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Congratulations! You're here because you're getting married, or maybe you know of a bride to-be and found their wedding registry online and you saw "spatula" and that made you think "spaetzel" which made surf over to dictionary.com whose word of the day was "fez" and you googled it and found Fez is for Lovers, which to you sounded like an excellent name for a blog which made you wonder if maybe there was a wedding blog with a much less catchy name and that in turn magically led you here? No?
Maybe you were curious why, when you're preparing to walk down the aisle, the bride and her family is situated on the left? Or maybe why you were carrying a bouquet to begin with, or had an aisle runner under your feet, or why someone mysteriously praised you for getting married at 5:30 instead of 6? In the throes of tearing your hair out over when peonies are season, you maybe wondered if a bride in Lombok is sweating the same details. Then maybe you relaxed a bit, remembering that Lombok brides are often "brideknapped" by their intended and whisked away to a cabin where they ritually burn herbs and consummate the marriage and are therefore legally hitched? Yeah, she doesn't have to worry about peonies.
In 2003 I was full-on, sleeves rolled-up planning my big, fancy wedding to my beau of seven years, realizing the details of our perfect day, when I got the news that the perfect day wouldn't be happening. I no longer had a fiance, but what I did have was a lot of time to lick my wounds and ponder the nature of weddings and why I wouldn't be having one with my ex. What was the big fat deal anyway? What was so important that it sends millions down the aisle every year in startingly similar fashion? The angst and self-pity turned to genuine fascination. Several years, trips to libraries and the meeting of the one who would rightfully become my husband, I found myself with a treasure trove of quirks and curiosities on why, in fact, such a big fuss is made.
The result is Veiled Remarks: A Curious Compendium for the Nuptially Inclined. The book is coming soon. Wedding funfacts and urban legends and lore and helpful products are coming much, much sooner.
Maybe you were curious why, when you're preparing to walk down the aisle, the bride and her family is situated on the left? Or maybe why you were carrying a bouquet to begin with, or had an aisle runner under your feet, or why someone mysteriously praised you for getting married at 5:30 instead of 6? In the throes of tearing your hair out over when peonies are season, you maybe wondered if a bride in Lombok is sweating the same details. Then maybe you relaxed a bit, remembering that Lombok brides are often "brideknapped" by their intended and whisked away to a cabin where they ritually burn herbs and consummate the marriage and are therefore legally hitched? Yeah, she doesn't have to worry about peonies.
In 2003 I was full-on, sleeves rolled-up planning my big, fancy wedding to my beau of seven years, realizing the details of our perfect day, when I got the news that the perfect day wouldn't be happening. I no longer had a fiance, but what I did have was a lot of time to lick my wounds and ponder the nature of weddings and why I wouldn't be having one with my ex. What was the big fat deal anyway? What was so important that it sends millions down the aisle every year in startingly similar fashion? The angst and self-pity turned to genuine fascination. Several years, trips to libraries and the meeting of the one who would rightfully become my husband, I found myself with a treasure trove of quirks and curiosities on why, in fact, such a big fuss is made.
The result is Veiled Remarks: A Curious Compendium for the Nuptially Inclined. The book is coming soon. Wedding funfacts and urban legends and lore and helpful products are coming much, much sooner.
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