janelle

GUEST'S VULGAR FLOOR SHOW RUINS TASTEFUL RECEPTION

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I were married several weeks ago in a beautiful, reverent, Christian ceremony. Our reception, held in an upscale restaurant, was designed to be both fun and tasteful. Everything from the dance music to the cake-cutting was planned to represent the love and respect we had for each other on our first day of wedded life.
That spirit was shattered by "Simone," my husband's brother's girlfriend. She took over our reception. Her shrill voice screamed at least 50 times for my husband and me to kiss and smear cake in each other's faces. She drank champagne straight from the bottle. She showed our guests X-rated photographs of her unmarried daughter's natural childbirth. She performed a "striptease" by whipping her skirt over her head and gyrating against other guests in a practically nonexistent thong. We didn't realize the extent of her misbehavior until we returned from our honeymoon and saw the video. The expression on the faces of our guests is horrified, and she dominates every scene.

Simone will no doubt be a permanent fixture in my husband's family. I do not want to cause a rift, but that vulgar woman ruined my wedding. I don't know how I'll control my feelings the next time Simone and I are thrown together. How would you handle this? -- MORTIFIED BRIDE IN NEW YORK

DEAR MORTIFIED BRIDE: I'd keep uppermost in mind that Simone may have a drinking problem that causes her lapses in judgment once she's had a few. I'd say this plainly to your new brother-in-law as I handed him a copy of the video. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. And this is one of them.

janelle

Not quite the same but at my niece's wedding they set up a video camera in the corner pointed at the reception line. Well some nimnod, or some young woman who was invited to the wedding situated herself in front of the camera and began talking and gesturing to her friends. She just stood there hogging the camera and the reception line became a small thing behind her. We had to look really close to see our family congradulating the bride and groom. Even my mother, the grandmother, was barely seen behind this "person".

People should be taught how to act around video camera before they go to weddings.

Jolie Rouge

Reminds me of "Mary" my brothers' girlfriend at MY wedding. Fortunately they broke up shortly after - but I still have her in my video and album

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janelle

Maybe you can get the pictures retouched to put a tree or column where she's standing. LOL I've heard lots of people do that now with so many divorces.

Jolie Rouge

LOL -- the photographer has three pictures of Hubby dancing with her ... and not one of him dancing with his FOUR sisters, my FOUR sisters, many female cousins and friends ... JUST her ((idiot))




reminds me of a true story ... when my brother J. got married he was the last one to get "hitched" so my Mom had them take a picture with the Bride and Groom, flanked by my parents and ALL nine of the siblings with their spouses. Did I mention I am the youngest of NINE ? The pictures came back and my mother ordered a Sofa sized print, matted and framed $$$$. By the time the picture was ready to be picked up; five of the couples were in divorce procedings. Momma never got to hang her picture ....

I have offered to have the pictures "merged" - replace the ex's with the new spouses - but she seems to have a problem with this

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Laissez les bon temps rouler! Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.** a 4 day work week & sex slaves ~ I say Tyt for PRESIDENT! Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously ....Suki ebaynni IS THAT BETTER ?

janelle

OMGosh. That must have been some wedding for five couples to break up after going to it. J/K. Your poor mother, money wise too.

GeThang

Gosh, I think a lot of people should know how to act at a wedding period. There was only one episode at my reception, and it was my mom screaming out really loud, "this is not alcohol, it is grape juice, this is my church, and they don't drink." She blurted it out really really loud! Yeah, we don't drink, that is why we were using sparkling grape juice, and not champagne.