“I want a marriage more beautiful than my wedding.” I want you to think about how your dream wedding would be like. How would you like to remember your big day? My wedding day will forever be memorable for my family, children, husband and I. On January 1, 2015 at around 9:00 p.m. we checked into the Burnham Hotel, in Chicago just one block away from the Dailey Center. As we entered our room 1202, we quickly noticed that the hotel had showered us with some great gifts, and a bottle of Champaign set in a bucket of ice, included a congratulations card stating, “Congrats on your wedding day what a way to start your year.” I thought it was nice and thoughtful gift from the hotel. The next day I woke up around 4:00 a.m. to get ready. Hopeful …show more content…
I was elegantly dressed in a beige blouse, with black dress pants and a black trench coat with UGG boots to keep warm. As we waited outside in 36-degree cold and windy weather between a revolving door, suddenly two security guard approached us and began to questions us on why were we waiting outside in the cold. My brother in law explained that I wanted to be the first couple to get married for the year 2015. We continued to as questions on what time the building opens for the day. The guards said, “These doors will not open until 9:00 am but take the stairs down where the trains arrive those doors will open at 8:00 a.m.” We quickly made our way down the stairs; we noticed that there were two ways to enter the building, so my brother-in-law walked over to the other side to check if the doors were open. Eventually my groom arrived just in time as the guards opened my side of the doors. As we walked down the hall holding hands, we surprisingly realized we were the first couple in line to get married. Within an hour an employee from the Cook County Clerk’s office came out to officially congratulate us on being the first couple to get married today by the Cook County Clerk …show more content…
Before you realize it, we had five news crew interviewing my groom and I, while another crew were interviewing my mother in law, kids, and sister-in-law. After a brief interview we were allowed in so we could sign our marriage license. In the background all you can hear is the clicks and flashes from the news cameras going off because they all wanted to capture the moment as we signed our marriage license. Once the paper work was finalized, David Orr and his staff escorted us up an elevator to his office. As we happily walked down a short hall, I realized my daughter had forgotten to bring my heels. The news crews followed us and wanted to ride the elevator with us. Once we made it upstairs the clerk’s secretary gave us our gifts: a bright green and white fresh flower bouquet, lime rose boutonniere, $100 lettus entertainment gift card, and tickets to a comedy show with a two-night stay at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. The final perk was being married live on TV. I said, once we are officially married can we just go through the back door and skip the live TV? The secretary began to laugh. After patiently waiting we were finally called into David
The father of the bride, on the other hand, who is picking up the bill for dinner, is completely distraught. When he saw the guest list with addresses in Ireland, Egypt, the U.S.A., Scotland, as well as the four corners of England, he was delighted, since he felt sure that most of you wouldn't make the effort to turn up. It's to his credit that during his speech you would never have guessed he is in fact a broke, or rather a broken, man.
Second, the groom visits the bride’s parents at their house to talk with her parents about the marriage. The parents question the groom to see if he actually loves their daughter. The groom clarifies to the bride’s parents he meet their daughter and fell in love with her. The groom also says he knows their daughter like a recipe. In the end of the visit, the parents tell him to come back in a week.
To be honest, I did try to memorize this speech, but forgive me if I resort to my notes every five seconds. I asked for an autocue to be set up in front of me. Apparently, the wedding budget doesn't str...
For those of you that don’t know, I am Trey Rongisch and I am currently a student at Midland University. It is quite ironic how Nick and I first met, it was during my first college class. I would have never expected him to ask me to be his Best Man at his wedding in the short span of four months, but when he asked me, I just couldn’t turn down the offer. But I’m going to be honest, I’ve been feeling quite nervous about giving this speech for some time. But I’m pleased to say last night I slept like a baby – I woke up every two hours, crying my eyes out. With this in mind, I am ready to get this speech going and I must share how honored I am to be here today and speak on behalf of Nick and his beautiful wife, Katie.
About a year ago, my fiancé and I attended the wedding of my cousin. She married her college sweetheart, and the bridal party was made up mostly of their college friends. During the toast, the best man decides to talk about when he first knew the groom was going to propose. He says that he and the groom were in New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras. He was surprised to hear about the upcoming proposal at that time, given that they were surrounded by women taking their tops off to get beads. The conclusion he comes to--and proceeds to tell the whole group of family, friends, and of course the bride's father--is that my cousin "must have better breasts than God."
