My husband and I go to a lot of weddings. It is sort of a joke amongst our friends. Since we've been dating, we've attended, wait let me check the latest tally...30 weddings together. Wow!
It's a good thing we love champagne, dancing, rice pilaf and speeches. Actually, that's not fair. No cynicism allowed - we really do love weddings. And it's a good thing we do, because it is our most commonly practiced weekend hobby.
Last night was our milestone 30th wedding together - and it was a Megino wedding, which makes it even more memorable.
The Meginos are my husband's mom's family, and let me tell you, there is something that changes in your relationship with his family when you're actually married. When you're dating someone you look at your boyfriend's family and you think "aren't they nice?" Then when you get married, you look at that same family and think "Oh my gosh, there are so many of them!" But they are wonderful! They are even more wonderful to me now that we're married because I think they realize "she's really not going anywhere, is she?" Yes, the Meginos are many, but they are warm, friendly, and they like to have a good time!
The male cousins love to take shots of tequila while the female cousins like to encourage the men to keep drinking. His grandma makes sure everyone is eating and his elderly uncle keeps putting back the wine, trying not to vex his wife too much since he has a tendency to get drunk quickly.
The Megino Family has a history of being late - to everything. One Megino wedding invitation actually had printed on the invitation a start time that was 45 minutes before the wedding was actually supposed to start to account for the fact that they are always "fashionably late..."
I could write about all the different fun and funny things about each of the 30 weddings we've attended together over the past 5 years, but I'll save that for another time.
But I will say that since being married myself, we have attended 3 weddings, and it is a totally different experience once you are married. You understand just what the bride is feeling as she waits with anticipation to walk down the aisle. You know the butterflies and light-headed feelings that come over you right before you take that first step, and you remember the warmth that envelops you as you step down the aisle and feel so many loved ones watching you. You know what it's like to feel like you want to talk to everybody but then feel like you don't actually get to have meaningful conversation with anyone. Everyone always looks so pretty and you want the night to last forever...until you realize you've been wearing high heels for 10 hours!
It's a good thing we love champagne, dancing, rice pilaf and speeches. Actually, that's not fair. No cynicism allowed - we really do love weddings. And it's a good thing we do, because it is our most commonly practiced weekend hobby.
Last night was our milestone 30th wedding together - and it was a Megino wedding, which makes it even more memorable.
The Meginos are my husband's mom's family, and let me tell you, there is something that changes in your relationship with his family when you're actually married. When you're dating someone you look at your boyfriend's family and you think "aren't they nice?" Then when you get married, you look at that same family and think "Oh my gosh, there are so many of them!" But they are wonderful! They are even more wonderful to me now that we're married because I think they realize "she's really not going anywhere, is she?" Yes, the Meginos are many, but they are warm, friendly, and they like to have a good time!
The male cousins love to take shots of tequila while the female cousins like to encourage the men to keep drinking. His grandma makes sure everyone is eating and his elderly uncle keeps putting back the wine, trying not to vex his wife too much since he has a tendency to get drunk quickly.
The Megino Family has a history of being late - to everything. One Megino wedding invitation actually had printed on the invitation a start time that was 45 minutes before the wedding was actually supposed to start to account for the fact that they are always "fashionably late..."
I could write about all the different fun and funny things about each of the 30 weddings we've attended together over the past 5 years, but I'll save that for another time.
But I will say that since being married myself, we have attended 3 weddings, and it is a totally different experience once you are married. You understand just what the bride is feeling as she waits with anticipation to walk down the aisle. You know the butterflies and light-headed feelings that come over you right before you take that first step, and you remember the warmth that envelops you as you step down the aisle and feel so many loved ones watching you. You know what it's like to feel like you want to talk to everybody but then feel like you don't actually get to have meaningful conversation with anyone. Everyone always looks so pretty and you want the night to last forever...until you realize you've been wearing high heels for 10 hours!
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