JimJr Jr's Wedding
My son James III (aka "JimJr Jr") and his Bride, Bonnie, planned their entire wedding together. Now I'm not saying this was a fancy affair or anything, but you know how at most of the formal receptions they have finger bowls ??? Well, none of that for these two -- they had portable showers for all the guests.
Mrs. JimJr and I gave them two books in advance of the wedding:
1) "How to Make Your Marriage Work" (and the sequel)
2) "How to Make Your Mate Work"
Naturally, JimJr Jr and Bonnie got their license well in advance of the big day. Have any of you ever considered the fact that the Marriage License issued by all cities and counties are the only licenses they issue that never expire.
I can understand his need to get married though. I mean think about all the things that happen that you can't blame on Clinton, as much as you'd like to.
My son gained a whole new family in his in-laws. It's kinda like seeds -- they come with the tomato whether you want them or not.
Quite a few people on the Net wanted more details about the wedding when I mentioned it and provided some jokes on the Humor ListerServer, so I had to post even more. I started with the invitations:
They were printed in raised gold leaf. I did think it was a bit much though when a Brink's Armored Truck delivered each one to the invited guests' homes.
Like most people, I'm always in awe of the Bridal Gown and sometimes even the Bridesmaids' fancy dresses and bright cheerful colors. Being a man though, I can understand why the groom and all of the groom's men (aka "fellow mourners") wear black.
And the Bride's gown... I mean I've seen long trains before, but this one required two full-sized Amtrac engines to get her down the aisle.
The nuptials had me suffering flashbacks of when I wed Mrs. JimJr. It was also in August when I took her to be my awful wedded wife.
Naturally the ceremony was video taped; Barry Levinson directing. I just hope they didn't catch the hopeful expression on my son's face as he scanned the Church when the Priest said, "If any man knows why these two may not be lawfully joined together..."
The formal pictures after the service took longer than I had hoped though. See, instead of a photographer, they had 37 graduate students from the Maryland Art Institute each painting a portrait.
None of the guests even had to throw rice as the happy couple ran from the Church to the Limo either. As a former member of the Air Force, my son was entitled to some honor, so he chose a low level bombing run by his old squadron of B1-B bombers who scattered the rice.
Speaking of the limo, I think it was damned nice of the Pope to let them use his Pope-Mobile, since he was unable to perform the ceremony.
We've all heard jokes about a newly wedded couple having to take the Bride's Mother along on the honeymoon. My son and his Bride's reception took place on a ballroom-restaurant boat called the Odyssey out of Washington D.C.
It's only slightly smaller than the Queen Mary. It actually cruised the Potomac too. I believe this is the first wedding where all of the guests who attended the ceremony were taken along on the honeymoon.
The kids of today though. Whenever anyone teased them about the honeymoon, they'd say our generation overrates sex.
I swear though, I don't even want to think about where everything else stands in whatever-in-the-hell rating system they're all using, if they think sex is way down the list.
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