I attended a Maronite rite Lebanese wedding once. Though the ceremony of the crowning of the bride and groom was cool.
^^Yes! They will be doing the crowning - we will go to a mass there a week before the wedding (we are Catholic) and I am excited to learn more about their traditions.
On another note, my S has been trying for weeks to get in touch with our parish priest to make sure that he does whatever he needs to do to make their marriage “recognized” (I’ll be honest - I didn’t even know this was a “thing”!). Priest never got back with son. S stopped by the parish office yesterday and finally was able to talk with the priest on the phone (he was at home at lunch) - the priest wasn’t even fully sure what needed to be done! Some forms apparently to sign and then send onto the bishop - but wow, most people must not even bother with this step for our not young priest to even know what to do!!
@dentmom4 : “Except those are the people that never feel awkward…about much of anything.”
This does seem to be characteristic of that group across the board, doesn’t it? Is it somehow a sign of narcissism?
While we are on the subject of RSVPs, if you have a last minute cancellation (e.g. you RSVP’d for 4 and now 2 are coming), please let the host know, even if you are almost positive that the final count has already been given to the caterer. This may still help with the seating. For example, if they are doing assigned seating, it will help them avoid having two empty places at the table. If they were trying to decide whether to have 20 tables/centerpieces or 21, this may save them an empty table. (Proviso: no day of wedding calls or texts, please, unless the no-show has a job at the wedding.)
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My daughter has a B-list – the equivalent of a college waitlist – co-workers of my D or her finance that are not close enough friends to make the first cut on invitations, but would probaby be happy to come if there is a cancellation. My D mentioned a couple of co-workers who have let her know that they would really like to come. There’s a little bit of jealousy as to the co-workers who were invited, but no way that they can make room for everyone in their respective workplaces. So DD told me that her “test” for whether to invite a co-worker is whether they had ever socialized outside of work at one another’s houses before.
I’d imagine that other hosts also have people who could fill a spot. It’s mildly awkward to extend a last-minute invitation, but certainly that can be overcome. My D. paid a flat fee to the caterer based on estimated attendance-- so no refund if it comes up short-- but it probably would be a real drag if there were a lot of no-shows, given that the money has already been spent.
I hope that anyone who gets a last-minute invite to a wedding understands how difficult it can be when a venue size is limited, given that many of the initial invitations go to extended family that the bride and groom probably wish they didn’t have to invite, but feel obligated.
I don’t know how big the little boxes are, but at my uncle’s wedding 50 years ago, there were little boxes and in them was a piece of the groom’s cake (I think it was a fruit cake or something heavy). Anyway, the boxes weren’t big, like the size a bracelet would come in, and tied with a stretchy cording, and you were to take the box home and put it under your pillow and dream of the man you were to marry. I was 8. I thought this was the most wonderful tradition. I’ve always said I was going to have that at a wedding.
I don’t think I ever ate the cake.
For a catholic sacrament, you have to register it with the church where you were originally baptized. That is the official record. Most times the information is sent from the parish where the sacrament is performed to the original parish. Whether they will accept it for recording without having a catholic wedding or going through the required pre-Canna classes is up to that parish priest. I suspect the ‘forms for the bishop’ are a request to have it recognized.
My sister married a guy, catholic, who had been married before but in a Lutheran ceremony. He asked what he had to do, and the priest said since it was never a recognized catholic marriage, he didn’t have to do anything.
Found this (see, I’m not crazy)
The personalized M&Ms were pretty expensive (even with a coupon) and I was not overwhelmed with the quality of the printing. Live and learn.
Putting table favors together today - hugs and kisses it is! Spray painted the mason jar rings for the “wedding eve bash”. Got my haircut today so all I’ll need is a styling the day of the wedding.
Tablecloths arrived yesterday - ordered from one of the places on this thread - S and FDIL are pleased with the quality! They are a deep navy blue. We counted them all so we made sure we had what we needed both round and rectangle. They spent less than what they would rent them for and figure they will sell them afterwards.
BUT, the tablecloths all need to be pressed or something. UGH. I don’t do well ironing. I got my S a steamer for Christmas thinking it would be easier for him than ironing his dress shirts (but he hasn’t used it yet!) I’ve not used a hand steamer before - do you think a steamer would work to get the creases and crinkles out? Mostly just creases from being folded in the packaging.
.I use a steamer all the time----but it’s and upright–the type that wheels around with a water reservoir on the floor. I am not sure what you mean by a hand steamer.
@abasket If I was you, I’d pay someone to iron them for me. I would be worth the $100 or so. But I hate ironing.
Under the category of venting about something more than the late RSVPs, FSIL’s employer has its home base in Chicago and he was working there this week. They asked him to fly D up on Friday so they could host a little dinner for them and she texted this morning that it was lovely and they gave them a nice gift. But then it goes south when today her wallet was stolen with all ID, credit cards, etc. So, the real part that stinks, IMO, is that she is going to have to take time to get all new drivers license, work ID, etc. this coming week and then she’ll have to do the same when she gets back from the honeymoon. Add to that lost cash and nice wallet. She is also concerned about flying back to Nashville tomorrow without ID, but I’ve sent her a link to a TSA post about how they verify identity for those passengers in her situation.
As annoyed as I am at their bad luck, I am thankful it happened in the US and not while they were overseas on the honeymoon. I’m also talking to myself to remember that this is a fixable problem, just a frustrating one. FSIL’s dad is a retired commercial airline pilot and has been telling them what to do regarding copies of passport, IDS, cards, etc. and D has been saying that they already knew all that and had it on their pre-wedding list. Just wish they had done it prior to this trip! I’m done now - feel better already!!
Yeah, not going to spend $100 to iron them - not at least without giving another option a try!
A hand steamer is like this:
http://www.amazon.com/PurSteam-Steamer-Commercial-Fast-Heat-Aluminum/dp/B00MG2OOHK/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1465077151&sr=1-1&keywords=hand+steamer
How about spritzing with a bit of water and tumbling in dryer? That gets out a lot of wrinkles.
@abasket, while a rolling steamer would indeed be a good idea, if you follow Hlmom’s advice and add one of the dryer ball thingies in to toss the cloths about as they tumble, then take everything out immediately, shake and lay out, you should be fine.
Watch it with those “dryer balls.” Have read that some folks got oil stains from using them. I suspect clean tennis balls are safer.
Personally, I’d spray starch and iron or any humidity will likely make them wrinkle again. It depends on how fastidious you want to be about it.
Maybe you need to have an ironing party. Invite a few friends over with their ironing boards and irons, make some cocktails and put on some tunes, or set the ironing boards up in front of the tv and watch some light movie. 
Ironing party sounds fun!
There are dryer balls without any openings, so nothing goes in and nothing comes out. I’ve used mine for about three years (came in a pair) and finally cracked one of them, so I bought another set when I found one as I’ve noticed the other type (with opening for water so that steam can be emitted) has taken over the shelf space in most stores.
On the ironing party, watch this really hokey movie which I love, love, love while you’re doing it: Practical Magic. The film shows a gathering of women who come together for a very particular, urgent reason, and it just feels good when they are all in the scene at the end having a little “party” of their own.