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Rite Of Passage
Feb. 18th, 2009 11:15 pmYesterday my friend Afshan got married.
I haven’t been to many weddings.* This is not really a bad thing, since I, along with everyone else not actively planning the wedding, find them to be a somewhat awkward affair where you come into contact with people you don’t really know very well and are expected to converse with them. But when it’s a friend, it’s bearable.
Plus, Mom got invited too, so I wasn’t alone in a sea of strangers.
Luckily, a couple of nice ladies joined us in the restaurant booth, so we had conversation. And the ceremony was nice and short, and ... well, it's a wedding ceremony, so they always seem a little bizarre and social-contracty to me, so what can I say? The couple looked absolutely terrified—I mean, I know in Pakistani weddings it’s traditional for the bride to look downcast, but I think this one’s hiding in the corner was an ad lib.
But let me tell you, when we finally saw her—okay, here’s the deal: if you are not a Pakistani or Indian bride, you have been out-blinged. The slumping tradition may originate from their being weighed down by all the jewelry. She looked fabulous. Alarmed, but fabulous.
And now she’s moving, and we’ll probably not e-mail very much. But it was a good send-off, and I think she’s happy. And I got to wear a pretty dress and look at lots of pretty salwar kameez, so I think overall it was an exellent night. Good luck, Afshan.
*For example, I was not actually at the wedding where I was apparently Maid of Honor.
I haven’t been to many weddings.* This is not really a bad thing, since I, along with everyone else not actively planning the wedding, find them to be a somewhat awkward affair where you come into contact with people you don’t really know very well and are expected to converse with them. But when it’s a friend, it’s bearable.
Plus, Mom got invited too, so I wasn’t alone in a sea of strangers.
Luckily, a couple of nice ladies joined us in the restaurant booth, so we had conversation. And the ceremony was nice and short, and ... well, it's a wedding ceremony, so they always seem a little bizarre and social-contracty to me, so what can I say? The couple looked absolutely terrified—I mean, I know in Pakistani weddings it’s traditional for the bride to look downcast, but I think this one’s hiding in the corner was an ad lib.
But let me tell you, when we finally saw her—okay, here’s the deal: if you are not a Pakistani or Indian bride, you have been out-blinged. The slumping tradition may originate from their being weighed down by all the jewelry. She looked fabulous. Alarmed, but fabulous.
And now she’s moving, and we’ll probably not e-mail very much. But it was a good send-off, and I think she’s happy. And I got to wear a pretty dress and look at lots of pretty salwar kameez, so I think overall it was an exellent night. Good luck, Afshan.
*For example, I was not actually at the wedding where I was apparently Maid of Honor.