We rode the camel and were just miserable from the desert heat, but we finally arrived at the wedding. The oasis was beautiful and in my mind I was thinking of a tent in the middle of the desert with hot, clustered bodies moving around. Upon entering the oasis I was greeted by a man who helped setup the wedding for Fatima and I, he was nice. We talked and he led me into a tent which looked quite nice with cactus flowers that smelled like lavender on the outside near the entrance. Family members and friends were there which made me feel so delited, I think this wedding was the right move.
March, Thomas, M. “Snapshots of a Wedding.” Short Stories for Students (1999) Web Luis Literature Resource Center Coleman library, 12 April 2004.
(To the bride) You make a fine bride and look beautiful and radiant. I couldn't help but notice the groom swell with pride when he saw you walking clown the aisle in that dress. (To the groom) You are indeed a lucky man, you have married someone who is attractive, warm, loving and caring. A wife who
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I would like to echo the groom's sentiments and mention that all the bridesmaids look truly beautiful, indeed.
Now I was a bit unsure about the duties of a best man, although I told Brian very early on that there was no way I was going to get off with a bridesmaid – I say that with no offence intended to Claire and Nicola who I’m sure you’ll all agree look lovely, and have done a great job today. So to find out what was expected of me, I turned to the internet and managed to find some really interesting stuff… but then remembered what I had gone onto it for in the first place, and set about plagiarising other people’s speeches from all the wedding sites I could find. So I accept no responsibility if this end result is rubbish. I know many of you will have been to a few weddings in your time, so can I suggest that you entertain yourselves quietly by playing wedding bingo – every time you hear a witty comment in my speech that you have already heard at another wedding, give yourself a point and the first one to five wins a piece of wedding cake.
Tradition is a strong component in the institution of marriage. The ideal American dream usually involves the perfect fairy-tale wedding with the gorgeous white wedding dress for the bride, the matching bridesmaids, the well-arranged bouquet and the numerous rituals that compose this well thought-out event. Usually it requires a great amount of planning, devotion and dollars to make the important day memorable. Family and friends come together to rejoice in the vows that will bond the two lovers into a lifetime journey of love, commitment and fidelity. Each person in the couple is expected to have a role in this institution. According to Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, “in the idealized form of the older model of traditional marriage, the man’s primary job for self-definition is to provide for the economic well-being, protection, and stability of his family ...The woman’s job and self-definition”, on the other hand, continue Wallerstein and Blakeslee, “is to care for her husband and children and to create a comfortable home that nourishes everyone, particularly her husband, who comes home each evening drained by the demands of his job (211).” With a constantly changing society, the concept of marriage has also varied. The “quickie” Vegas drive-through wedding or the underwater vow exchange is not as unusual or shocking as it once was. Even the roles of the persons involved have changed to fit the shape of society’s needs. For example the modern “companionate marriage” which is “founded on the couple’s shared beliefs that men and women are equal partners in all spheres of life and that their roles, including those of marriage, are completely interchangeable (Wallerstein, Blakeslee 155).
Therefore, while some might cleave to this modern view of relationships, the truth is that it will not reap good fruit because it goes against the innate roles of humans.
When I look at the bride and groom, I feel such a kaleidoscope of emotions. I know that Kari has found her true match and I know that theirs will be a marriage of long standing. My heart is bursting with love for you two today. I know you have a wonderful adventure ahead of you, and with God?s blessing your marriage will last for decades to come.
Ladies and gentlemen, thanks Gary for those kind words. It has been a pleasure for all us attendants to play a small part in your big day. Before I say a word or two about the groom, what about that dress Jeanie is wearing? It has attracted so much favorable comment from the guests here that I have to give it a special mention. You look stunning Jeanie!
Marriage: It’s one of the most desired systems on the planet, yet it is still one of the most misunderstood ideas known to mankind. The definition of being in matrimony has evolved with time, and through the years society has been seemingly reluctant to such changes. From the end of anti-miscegenation laws to the legalization of interracial marriage, society has grown to understand the importance the choice of getting married has on the individual. As of now, the right of matrimony is given to all but one group of Americans.