I married rather late in life, at 38 (late being someone else's opinion, not my own; I was just waiting for Mr. Right!).  My husband was married before and when we got engaged we went to church to look into an annulment, which we eventually decided against pursuing.  This explains why we got married in a beautiful little stone church rather than in our "real" parish church.

There were 3 things that happened when we got married that always get a chuckle from us when we think about that day...

We went to church on Friday night for our rehearsal.  This was the first time we were inside the church other than when we met with the minister for our 30 minute pre-Cana meeting.  We found out on Friday that the church had no air conditioning; when I drove up to the church in the limo the next day, I saw three of my husband's cousins outside, stripping off their suit jackets.  July 25, 1999, was the hottest day of that summer.  Several of our pictures were of red-faced, sweaty guests!

While we exchanged our wedding vows, my husband added, sotto voce, "in sickness and in health, till death do us part, and with my sofas forever."  He owns the ugliest sofa set in the country, I'm convinced, and he added them to our vows!  We're married 8 years and I'm still trying to get rid of them!

And when we got our wedding video a couple of weeks after the ceremony, you see me walking up the church walk from the limo and you hear my husband's voice (he was miked already for the wedding):  "The limo's here?  Do I have to tip the driver?  I already paid him!"

If these aren't good enough to win me a copy of Revenant, I can tell you about my girlfriend's wedding; here are just a few of the highlights:

1. At the rehearsal dinner, the paper tablecloths caught fire on three tables after the tables collapsed.
2. The dessert table collapsed as well; there was hot coffee spilling down the floor, with cream puffs and assorted pastries floating along...
3. Her limo driver got lost going from her home to the church.
4. Her husband-to-be forgot the wedding ring at home and the best man went to get it, delaying the wedding about 1/2 an hour.  He couldn't find it so Laura got married using her sister-in-law-to-be's wedding ring.
5. Laura's dad's cummerbund broke and he was frantically looking for a belt at the back of the church.  The limo driver with a bad sense of direction lent him his.  The driver was 6'2" and Laura's dad was 5'6", if he was even that tall!  He walked Laura up the aisle clutching his pants around his waist, afraid they would fall to his feet!!!

We promised Laura if she got through the wedding, her marriage would be a piece of cake!  They're married 15 years and still going strong!!!


Krys