a bridal party arrived.
At first I thought they were grabbing a coffee
because I have been in plenty of bridal parties
that did drive through
after starving all day thing, giggling all the way.
But they didn't seem to order.
Then I thought the bride might work there
and was visiting her workmates who had to work
instead of going to the wedding.
But there were no exclamations of joy from staff.
Then I thought maybe they were having wedding photos there.
I thought that was kind of cool
because the decor would have made good photos.
But nope not that either.
I have no idea why the bridal party of eight
plus the driver and the photographer
were in the cafe.
But their arrival got me pondering
about how loathsome and how pointless weddings are.
When I say that I don't mean marriage is
just the whole wedding event is.
The dress, the cars, the cake, the meal, the music,
the suits, the matching bridesmaids dresses,
the ill will and grumpiness,
the stress and strain organising a wedding causes.
Seriously a wedding is not hard to organise
and I say that as an event organiser.
What is hard to realise are dreams and ideals
and terrifying prospect of having a half arsed wedding
and that often it is really only the brides day.
In this wedding party you could hardly tell
which male was the groom.
The bride twittered and preened
with her electric blue dressed maids
(one bridesmaid had her black bra showing).
The bride wore a strapless white dress
with blue embroidery at the waist
and along the back seam.
Her veil was cream and hair was red.
She was a pretty bride in a muddy dress.
Her groom must have stepped on her hem a number of times
for the number of large muddy shoe prints decorating the bottom of her dress.
It was bizarre
how I was so repulsed by the gaudiness of the wedding party.
Normally I love seeing brides.
Maybe it was how incongruous they were,
that made them seem fake and over the top.
Maybe it was their 'everything is ordinary but look at us damn it" attitude.
Maybe I actually felt this way all the while and
that's why I've never had a wedding?
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