@Bride I Thee Wed
Tweeting at the wedding reception is one thing… tweeting from the altar is another. That’s what Dana Hanna (aka TheSoftwareJedi) did at his wedding to Tracy Page.
Here’s what he wrote after saying his I dos: “Standing at the altar with @TracyPage where just a second ago, she became my wife! Gotta go, time to kiss my bride. #weddingday”
As you can imagine, he caught some flak for calling a time out to text. In response to criticism, Hanna posted a new tweet: “To all the criticizers of my video out there questioning my sanity: You don’t get it. I was having fun at MY wedding! Loosen up, have fun!”
True, and the bride didn’t seem to mind. She even updated her own status when Hanna handed her a second phone after she herself asked for it. So if you’re thinking of updating your Twitter or Facebook accounts in the middle of your wedding ceremony, well, I can’t stop you. Just make sure that your officiant is in on it and that your spouse-to-be is cool with it, lest you find that he or she has changed their Facebook relationship status from ‘Married’ to ‘It’s complicated’.
It’s the age of narcissism and with facebook/twittering – domain of the narcissistic and the feckless – it’s to be expected. Whatever. Anything for those youtube hits.
Still tacky.
I should think so, enygma! Though I still wouldn’t tell a techie bride/groom set that they couldn’t add almost anything they wanted to their wedding ceremony. One must simply cross one’s fingers and hope that one’s loved ones resist the urge to tell the world everything they’re doing.
TMI on the honeymoon tweets
If only everyone had boundaries as clear and as appropriate as yours, Phyllis!