wedding planning notes

[raven]

Not sure I ought to have to say this, but here it is anyway: I am allowed to make fun of Indian weddings. You - white, don't-they-last-four-days-and-they're-all-colourful-tee-hee, thoughtless you - are not. Getting married in a grey church in England is not a "normal" way to get married. Thanks, glad we've cleared that up.

Anyway, so. Wedding planning has taken its great leap forwards. The Scottish shindig now has a guest list, a photographer, (probably) a cake, (probably) a ceilidh band, two readers, two witnesses, a venue, a menu and even favours, ye gods. I need to get my dress altered and am cleverly combining this with vidukon_cardiff (don't even ask). We still need a playlist, a script, a last-minute narrative resolution to a continuing spat re: canapés, and sixty-five tiny screwtop jars.

The Indian wedding has dates, venues, three documents in progress (schedule; historical and religious contexts, with footnotes; visa procedures, a beginner's guide) a vague guest list, invitation wording if not actual invitations (I drafted this yesterday while putting up with heckling from all sides), a cast of thousands, and a certain sense that Things Are Getting Done. Not by me, I hasten to add. But done.

My to-do list is still in three parts and synced between three devices. But... hurrah? I think?

(I think I shall pre-emptively declare 2014 the Year of the Hammock, With No To-Do Lists At All.)

(I hope to begin it in a houseboat in Srinagar.)

Comments

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

How could anyone think that a grey church wedding was anywhere near as interesting? I'm sorry that people are being dumb around you. I'm sure both of your weddings will be joyful and amazing and gloriously full of love.

Jealous of your houseboat. I saw a picture once and the amount I want to go and see one for real is rather staggering. Maybe one day.

[loneraven.livejournal.com]

You are very kind. :) And honestly, I'm sure it might be as interesting! But urgh, you would not believe people. Some people ask a lot of questions because they're kind and interested, and others are just like "...really. Gosh really. How terribly exotic of you."

(It's a very old daydream of mine, the Dal Lake in the winter! I'm shamefully more excited about it than the actual wedding.)

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

I have to refrain from shouting every time someone uses the word exotic. And while it's true that I've never been to an English wedding, I've been to a bunch of grey American church weddings, and I found the Indian wedding I've been to much more celebratory and much less ostentatious. Sometimes church weddings are so boring and preachy and people are creepy about the wedding night.

(Why shouldn't you be? It sounds glorious! And much less stressful than weddings.)