witnoid weddings

by katiekitten 36 Replies latest jw experiences

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  dorayakii

  Oh my, oh my Katie, that does bring back a lot of memories... mini sausages, the pineapple and cheese was always there (what is with that anyway? ewww)

  "In one wedding all the bridesmaids walked down the aisle fanning themselves. The next wedding had to outdo the first, so the bridesmaids walked down the aisle twirling umbrellas. The next had to be bigger and better; they wanted twenty bridesmaids and twenty ushers. The hall was starting to be used as a circus."

  ROFLMAO... looool... i thought it was a joke but then i did a search and i found the quote in the July 15th 1982 Watchtower... i don't believe it!! The elder was actually serious when he said this??

  The image in my head of 20 ushers and 20 bridesmaids twirling umbrellas all in order to outdo the previous wedding is just so funny... Its like some kind of twisted Julie Andrews musical...

  "The hall was stating to be used as a circus." ... It already is a circus mate
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  Lilycurly

  OH!! Who mentionned Square dancing!?? LOL Yeah! I don't know if it's everywhere the same, but it was ever so popular here, this little gang started it up at every possible song. And there was like a non-spoken competition to see who knew the most steps and could do them without a mistake.lol Still got the strange mental picture of those lines of sisters in flowery dresses and "sweaty brothers" kicking a foot left and clapping two time moving left and right through the room. (Bumping into independent dancers, lol) Complete with the odd ones in the back that couldn't follow!lol
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  lilybird

  We had the typical "everyone in the congregation" is invited wedding. We had wanted just a small garden weddding , no fuss, but when the sisters heard about that, they insisted on a big wedding, They hadn't had a big wedding in a long time and its the only time it seems you can actually drink , dance and just enjoy yourself. The sisters all brought dishes, my mom cooked turkeys and baked desserts and they all cleaned up afterward... Well it was their decision..lol.. It turned out to be a lot of fun actually,, everyone actually talked about it for months after,,,,,,, sad isn't it.. how little fun they have in their lives that a wedding is such a big deal....... I also had the "personal" showers where where the sisters all loved trying to outshook each other with the lingerie they bought for me........One shocking outcome from our wedding... one sister who wasn't getting any action from her Dub hubby ended up going home and getting some from a single brother in the congregation..Guess they had a bit to drink and one thing lead to another................ turns out...her husband was actually gay and so wasn't interested in her sexually.... their marriage ended pretty quick after all that...
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  tabbycat

  KatieK's message is a complete carbon copy of my childhood! Reading it was shockingly funny - I had forgotten all the nuances!!

  Do any of you remember the shiver of unease that ran through the assembled guests as the 'worldly relatives' came in? (I always found them really glamorous and exciting, I liked the frisson of danger that a bearded man or ponytailed male youth would evoke)). And if (risque!) there was a bar, there was the human equivalent of CCTV (elder) counting every bloody beverage. The other ripple that went through the crowd was when the speaker would announce that the next dance was the 'Gay Gordons' - oh how us kids sniggered and looked on in amazement that the dance hadn't been outlawed.

  I, however, was called to task after one wedding. Apparently I had set a 'bad example' to the worldlies by wearing black. It was, the elders said, satanic...(even though one of the elder's wives had given me the skirt). After this faux pas, I used to dream about wearing (gulp!) trousers to the KH, but I never had the balls...
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  katiekitten

  GOD YES!

  The Gay Gordons and worldly relatives! How could I forget!

  At one wedding the brides sister had left the troof, and she came to the wedding in a purple satin trouser suit. She was pretty tall and slim, so it was compulsive viewing. I was only about 8 but it made a lasting impression on me. I remember I couldnt work out whether to be more shocked that she as wearing trousers (gasp), satin (GASP) or that it was skin tight (GASP).

  She must have been laughing up her satin sleeve at us.
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  tabbycat

  Oh yes. There was usually one worldly babe who would turn up in 'normal' clothes and the menfolk would be walking strangely and drooling, and all with a disapproving expression on their faces...urgh! how unsavoury!

  And was it a rule that every bridesmaid had a choice of two colours, and two colours only? What were those colours? Peach or pink, of course! There was a fair bit of one-upmanship in our hall, much like yours KatieK! When one 'bitch' had 'deliberately (according to the sis who was about to have her thunder stolen) chosen peach when she knew another sister wanted to have peach it had to be organised on a rota basis, so weddings would be like the 'buffet' line - peach - pink - peach - pink etc...
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  LittleToe

  Why is it that there was always one couple who could dance really well, and used to show off. It left all us young'uns green with envy, as they quick-stepped around the dance floor.

  Then all that was left to us was the Birdie song and the Hokey Cokey. When it came to something more popy, we kinda stood around shuffling our feet, embarrassed to be in front of the residue of two whole congregations (including the weird ones, tutting Elders' wives, and befuddled "anointed") with all the lights on.

  I moved back to Scotland when the rave scene (complete with "Bllod Cards" as ID) appeared in the Midlands of England. Otherwise I'd have been in the heart of that, with my friends who were later reproved for being ringleaders. Alas, I had to content myself with sneaking out to Hebridean nightclubs , with worldly folk, including old schoolfriends - yeah, I was a double-lifer.
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  tabbycat

  Oh, the music! After the 'country dancing' it was Black Lace classics all the way...
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  katiekitten

  Ah yes, the old peach and pink. Its so true!

  And in our cong the brides really did used to do that thing where they would wear cream rather than white if they were not... not....er... if they had... cough....well if they had....

  Nope, still cant bring myself to mention it, but we ALL knew what it meant.
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  tabbycat

  yes, cream or 'ivory' (whatever the hell that is) for the 'experienced'. woe betide the bride if the cream or ivory was a little too gleaming. strangely, the groom wasn't obliged to advertise his 'status' through the medium of colour...