.

My mom was staunchly Missouri synod Lutheran and the Lutherans are very strict about weddings. There should be nothing to take away from the attention on God. I wasn't allowed to have a flower girl or ring bearer, I had to use the church's organist having never heard him play, we could only put a small bow on the first three pews as decoration, no photography during the ceremony, and I think I had three or five choices for processional and recessional and the wedding march was not one. Neither was the traditional recessional. There was no "You may now kiss the bride" moment until we asked and were told we could have a very quick, chaste peck. We weren't even allowed to move the candelabras 6 inches because they were right in front of the stained glass windows, because the focus should be on God, not on us or on decoration. And I'm a musician and had just gotten my degree in Music, so I had tons of friends that I could have asked to sing or play at the wedding, but my mom insisted that I could only have her cousin sing as she was Lutheran, too. That one wasn't the church's rule, but my mom was so adamant and I was so conditioned to be obedient that I went with it. I'd do things very differently now.

 

[JenniferS]

My mom was staunchly Missouri synod Lutheran and the Lutherans are very strict about weddings. There should be nothing to take away from the attention on God. I wasn't allowed to have a flower girl or ring bearer, I had to use the church's organist having never heard him play, we could only put a small bow on the first three pews as decoration, no photography during the ceremony, and I think I had three or five choices for processional and recessional and the wedding march was not one. Neither was the traditional recessional. There was no "You may now kiss the bride" moment until we asked and were told we could have a very quick, chaste peck. We weren't even allowed to move the candelabras 6 inches because they were right in front of the stained glass windows, because the focus should be on God, not on us or on decoration. And I'm a musician and had just gotten my degree in Music, so I had tons of friends that I could have asked to sing or play at the wedding, but my mom insisted that I could only have her cousin sing as she was Lutheran, too. That one wasn't the church's rule, but my mom was so adamant and I was so conditioned to be obedient that I went with it. I'd do things very differently now.

I walked down the aisle to a friend (Doug) playing acoustic guitar and singing James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend”.

We picked that song because first and foremost we were, are, and always will be best friends.

I have no recollection of the recessional song. One of the Sisters on the organ, I’m sure.

I just took a quick look at my wedding album, it doesn’t look like we did any of the decorating. Everything was provided by the nuns. We were welcomed into their private chapel at the Motherhouse - definitely NOT often used as a wedding venue. We were honoured guests. Fresh flowers at the altar, yes; bows and ribbons, I don’t see any.

Google images of the building. It was deconsecrated and sold to a college in 2017.




And yes, I have climbed to the top of that bell tower. Not on my wedding day, for obvious reasons.

 

[donaldtoo]

We had a few things happen on our wedding day that were a bit…not great…?!
It drizzled the whole day. But our reception was across the parking lot from the church in our PAC (Parish Activity Center), so very close by.
A groomsman showed up late. Our video was taken by one of Carolyn’s cousins, and his battery died shortly after our reception started, and he didn’t have a spare, or recharge it. Fortunately, he recorded the whole ceremony, and I had it transferred to dvd years ago.
Other than those few, silly things it was an awesome day, and we’re still happily (as far as y’all know ) married after almost 37 years…!!!!!

 

[MinnieM123]

We had a few things happen on our wedding day that were a bit…not great…?!
It drizzled the whole day. But our reception was across the parking lot from the church in our PAC (Parish Activity Center), so very close by.
A groomsman showed up late. Our video was taken by one of Carolyn’s cousins, and his battery died shortly after our reception started, and he didn’t have a spare, or recharge it. Fortunately, he recorded the whole ceremony, and I had it transferred to dvd years ago.
Other than those few, silly things it was an awesome day, and we’re still happily (as far as y’all know ) married after almost 37 years…!!!!!

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You both looked very nice. I also love the flowers in Carolyn's bouquet.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

My mom was staunchly Missouri synod Lutheran and the Lutherans are very strict about weddings. There should be nothing to take away from the attention on God. I wasn't allowed to have a flower girl or ring bearer, I had to use the church's organist having never heard him play, we could only put a small bow on the first three pews as decoration, no photography during the ceremony, and I think I had three or five choices for processional and recessional and the wedding march was not one. Neither was the traditional recessional. There was no "You may now kiss the bride" moment until we asked and were told we could have a very quick, chaste peck. We weren't even allowed to move the candelabras 6 inches because they were right in front of the stained glass windows, because the focus should be on God, not on us or on decoration. And I'm a musician and had just gotten my degree in Music, so I had tons of friends that I could have asked to sing or play at the wedding, but my mom insisted that I could only have her cousin sing as she was Lutheran, too. That one wasn't the church's rule, but my mom was so adamant and I was so conditioned to be obedient that I went with it. I'd do things very differently now.

Not all Lutherans are that strict, I think it depends on the synod of Lutherans and the actual church/pastor. At our wedding we used my home church but a pastor friend of my husband’s did our wedding. We were really able to use the musician we wanted and organist We wanted as well. We used decorations on the pews, but we just couldn’t use any adhesive. And another rule about decorations was only live real flowers on the altar, but fake flowers could be used on the pews in anywhere else.. Now the brad. has done many weddings. He’s seen and allowed plenty of different stuff that wouldn’t be seen as strict as you describe. But our church is ELCA Lutheran so maybe that makes a difference.

 

[JenniferS]

We had a few things happen on our wedding day that were a bit…not great…?!
It drizzled the whole day. But our reception was across the parking lot from the church in our PAC (Parish Activity Center), so very close by.
A groomsman showed up late. Our video was taken by one of Carolyn’s cousins, and his battery died shortly after our reception started, and he didn’t have a spare, or recharge it. Fortunately, he recorded the whole ceremony, and I had it transferred to dvd years ago.
Other than those few, silly things it was an awesome day, and we’re still happily (as far as y’all know ) married after almost 37 years…!!!!!

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My bouquet colours were very similar.

 

[donaldtoo]

You both looked very nice. I also love the flowers in Carolyn's bouquet.

Thanks, Minnie…!!!
The flowers were lilies…!!!