Wedding nostalgia
August 24, 2010
I spent the weekend in the province’s capital, attending Cynthia and Adam’s wedding. In addition to the wedding, which took place on the Saturday, there was an unofficial tour of the newlyweds’ gorgeous new condo and a rehearsal dinner the night before, and a brunch the day after the wedding. Aside from my surprise at the seating arrangements at the wedding reception (the main room wasn’t big enough for all the invited guests so four or five tables were set up outside of the main room), I had a good time getting to know my tablemates, and forced myself out of my comfort zone by talking to people I didn’t already know (it helped that they initiated conversation). Through talking I discovered that one of the guests and I have my childhood friends in common. I should also add that one of my tablemates, who may or may not have attended the wedding with his gorgeous significant other, was quite attractive (as a general rule I avoid attractive men, but this guy lacked the conceit or smugness that can sometimes come with Being Attractive and Knowing It). Not only was he easy on the eyes but he was a gentleman with all the ladies at our table. He even came over to murmur a very sensual and suggestive “good night” to me and he caressed me with his eyes as he left the reception…at least that’s how I choose to remember his parting words! ;)
As expected, I danced like a fool when the music changed to my kind of music.
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I have always enjoyed observing couples, and weddings give me ample opportunity to do that. I like watching interactions between couples in all stages of their relationship, especially because weddings usually bring out the tender side of couples , either from remembering their own special day years ago or anticipating the future. When a slow song like Unchained Melody comes on and I don’t have anyone’s arms to melt into, it kind of sucks but I’m hopeful that that won’t always be my reality and I try not to think of all the things that a 31 year old woman who has been waiting f-o-r-e-v-e-r to fall in love, get married and have kids will think of at weddings.
All of that to say that I had a good time at the wedding. I regret not taking a full length photo of my outfit; hopefully the photographer (who was also quite handsome) did!
