Comments on: A little something about flower girls

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:05:16 +0000

Ha, jenny! I can sympathize with your girls. I remember stepping on the gauzy inner lining of my prom dress and feeling it rip. I love long skirts but am such a boar about stepping on them!

By: jenny

jenny — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:52:29 +0000

My daughters have been almost-flower-girls (”we don’t want anyone’s feelings to get hurt…”) in several weddings, and have managed to competely destroy their dresses about an hour and a half into the celebration each and every time. They usually step on the gauzy overskirt and pull the entire layer out of the seam. So beware! I’ve just about decided to make their next “wedding” dresses out of denim, or even boating canvas…

By: alex

alex — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:36:53 +0000

I’m in flower girl denial. Between all of my fiance’s nieces and all of mine, we made an early executive decision to not have a flower girl, because otherwise there would be a Thunderdome-esque frenzy over who would get to be the flower girl. The only other option would be having six flower girls, and who wants to buy that many freakin’ flower petals?

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:38:50 +0000

Oh, TAG, that sounds absolutely adorable! What a wonderful way to include your future sibling-in-laws in the ceremony!

By: TAG

TAG — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:30:17 +0000

I am sort of the same boat as Omnibus. We are having an adults only wedding which means no kids in the wedding party either. So my almost sister in law of 20 will be the flower girl and my almost brother in law of 28 is the ring bearer. Both have asked to do the traditional petal throwing and carrying a pillow and are pretty excited about it. And we have no fears of trantrums or someone forgetting which way to walk down the aisle.

By: Never teh Bride

Never teh Bride — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:14:25 +0000

I’d accept your offer, Omnibus. And not just because it would totally freak out the more fundie members of my family, who would immediately be convinced I had become a Satan-worshiping pagan!

By: Omnibus Driver

Omnibus Driver — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:53:59 +0000

Why do little girls get all the fun? I’ve volunteered to be a “flower nymph” for several different weddings. I had something floaty chiffony in mind, a wreath of flowers in my hair, strewing rose petals and tapping out a rythm on my beribboned tambourine. Barefoot, of course.

(What’s not to love about THAT picture? And why has no one taken me up on this offer?)

See? All the fun AND old enough to drink like a fish during the reception…