Ah, yes...the dream wedding.
Little girls have thought about that "big day" when they walk down the aisle toward her Prince Charming while the organ music announces her arrival and the guests ready their hankies to dab their eyes. Every minute detail of the perfect setting for this once in a lifetime day has been planned and re-planned.
As that little girl grows older, maybe the wedding day takes a little different turn in her mind. Maybe she won't wear a strapless gown but an off-the-shoulder dress. Maybe she will replace the organ music with a string quartet providing the mood for the walk down the aisle.
Maybe she'll get married in a cute little chapel in the woods...or on the beach at sunrise...or at the local zoo...or parachuting over the grand canyon...something really creative...
or
in a funeral home.
WHAT??? Are you nuts? Have you lost your last brain cell?!!??
Well, hold on to your veils, my friends...I just read (TRUE STORY) a news article about a couple in Michigan who decided to exchange their vows in a funeral home (since it is now football season, Ohio State fans are saying, "that figures...it had to be a MICHIGAN couple").
And why not?
It's just a big room with lots of chairs and one long funny looking elevated couch with a lid.
Flowers for the big day would more than likely be easily and cheaply acquired.
Parking should not be a problem.
Ice for the cocktails should be plentiful.
I don't know about this being the perfect venue for the start of what one hopes would be "the best day of my life".
I'm afraid that in the receiving line, some may be tempted to refer to the groom as one lucky stiff ~ or maybe inadvertently tell the bride that she looked "so peaceful"...
What ever happened to Church weddings?
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