Friends now Married 3x
Jun. 13th, 2021 06:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerWhite Plains, NY - Sunday, 13 Jun 2021, 10pm.
Our friends are now married... thrice over. After getting married in a civil ceremony last August (after Covid had forced them to cancel plans for a traditional wedding twice) they got religious-paperwork married by a Jewish rabbi yesterday and then religious-ceremony married by a rabbi in front of ~60 friends and relatives today.
The wedding stuff was like a fulltime job today. We arrived at the event site before 10 so Hawk and the other grooms party members could start getting ready and posing for pictures. Hawk was pretty much ready to rock from when we left the hotel... except for her pants. As she pulled her pants on, the button was a few inches from being able to close. As she took the pants off to see if there was an adjustment that was set wrong she saw someone else's name embroidered inside the waistband. She had the groom's pants, and he presumably had hers!
"How did you not try them on and say, "Hey, why are these capris?" I asked.
"We're not getting dressed until we get there," he explained. "The photographer's going to take pictures of us dressing."
"Oh, you purchased a boudoir photography package," I teased.
I paced myself. After loading up on a rib roast appetizer because it was delicious I skipped the main course of chicken/fish to save room for dessert and cake.
The afterparty was a simple affair. A bunch of us met in a quiet part of the hotel bar. The grooms had gotten a room there from the night... apparently more to get away from the parents than anything else. The parents didn't join us— they were having a separate after-party at their house, I believe— so it was just the grooms, us, one groom's sister and cousin, and 2-3 of the grooms' men. The group was the right size for an after party, and us taking it easy with a casual dinner and a round or two of drinks was the right pace. Most of us just ordered an appetizer and called it supper as we were still full from all the food at the wedding.
Our friends are now married... thrice over. After getting married in a civil ceremony last August (after Covid had forced them to cancel plans for a traditional wedding twice) they got religious-paperwork married by a Jewish rabbi yesterday and then religious-ceremony married by a rabbi in front of ~60 friends and relatives today.
The wedding stuff was like a fulltime job today. We arrived at the event site before 10 so Hawk and the other grooms party members could start getting ready and posing for pictures. Hawk was pretty much ready to rock from when we left the hotel... except for her pants. As she pulled her pants on, the button was a few inches from being able to close. As she took the pants off to see if there was an adjustment that was set wrong she saw someone else's name embroidered inside the waistband. She had the groom's pants, and he presumably had hers!
Pants Switcheroo
We called the groom. "Do you have Hawk's pants?" He didn't know!"How did you not try them on and say, "Hey, why are these capris?" I asked.
"We're not getting dressed until we get there," he explained. "The photographer's going to take pictures of us dressing."
"Oh, you purchased a boudoir photography package," I teased.
Eat, Eat!
The wedding went well. The event hall in Tarrytown, NY, on a hill above the Hudson river, was beautiful. Immediately after the ceremony was a cocktail reception with delicious appetizers. A lot of people didn't know they were appetizers and rushed to eat their fill. The joke was on them as there was a full meal, with dessert and cake, right after it! Hawk was amused by everyone who didn't know the amount of food that would be put in front of them. "It's a Jewish wedding celebration, of course they're going to feed you until you bust a gut. Jews know to pace themselves at these things."I paced myself. After loading up on a rib roast appetizer because it was delicious I skipped the main course of chicken/fish to save room for dessert and cake.
A Short Rest, then the After Party
The wedding was done around 5pm. We left 10-15 minutes early as things were winding down. The grooms had quietly indicated to us they were "done" anyway. Plus, we all needed to recuperate for the after party!The afterparty was a simple affair. A bunch of us met in a quiet part of the hotel bar. The grooms had gotten a room there from the night... apparently more to get away from the parents than anything else. The parents didn't join us— they were having a separate after-party at their house, I believe— so it was just the grooms, us, one groom's sister and cousin, and 2-3 of the grooms' men. The group was the right size for an after party, and us taking it easy with a casual dinner and a round or two of drinks was the right pace. Most of us just ordered an appetizer and called it supper as we were still full from all the food at the wedding.
