Complete the following story in 150 to 200 words: it was my cousin's wedding . preparation were being
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The wedding was in a part of the country where folks are not as stiff as Midwesterners or as unstructured as Northern Californians. I’ve been to Midwestern wedding receptions that tried to be like this reception, but the soul wasn’t there so they always ended up being kind of lame with folks congregated in the parking lot to talk away from the DJ. People at this wedding line-dance (and not just to country music) and they enjoyed it. My usually introverted uncle is apparently a dancing fiend and led the bride in some traditional dances. This essay is plagiarized. The food was great and full of local specialties (including something we heard about on the Splendid table from their road trip foodies). And, important in my book for any wedding, they served appetizers between the wedding and reception.
You may recall that the groom’s parents had said they refused to attend because he was not getting married by a priest. Not only did they not show up, despite his being hit by a roadside bomb in service to our country, they did not allow any siblings to come. The daughter whose college my parents and aunts are paying was threatened with being disowned when her mother found out she was planning to attend. So she didn’t go. Guests kept asking if I was a sister. No, not a sister.
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They openly wondered what had happened to my uncle– he’d always been rigid and never had a sense of humor, but wasn’t such a hater until he married his wife. Perhaps he could have been rigid and humorless for the powers of good if he’d married someone else. Ironically, the woman he married and is refusing to countenance this wedding is a divorced mother of three… but the difference is that she got the Pope to annul that marriage, so somehow that made it ok. There was some speculation that perhaps the bride is better off with her mother-in-law not talking to her.
My childless aunt and uncle took over duties of parents of the groom. The groom gave an especially moving speech about how grateful he was for his family to come and show the support they were showing. The bride sent a lovely thank-you note with the same sentiments. This essay is plagiarized. As the wedding party was breaking up for the folks having to catch planes, the bride and groom made plans to visit all of my aunts and uncles who live in interesting and accessible places. My family does take care of its own,