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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

I've created a monster!

The original movie version of Frankenstein is a classic, but the sequel is much better, The Bride of Frankenstein.

I think it's writers were aware of something that I've only recently realised myself:

Brides are scary, scary things.

I've created a monster, and it didn't need any body parts and arcing electricity, it just took a small band of platinum. From the moment it slipped onto Jane's finger something apparently awoke for the first time inside her.

This new Jane has bought magazines with pictures of dresses on them. Jane never buys magazines like that. There's talk of what food we're going to be eating late next year, I'm not sure what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow! She's asking my opinions on stationery!

Stationery!

I've managed 34 years without forming an opinion of stationery. I'm not sure I'm ready to start now.

All this has lead me to realise this truism regarding the difference between trannies and real girls:

When little trannies learn about weddings, they start having the occasional fantasy about big bridal frocks. When little girls learn about weddings, they start planning what colour the napkins will be. And what music will be played at the reception. And where they'll get married.

And fantasize about a big frock.

I'm not complaining, though, honest. :-)

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Anonymous Anonymous  But you better develop an opinion on stationery before you reach 35. 
Blogger Becky  For some reason I read that as "if you want to reach 35". :-S 
Anonymous Vic  Marriage starts in a church. You go up the aisle, you get to the altar and you sing a hymn. That's married life. Aisle altar hymn. 
Blogger steph_angel  LOL... this all sound oh so familiar :-D

Oh an Bex it will only get worse ;-)

If it's any consolation we got married in a barn & ate in the pig sties... but our napkins were beautiful!!! 
Anonymous Anonymous  Hi becky

You should have dun it the way i did 5 weeks from the engagement ring to the wedding. No time for the mags and arguments about stationary.

but wot the hey

A big congrats and good luck from me

Lexie :O) XX 
Anonymous Vic  At least Jane is asking your opinions. Mine usually give them to me. 
Anonymous Sarah Perkins  "This new Jane has bought magazines with pictures of dresses on them. Jane never buys magazines like that."

but _you_ buy magazines with dresses on them (go on... we know, you can tell us ;0)


Congratulations & best wishes for late next year.

SarahP. 
Anonymous Anonymous  congratulations becky and jane! 
Anonymous Stephanie Rowe  oops. that was me 
Blogger Pandora Caitiff  "A man can be considered sucessful if he can earn more than his wife can spend. A woman can be considered sucessful if she can marry such a man" :-) 
Anonymous Becky Storm  It' nearly a year since our wedding, and I still remember those questions(and wake up sweating...er perspiring!)...luckily our tastes matched quite well so my replies were the correct ones. However, from all the times I joked with her about that, the wedding was such a perfect day, well worth all the work... oh and due to being a bit skint we made all our own stationary! Databases, mail merges,prit-stick and ribbon! I remember them well. 
Blogger Misty  That's why I love my wife, when it came to wedding catering she was the first to point out that there was a perfectly good chippy up the road (I still think we should have stuck with that idea). She made her own frock (large but definitely not white) and I made the cake. Whatever you do don't believe that anything "has to be done that way". We threw out almost all that was 'traditional' and people afterwards said it was the best wedding they had ever been to. 
Blogger Lynn Jones  There's only two things you need to know for marital bliss.. and they are the words 'yes' and 'dear'. :)

Stationary... It's all coming back to me. [shudder]. 'What do you mean it's the wrong beige?' 
Anonymous Helen G  I have a theory that what's really important is the fact that you're both prepared to stand up in front of families and friends and say (in effect) 'we're each others, and we're going to do our best to stay true to each other for the rest of our naturals'.

That to me is really what it's all about - the rest is, well, sorry but just froth and frills...

Are you and J the same dress size? 
Anonymous NH  Welcome to my world, Bex. I went through this all last year, and was put through the wringer by Wifey as I had to suddenly and from out of nowhere develop opinions on flowers, table settings, napkins and their accompanying rings, invitations, place cards, FONTS for the invitations and place cards, flower lapels, bouquets, bridesmaids bouquets (and whatever you do, don't suggest that the bride and the bridesmaids have the same bouquet design), a band or a DJ, which type of band to hire, who gets an invite to the wedding, to the wedding only, to the reception, to the reception only, to the AFTER-reception meal reception only, what kind of car, horse drawn carriage or helicopter.....

And if you get any of those choices wrong, your fiancee, her mum, her sisters and any other female family or friends will shoot you a look of disgust mingled with pity as they say "you CAN'T mix fuscias and azailias in a bouquet! WHAT were you thinking? And a chocolate colour bridesmaid dress with black trim? NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!"

I still shudder whenever "cornflower blue" is mentioned. 
Blogger Karol Cross  Such fabulous news! Congratulations to you both. I'm so so pleased. :) 
Anonymous Anonymous  Congratulations to you both.

An inspiration to all...good luck Jane!

Best Wishes,Toni. 

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