Be as crazy as you want to be
By Never teh BrideI’m sorry to say that even though both The Beard and I would have liked to have had a bounce house at our wedding, we did not include it in our budget. Even after my mom told us that we should get one — there would, after all, be kids at the wedding — we still didn’t seriously entertain the idea. It just seemed so…silly.
Looking back a year later, I rather regret our decision. Look at how much fun the bride and groom in the snapshot above are having…and if that’s not a genuinely superb photo op then I don’t know what is. Plus, how many opportunities will I have in the future to rent my very own bounce house? Perhaps none!
The point is, if you’re contemplating doing something goofy at your wedding but you’re afraid of what people will think, forget about popular opinion and throw caution to the wind. As a friend of mine once said, no one ever tells the bride that the wedding sucked. There will always be people who will look askance at your choices — the gluten-free cake, the electric purple wedding gown, the dunk tank, etc. — but it’s not their wedding, and if they have the gall to share their negative opinions, they’ve just shown you what sort of human beings they really are.
While circumstances may force you to make certain concessions, you shouldn’t ever have to subdue your personality!
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
i LOVE that idea! it’s hilarious! it makes me so happy when couples do things their way and don’t think about what anyone else will think.
July 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Milk that frog!
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Just added to my running list of reception ideas: bouncy castle, possible with slide
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm
As far as I’m concerned, a wedding with a bounce house would rock! If it’s fun for you and fun for your guests, and it fits your budget, then why not do it?
July 4th, 2008 at 5:51 am
rabrab: I love that expression!
Evie: A slide?! You’re brilliant — just imagine the fab photos that will inspire!
Twistie: Why not, indeed!
July 4th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Hey! Rabrab used my expression! (twirls in delight)
July 4th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
@NtB: I shamelessly stole it from Twistie and her family.
Twistie, I adopted that expression immediately on reading that post! It so completely encompasses the way I try to deal with other people.
As to the bounce house, when I was a young’un, I wanted my wedding reception to be a pool party, but a bounce house and a slide might have been even better.