Of all the summer holiday weekends; Memorial Day is possibly the best. It’s the unofficial beginning of summer. Crashing someone’s barbeque is always okay, so long as you show up with a case of beer and a few bags of ice to toss in a massive cooler. You get to enjoy overcooked burgers that resemble hockey pucks and shriveled up hot dogs served up by your drunken grill master all day long. It usually provides for your first good weathered memory of a family member or friend getting really drunk and saying/doing something that may be embarrassing for them, but hilarious for all in attendance. Simply put, it’s great.
Much to my dismay, I just received a wedding invitation for the Saturday of this awesome weekend. After your 27th birthday or so, you come to accept that you will have to put aside one or two Saturdays every three months or so for some wedding or kid birthday party. What you never expect is for someone to take your great weekend hostage by forcing you to trade your cargo shorts (you need the extra pocket to carry that road beer home after the barbeque) for a suit and tie. So while PTU readers are enjoying good times, I’ll be watching two people exchange vows, followed by an indoor cocktail hour, a buffet and then some terrible entree. WTF?
You know what is worst than holiday weddings? Destination weddings. Just because you want to combine your wedding and honeymoon into one trip doesn't mean your friends want to shell out $2000 to watch you get married on the beach.
ReplyDeleteI think the point of most destination weddings is you don't want your cheap friends there.
ReplyDeleteHey guys, I'm getting married. It's Christmas Day 2012 in Aruba. Everyone is welcome.
ReplyDeleteAll kidding aside, our plan is to have a destination wedding. Johnny Bones was right on the mark. The idea for us is to keep away the family that we really don't want there. They can't afford to shell out that money, so the people that come are the people that we actually want there. And in the end they can't say they weren't included.
Is it going to be on a holiday weekend? If not, your not the monster these awful people are.
ReplyDeleteIt probably won't be during a holiday. We wouldn't be that inconsiderate. The absolute worst is when the wedding is on the friday of a holiday weekend, so you have to drive on one of the busiest days of the year. Some friends.
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