I Went To A Wedding

Start of a Life Together

Recently, I attended a wedding. A family friend's daughter got married. I have attended many weddings but this seemed a little special.

We were involved with the ceremony from the early morning when the groom and his merry men came to fetch the bride and had to negotiate the usual horseplay and pranks which the bride's "sisters" had concocted. This included wearing underwear with tasteful graffiti over their suits, eat wasabi sushi, had hair removal plaster applied to their hairy legs or arms, blow balloons till they burst, answer trivia relating to the bride and finally negotiate the amount for the ang pows. It was quite a challenge for the groom. I was glad that the groom persevered.

I digress.....this wedding was special because I knew the bride from when she was a little girl. Our families were close friends at that stage in our lives and we made the usual McDonald's circuit attending or organising birthday parties. Hence, it was surreal that this same little girl is now getting married ! She is the first among my "closer" friends whose children have reached a marriageable age.

I guess we have graduated from the McDonalds circuit to the wedding circuit. Soon we could be on the McDonalds circuit again, this time as grandparents :) Such is the circle of life. I have not had a McDonald's burger for a long time !