This whole year to plan a wedding thing, I am also reminded, of this passagein the bible:
8 When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa
and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s
palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. 9 She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food.
He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s
palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the
harem.
10 Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. 11 Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.
12 Before
a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete
twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months
with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics. 13 And
this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her
to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace. 14 In
the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another
part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in
charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.
(Esther 2: 8 - 14)
If anything, I'm tempted to blame the Persian Empire. They're the one who started all this things.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The Wedding Chronicles #1.1
I just thought I ought to point out the main difference of announcing one's engagement to one's female and male friends.
Typical Reaction of Female Friends
"OH EM GEE! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!! CONGRATULATIONS BABE!!! AHHHH!!!!"
"How did he propose?!?"
"Let me see the bling!!!"
"I'm so happy for you! I could explode!!!" (both of us proceed to squeal happily)
"Do you need any help? Let me know if I can help with anything! YAY!!!"
"When is the big day?!?"
Typical Reaction of Male Friends
"Congratulations. Have you planned the date yet?"
"Congratulations. Do you know where you're having the reception and banquet?"
(if answer to the above two questions is no and friend is married) "Ok. I will email you a checklist on what you and J need to do."
(If answer to the above two questions is no and friend is not married) "Don't you think that you all should start planning already? I heard that you need a long time to prepare. You also have to start thinking of all the other things, like getting a house, loosing weight, choosing the dress...I mean, that's what everbody tells me. It's going to be a lot of work."
"Do you need any help?"
"When's the big day?"
That being said, I appreciate all the types of reactions I've been getting. I've never felt so loved by my friends. <3
Mel Out.
~*~
Typical Reaction of Female Friends
"OH EM GEE! YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!! CONGRATULATIONS BABE!!! AHHHH!!!!"
"How did he propose?!?"
"Let me see the bling!!!"
"I'm so happy for you! I could explode!!!" (both of us proceed to squeal happily)
"Do you need any help? Let me know if I can help with anything! YAY!!!"
"When is the big day?!?"
Typical Reaction of Male Friends
"Congratulations. Have you planned the date yet?"
"Congratulations. Do you know where you're having the reception and banquet?"
(if answer to the above two questions is no and friend is married) "Ok. I will email you a checklist on what you and J need to do."
(If answer to the above two questions is no and friend is not married) "Don't you think that you all should start planning already? I heard that you need a long time to prepare. You also have to start thinking of all the other things, like getting a house, loosing weight, choosing the dress...I mean, that's what everbody tells me. It's going to be a lot of work."
"Do you need any help?"
"When's the big day?"
~*~
That being said, I appreciate all the types of reactions I've been getting. I've never felt so loved by my friends. <3
Mel Out.
The Wedding Chronicles #1
So it all started when this happened:
The boyfriend, J (as he was then) decided we need to upgrade from being in a relationship to being engaged. He then proceeded to dupe me into thinking he was away that weekend, enlisted the help of my closest friends and family and rented a Batman suit.
On 30 June 2013, I found myself being proposed to by J at the fountain outside e@the curve. Of couse I said yes, because let's face it, isn't it every girl's dream to be Mrs. Batman one day?!?
....
Ok, that isn't true. I said yes, because I was incredibly in love with J and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him and come on, isn't it every girl's dream to be Mrs. Batman one day?!?
Anyway, in the haze of delirium and utter bliss that I am engaged to Batman, something kept niggling at my conciousness, telling me that I had to start planning for a wedding which will be taking place sometime next year. Something which I have yet to start. And people kept telling me about how wedding stress affects the bride the most. Apparently they morph from sweet, gentle girls to full on crazy arse, controlling hags (the dreaded bridezilla).
(Me? I think I identify better with being a bridekraken instead).
So with the fact that I will be planning a wedding and moving out of my current house, I predict oncoming months of hormonal meltdowns, attempts to loose weight, arrange the guest list and all the stress that comes with moving out of a house and planning a wedding, I decided to start this blog instead.
I started this blog as a way to:
Like I mentioned in my other blog, things here are not meant to be taken 100% seriously. This is just me, trying to be lighthearted and enjoying the process of wedding planning. In fact, I'm really looking forward to it, because it seems like great fun, and planning a wedding to the Most Amazing Fiancee in the World is something I'd enjoy doing.
Everything is exaggerated except this: Last week, I was fantasizing whether I could convince the officiant of my wedding to elope with me and J to officiate the wedding in Bali instead. Sorry, but I don't think Uncle Gerald will do it.
Mel out.
The boyfriend, J (as he was then) decided we need to upgrade from being in a relationship to being engaged. He then proceeded to dupe me into thinking he was away that weekend, enlisted the help of my closest friends and family and rented a Batman suit.
On 30 June 2013, I found myself being proposed to by J at the fountain outside e@the curve. Of couse I said yes, because let's face it, isn't it every girl's dream to be Mrs. Batman one day?!?
....
Ok, that isn't true. I said yes, because I was incredibly in love with J and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him and come on, isn't it every girl's dream to be Mrs. Batman one day?!?
Anyway, in the haze of delirium and utter bliss that I am engaged to Batman, something kept niggling at my conciousness, telling me that I had to start planning for a wedding which will be taking place sometime next year. Something which I have yet to start. And people kept telling me about how wedding stress affects the bride the most. Apparently they morph from sweet, gentle girls to full on crazy arse, controlling hags (the dreaded bridezilla).
(Me? I think I identify better with being a bridekraken instead).
So with the fact that I will be planning a wedding and moving out of my current house, I predict oncoming months of hormonal meltdowns, attempts to loose weight, arrange the guest list and all the stress that comes with moving out of a house and planning a wedding, I decided to start this blog instead.
I started this blog as a way to:
- Help me cope with the oncoming stress.
- Save money on therapy/counselling by writing it out instead.
- Exaggerate the situation wildly and emphasize the drama of moving out.
- Challenge myself to look at the humorous side of what everyone says will be a stressful time.
- Enjoy myself. After all, I'm only going to get married one in my life!
Like I mentioned in my other blog, things here are not meant to be taken 100% seriously. This is just me, trying to be lighthearted and enjoying the process of wedding planning. In fact, I'm really looking forward to it, because it seems like great fun, and planning a wedding to the Most Amazing Fiancee in the World is something I'd enjoy doing.
Everything is exaggerated except this: Last week, I was fantasizing whether I could convince the officiant of my wedding to elope with me and J to officiate the wedding in Bali instead. Sorry, but I don't think Uncle Gerald will do it.
Mel out.
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