I'm three minutes away from our scheduled departure time for a wedding in Middle-of-Nowhere, Canada, so this will be the briefest of brief.
This is my third wedding of five (one of my family members, one of my friends, three of the girlfriend's friends) this summer, and I'm starting to wish that we had a smaller social circle. While I have nothing against the idea of weddings (love, commitment, buffets), the actual act of attending a wedding is not my preferred thing. Too many people (particularly too many people I don't know) for an introvert.
But what to do? People host weddings, other people attend. It's the social convention. So I'll pull out my fancy dress one more time and pretend that I'm having fun, even though I really just want to wear sweat pants and work on my knitting*.
*It's entirely possible that I'll knit at the wedding. I'm not above that.
Showing posts with label Weddings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weddings. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
My Favourite Sound
With the weekend drawing to a close, the girlfriend and I are relaxing by spending some quiet time together on the couch. I'm sitting with my laptop on...well...my lap, and she is reading the book The Language of Baklava. In the background, last night's wedding song, You Are The Best Thing, is playing on YouTube.
As I struggle to find something from my utterly ordinary day to write about, every few minutes my girlfriend breaks out in laughter at something she has read. I love when she reads funny books, because her spontaneous laughter is one of the best sounds in the world. Pure happiness.
I am lucky.
As I struggle to find something from my utterly ordinary day to write about, every few minutes my girlfriend breaks out in laughter at something she has read. I love when she reads funny books, because her spontaneous laughter is one of the best sounds in the world. Pure happiness.
I am lucky.
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Dancing
It's 11:19, and I just arrived home from too many hours of wedding, and I'm exhausted. And I stink of bug spray. So this will be short.
The wedding was lovely - a big, spirited celebration of two young women who fell in love at (of all places) bible college. It was wonderful to see so many people from a fairly conservative religious community come together for a wedding that not everyone in their community supports. And the Indian buffet was fabulous.
What stands out most for me about the day, however, isn't something specific to a same-sex wedding. It's the dancing. After the ceremony and eating and many, many speeches, the backyard where the wedding was held was turned into one enormous dance floor, and almost everyone got up and danced. In the beginning, I managed to pass as someone who isn't terrible at dancing, but after a few songs, my energy level began to wane, and my awkwardness became apparent. I suck at dancing.
I wish I didn't. I wish I could be one of the uninhibited people who has a great time on the dance floor, instead of the all too self aware nerd who stands on the edge of the group looking uncomfortable. But that's always been me. And probably always will be.
The wedding was lovely - a big, spirited celebration of two young women who fell in love at (of all places) bible college. It was wonderful to see so many people from a fairly conservative religious community come together for a wedding that not everyone in their community supports. And the Indian buffet was fabulous.
What stands out most for me about the day, however, isn't something specific to a same-sex wedding. It's the dancing. After the ceremony and eating and many, many speeches, the backyard where the wedding was held was turned into one enormous dance floor, and almost everyone got up and danced. In the beginning, I managed to pass as someone who isn't terrible at dancing, but after a few songs, my energy level began to wane, and my awkwardness became apparent. I suck at dancing.
I wish I didn't. I wish I could be one of the uninhibited people who has a great time on the dance floor, instead of the all too self aware nerd who stands on the edge of the group looking uncomfortable. But that's always been me. And probably always will be.
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