Writing about five different weddings is going to get pretty confusing so I'm going to make it easier for myself and anyone silly enough to read my nonsense by giving a run down of each wedding and the key players.
Wedding 1 - Sept 2011
This is the wedding of one of my housemates from university, for simplicity we'll call her Bride 1. She met her intended, Groom 1, whilst we were in our final year at Bath University. She is currently training to be a doctor and is therefore uber busy and impossible to get hold of. I am one of a trio of bridesmaids, the other two are her sister, who lives in New Zealand, and our other ex-housemate, who is also Bride 3. Bride 1 announced her engagement and asked us to be bridesmaids via a Facebook message and since then I've hardly heard a peep out of her. To be fair, I have been living in Australia, so am mildly out of the loop despite this being the electronic age of communication. Bride 1 is slightly hopeless at keeping in touch at the best of times, I think we've all been together a grand total of 4 times since we left Bath 6 years ago so me and Bride 3 were a bit baffled to be asked to be bridesmaids to be honest. My key responsibilities on the day will be to wear the dress (hunter green, strapless and floor length), hold the flowers, smile and then not get too drunk, cry or fall over. I'm waiting for my proper brief at a weekend of planning to be held in May.
Wedding 2 - October 2011
Bride 2 and I have been friends since we were eight; we went to the same primary school, secondary school and college, Brownies, Guides and tennis lessons. I am meeting Groom 2 for the first time later today, they got together whilst I was away so I haven't had the pleasure yet. My main responsibility for this one is to do a reading but I also have a few more; look fabulous in a dress of my choice (woop woop to not being a bridesmaid), not get too drunk, cry or fall or fall over and generally have a marvellous time with all my lovely friends.
Wedding 3 - December 2011
I'm excited about this one, it'll be my first winter wedding and between two of my favourite people. Bride 3 is another housemate from university and she met Groom 3 whilst we were in our first year. I'm going to be bridesmaid along with her sister, we start dress shopping this weekend. Apparently my main responsibilities are to prevent the hen night from devloving into a horrible sordid affair with naked waiters, strippers and sex toys and to look after Mother of the Bride 3 on the day and stop her freaking out. The usual try not to not get too drunk, cry or fall or fall over also applies.
Wedding 4 - Aug 2012
This is the BIG one - Bride 4 is my little sister and bestest friend. I have so many responsibilities for this one that I can't list them. Mostly though I am the Chief Bridesmaid, hen weekend organiser and general wedding planner. The other two bridesmaids are our best friends that we grew up with, also sisters and we have a flower girl who is Groom 4's goddaughter. It's going to be great fun with all our family and friends there. Groom 4 is in the Navy so there will be officers in uniform everywhere complete with ceremonial swords (used for cutting the cake!?!) and they're going to have the reception in a lovely old building in the dockyard. It's going to be a beautiful day...
Wedding 5 - Sept 2012
Last but in no way least, is the wedding of one of my best friends. There aren't many details yet but it's going to be lovely. The best thing is that I have no responsibilities at all, as long as I'm there she'll be happy!
So they're the weddings in a nutshell, apologies that it doesn't make very interesting reading. More wedding based humiliation to come soon.....
Wedding 1 - Sept 2011
This is the wedding of one of my housemates from university, for simplicity we'll call her Bride 1. She met her intended, Groom 1, whilst we were in our final year at Bath University. She is currently training to be a doctor and is therefore uber busy and impossible to get hold of. I am one of a trio of bridesmaids, the other two are her sister, who lives in New Zealand, and our other ex-housemate, who is also Bride 3. Bride 1 announced her engagement and asked us to be bridesmaids via a Facebook message and since then I've hardly heard a peep out of her. To be fair, I have been living in Australia, so am mildly out of the loop despite this being the electronic age of communication. Bride 1 is slightly hopeless at keeping in touch at the best of times, I think we've all been together a grand total of 4 times since we left Bath 6 years ago so me and Bride 3 were a bit baffled to be asked to be bridesmaids to be honest. My key responsibilities on the day will be to wear the dress (hunter green, strapless and floor length), hold the flowers, smile and then not get too drunk, cry or fall over. I'm waiting for my proper brief at a weekend of planning to be held in May.
Wedding 2 - October 2011
Bride 2 and I have been friends since we were eight; we went to the same primary school, secondary school and college, Brownies, Guides and tennis lessons. I am meeting Groom 2 for the first time later today, they got together whilst I was away so I haven't had the pleasure yet. My main responsibility for this one is to do a reading but I also have a few more; look fabulous in a dress of my choice (woop woop to not being a bridesmaid), not get too drunk, cry or fall or fall over and generally have a marvellous time with all my lovely friends.
Wedding 3 - December 2011
I'm excited about this one, it'll be my first winter wedding and between two of my favourite people. Bride 3 is another housemate from university and she met Groom 3 whilst we were in our first year. I'm going to be bridesmaid along with her sister, we start dress shopping this weekend. Apparently my main responsibilities are to prevent the hen night from devloving into a horrible sordid affair with naked waiters, strippers and sex toys and to look after Mother of the Bride 3 on the day and stop her freaking out. The usual try not to not get too drunk, cry or fall or fall over also applies.
Wedding 4 - Aug 2012
This is the BIG one - Bride 4 is my little sister and bestest friend. I have so many responsibilities for this one that I can't list them. Mostly though I am the Chief Bridesmaid, hen weekend organiser and general wedding planner. The other two bridesmaids are our best friends that we grew up with, also sisters and we have a flower girl who is Groom 4's goddaughter. It's going to be great fun with all our family and friends there. Groom 4 is in the Navy so there will be officers in uniform everywhere complete with ceremonial swords (used for cutting the cake!?!) and they're going to have the reception in a lovely old building in the dockyard. It's going to be a beautiful day...
Wedding 5 - Sept 2012
Last but in no way least, is the wedding of one of my best friends. There aren't many details yet but it's going to be lovely. The best thing is that I have no responsibilities at all, as long as I'm there she'll be happy!
So they're the weddings in a nutshell, apologies that it doesn't make very interesting reading. More wedding based humiliation to come soon.....
I foresee lots of "oof, tumbled over" emails in my future........ ;)
ReplyDeleteAt least they're spread out over a year and not all in the space of three months or something??
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