..30 years on from a wedding, does anyone still have contact with the best man?I mean, the bride's father gives her away...or a close rellie...someone actually gives the bride away...
usually the dad or uncle bob...they are usually still around twenty years on albeit in different states of decrepitude...
But where does this grieving chappie, the best man, who's happy for his mate's gain, but sad for his loss,stand in the general scheme of things,down the track 20 years on, or 2 weeks for that matter...
Poor bugger.'cause I mean seriously, unless your the groom's brother, you may be thinking you have to take a step back out of someone's life...
This morning, sweeping away, I'm thinking , forget the dad and uncle bob, the best man should give the groom away. Brilliant I thought. In my excitement , with an extra flourish of sweep into the dustpan, I announced this to my husband, this revolutionary piece of social tongue-in-cheek engineering, highly coloured from my perspective by the Australian male mateship thing that we Aussie women contend with..
Looking up from under his glasses, husband in all the wisdom of a 28 year of marriage man, murmured "I don't think that's something you'd be wanting to put out there...".
This morning, sweeping away, I'm thinking , forget the dad and uncle bob, the best man should give the groom away. Brilliant I thought. In my excitement , with an extra flourish of sweep into the dustpan, I announced this to my husband, this revolutionary piece of social tongue-in-cheek engineering, highly coloured from my perspective by the Australian male mateship thing that we Aussie women contend with..
Looking up from under his glasses, husband in all the wisdom of a 28 year of marriage man, murmured "I don't think that's something you'd be wanting to put out there...".
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6 comments:
Well, I love the idea! I think it's very clever, and makes a lot of sense, actually.
Thank you (as always) for "putting it out there."
Makes great sense. But almost nothing in a wedding makes sense.
love, absolutely love the description of what husband said... made me chuckle! it is amazing what we women think when we are doing the mundane chores... about equal with my revelations in the shower!
Oh, I DO think you're right to put that notion out there. I'm not a fan of traditional wedding parties, so this is the right audience.
My brother and sister-in-law stood up with me, and my husband's sister stood up with him. So, ten years into my marriage, I can tell you my husband's best "man" lives in Northfield, Minnesota, and is an organic farmer. And my side of the wedding party is in the Air Force, stationed in Portugal.
Your husband's response made me laugh. A perfect male response. It's just as well they don't think like we do.
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