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cyhiphopp

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I'll write it out to spare you the time, female bovine.

My wife's high school girl friend was getting married and her wedding officiant was my wife's father (pastor). The wedding was supposed to start at 4:30 in Albia, so the wife and I drove there (2 hourish drive from Ankeny) only to find the wedding venue listed on the invite (fairgrounds) basically empty. Since it was 4 o'clockish at the time, we decided that we city slickers might have just arrived a bit early and the small towners were going to start showing up 10-15 minutes before the wedding started.

So we drive around for 15-20 minutes and then go back to the fairgrounds - still no one there. At this point, we figured that since it was a cold/damp day, the wedding must have been moved inside to a church. So we go to every church in town that we can think of and don't come across any that appear to be hosting a wedding.

My wife had texted her dad around 4:15 asking where the wedding was, but he didn't get back to us. After exhausting all our church options in town, we finally give up around 4:40 or so and then just sit in our car waiting to hear back from my father in law.

5:15 or so, he finally gets back to us and says that the wedding had been moved to HIS church, in Knoxville (20 minute drive from Albia, we drove right by on our way to Albia).

While going around looking at churches, we had checked the bride's Facebook for an update on where the venue had been moved - nothing. Also nothing on her Knot site.

My wife's dad claims that he told my wife at some point, but neither of us remember that ever happening and we're both planners, so it's not something that either of us would forget easily.

In the end, after we realized what had happened, we just ended up driving back to Ankeny. So it was about a 5 hour drive for no reason on a Saturday night.

Whose fault is the mix-up? I'd say mostly the bride for not making the venue change more public. Maybe it was a bit of my father in law's fault too... Either way, it sucked.

You didn't at least go to the reception? Since you were there?

I had a similar situation, except this was all my and my wife at the time's fault.

I one my best friends from college got married in Ames several years ago. My wife and I packed up our two boys who were I think 3 and 5 at the time and drove on up. For some reason we completely messed up the time and got there right as the church was clearing out. We'd missed the entire wedding.

We drove to the reception venue expecting to catch a bunch of heat from all of my friends for missing the wedding.

No one noticed. We just pretended we were there the whole time and enjoyed the reception.


I've never brought it up with my friend or his wife who I still see all the time. I could probably just blame it on my ex-wife who everyone knew was terrible before I did.
 
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You didn't at least go to the reception? Since you were there?

I had a similar situation, except this was all my and my wife at the time's fault.

I one my best friends from college got married in Ames several years ago. My wife and I packed up our two boys who were I think 3 and 5 at the time and drove on up. For some reason we completely messed up the time and got there right as the church was clearing out. We'd missed the entire wedding.

We drove to the reception venue expecting to catch a bunch of heat from all of my friends for missing the wedding.

No one noticed. We just pretended we were there the whole time and enjoyed the reception.


I've never brought it up with my friend or his wife who I still see all the time. I could probably just blame it on my ex-wife who everyone knew was terrible before I did.
I asked my wife if she still wanted to go to the reception and she told me that she didn't think she'd be able to with the mix of shame, shock, and anger she was feeling at the time. She's not the type who can bury her feelings easily and at that point I wasn't in a very good mood either so we decided we weren't going to fight it.
 
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Not a big wedding attendee fan. My wife loves them. I like short fast small weddings. Wife likes long, large drawn out ones. I invited 65-70 people to our wedding, including parents, siblings and those in the wedding. Wife invited 500.
 

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So what's with the poster who keeps starting new threads called "s"?

I'll take a vowel please.

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Here are a few hints for you fellas who may need to purchase Mother's Day presents for the mother of their children. A phone is an acceptable gift, especially if she has needed one for over a year. She may also purchase things for herself like earrings, or a nice haircut, and say those will work for Mother's Day presents. Do not offer to "float" the tires that you now need to buy as an acceptable anniversary gift (coming up in 2 months) instead of a Mother's Day gift. . . .

Love, ya honey! :cool:

I would have bought you a necklace that would help frame and accentuate your natural beauty.
 
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