I Have No Endings

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

New Year's Eve Weddings

Joe is keeping his promise to update weddings for us.   Thanks Joe.


Hoppin' New Year!

New Year's Eve at the Marriage Factory was surprisingly tame in the wake of Monday and Tuesday's 30 weddings apiece . Imagine my surprise when Friday was busier than ever! My average is 8-10 weddings; this week, I did 16.

The largest group was about 35 people - 2 elevators' worth. Once they arrived, everything went fine, although the groom went with "I will be true to you as long as I *will*", not "as long as I live".  Usually when the bride catches that, she is not happy.

There were 2 or 3 nervous brides. One swiveled back and forth during the vows, making me almost say "Grow gently with each other and do the twist" instead of "encourage each other".

Lots of well-dressed folks this time around.  Vests, coats, and beautiful dresses abounded.  A few were even color-coordinated.  There was a groom in the top half of a suit whose bride was wearing what looked like the suit trousers. Per the title of this blog, let's not speculate about what that means.

By the numbers:
Ceremonies: 16
Couples in formal wear (suit/dress): 6
Recruited witness from other couple in lobby: 1 (3 counting New Year's Eve)
Crowd larger than 30: 1
"As long as I will": 1


.


❄
Janet A at 12:38 PM
Share

No comments:

Post a Comment

‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Janet A
I am a retired teacher who volunteers in an Oakland first grade classroom. I also volunteer as a Deputy Marriage Commissioner. I performed the first same sex marriage in Alameda County. I've been married over 47 years. We have lived in Oakland since 2000. In January of 2013, we moved to San Leandro, a little town next to Oakland. I was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in October 2014 and have been undergoing chemo treatment since then. My blogs since then have been about the treatment I have been receiving. Needless to say I had to retire from my marrying activities and my school activities with the first graders. Looks like there is going to be an ending after all.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.