Monday the BART strike was still on, so traffic was a mess. We left early for Oakland and stayed off the Interstate. Surface roads all the way. There was traffic, but we were moving. Until school zones. The crossing guards are power crazy. There were no children in the cross walk, nor in sight. NONE. The crossing guard lowered her stop sign and traffic started moving. She went ballistic: up popped the stop sign, she is screaming at us, and then blowing her whistle. We all slam to a stop and wait and wait. Some children stroll to the corner and we wait for them to cross. Finally we made it to the county building and Marty drops me off at 8:30.
Again I am waiting. No one is in the lobby. No trains running and gridlock on the roads, people are having trouble getting to us. Finally just before 10:00 I get my first couple to marry. Business picked up after that. It was a day with couples from many places: The Philippines, Cambodia, Tonga, Oakland, Oregon. I did 6 weddings before I left at 12:15.
The toddler girls stole the show as far as fashion. One little girl had on a waltz length dress. The dress was dark blue with a lighter blue underskirt. She wore glitter covered silver slippers that matched the glitter silver polka dots on her dress. When Daddy picked her up and hugged her, he ended up with glitter on his face.
Another little girl was in a muted gold knee length dress. It also was sparkly. She wore gold Mary Janes, and had a white flower in her hair. She was the ring bearer and had a little beaded shoulder purse that held the rings.
My brides all looked nice, one was even in an evening gown. The grooms were dressed nicely too. But no one looked as great as the two little girls.
Technology now plays a part in weddings. My Minister had to tell a couple at their rehearsal to stop texting and pay attention. I am sure he worded it nicer than that. I try to control the texting and phones ringing. But peoples are so connected to their phones, they sometimes don't listen. The technology is good though in many ways. Pictures /recordings are taken with smart phones or iPads. Distant family is called and can listen to the ceremony. And some couples SKYPE family in other countries.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Weddings high tech, immigration, too young
As regular readers know, I hate doing immigration weddings. They never say they are, but we can tell. They are always in a hurry, and some act as if they just met on the corner. I had an immigration wedding this week, and it was great.
The couple is French Canadian, lovely accents. She is here on a work visa ( she works at UC Berkeley) and he is on a tourist visa. They own a house, own two cars, and have two adorable children. When they go back to Canada he has to really jump through hoops to get back into the USA. Tourist are supposed to go home after a couple of months. They have been together 13 years and decided to marry so immigration will quit hassling him. Isn't it amazing we won't let Canadians live with a partner, yet we let all kinds of kooks from terrorist land waltz in.
One couple took pictures in a very high tech way. The witness had her iPhone out to take pictures and then remembered she had her ipad with her. She used that to take the pictures. I am so far behind, I didn't even know ipads had a camera. The pictures turned out beautifully.
Just to show what a great product Apple turns out, one wedding used an iPhone to take pictures. They turned out great also. Oh I forgot to tell you the screen was broken, big crazed cracks in it. But it worked.
As I remind you every week, love comes to all ages. Love comes to couples I don't think should be marrying ( 7 weddings already between them and they are in their 30's). Love hits all kinds of people, but when really young couples come to marry the clerks and I get upset. We are so much older and we know how hard marriage can be. We know going to school and running a home is really hard. We are worried for them.
A couple came in, he was 20 she was 18. The clerk told me she wanted to refuse to sell them a license (we don't have that option, if a legal age, we sell it to them). She wanted to scream at them, "Do your parents know you are here?" She controlled herself and did her job. Now it was my problem.
The bride was so nervous and shaky, he seemed calm. I asked it they were ready. I told them we had all the time in the world, we don't start until they feel comfortable. They say they are ready. I did not feel comfortable that the bride really wanted to get married. I felt she loved him, just she seemed unsure. I stalled and then had to go for it. I did our longest fluffiest ceremony. If she wanted to back out, I wanted to give her time. She didn't back out, and I pronounced them married. I thought she would calm down them, nope. She was as shaky when she left as when she came in. I am thinking family doesn't know they were marrying and she is afraid to tell them. One clerk thought maybe she was marrying because she is pregnant and scared.
As I say, I have no endings.
The couple is French Canadian, lovely accents. She is here on a work visa ( she works at UC Berkeley) and he is on a tourist visa. They own a house, own two cars, and have two adorable children. When they go back to Canada he has to really jump through hoops to get back into the USA. Tourist are supposed to go home after a couple of months. They have been together 13 years and decided to marry so immigration will quit hassling him. Isn't it amazing we won't let Canadians live with a partner, yet we let all kinds of kooks from terrorist land waltz in.
One couple took pictures in a very high tech way. The witness had her iPhone out to take pictures and then remembered she had her ipad with her. She used that to take the pictures. I am so far behind, I didn't even know ipads had a camera. The pictures turned out beautifully.
Just to show what a great product Apple turns out, one wedding used an iPhone to take pictures. They turned out great also. Oh I forgot to tell you the screen was broken, big crazed cracks in it. But it worked.
As I remind you every week, love comes to all ages. Love comes to couples I don't think should be marrying ( 7 weddings already between them and they are in their 30's). Love hits all kinds of people, but when really young couples come to marry the clerks and I get upset. We are so much older and we know how hard marriage can be. We know going to school and running a home is really hard. We are worried for them.
A couple came in, he was 20 she was 18. The clerk told me she wanted to refuse to sell them a license (we don't have that option, if a legal age, we sell it to them). She wanted to scream at them, "Do your parents know you are here?" She controlled herself and did her job. Now it was my problem.
The bride was so nervous and shaky, he seemed calm. I asked it they were ready. I told them we had all the time in the world, we don't start until they feel comfortable. They say they are ready. I did not feel comfortable that the bride really wanted to get married. I felt she loved him, just she seemed unsure. I stalled and then had to go for it. I did our longest fluffiest ceremony. If she wanted to back out, I wanted to give her time. She didn't back out, and I pronounced them married. I thought she would calm down them, nope. She was as shaky when she left as when she came in. I am thinking family doesn't know they were marrying and she is afraid to tell them. One clerk thought maybe she was marrying because she is pregnant and scared.
As I say, I have no endings.
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