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That great ol' institution
Sep. 15th, 2008 09:50 pmIt looks like I'll be using my summer vacation next year to go back to Ottawa to see one of my best friends get married! Not that it was a surprise, because the last time I spoke to Anna, the engagement was all but official, but I still laughed when this morning, not fifteen minutes after I read her "YOU HAVE TO BE MY BRIDESMAID!!!" email (and before I'd even answered, but that's okay, because I'd already promised her a long time ago I would be her bridesmaid no matter when or where she actually got married), another email to me and the other three bridesmaids appeared in my inbox with a link to a dress and a plea to answer ASAP so she could place the order. And fifteen minutes after that, another message to say that the dresses had been ordered. I think someone was TOTALLY READY for the official proposal, wouldn't you say? :D
This is the dress, in "wild peony". Pretty! Of course, I would have chosen it in green (or blue) for myself, but it's not my wedding, right? :} Let's hope it fits me right, and that my weight doesn't fluctuate too much between now and next August!
The only (slightly) disappointing thing is that I won't get to wear an ao-dai; since the groom's family is all in Alberta (and they're Chinese, so who knows how they would have combined cultural traditions?), it won't be a super-big affair, and only Anna (and her mother and all the aunts, I imagine) will be dressed Vietnamese-style.
Anna has expressed surprise that of all her friends who are in and/or getting out of unhappy marriages/relationships, I'm the only one who's enthusiastic about her engagement, when I might have more cause than most of them to be bitter about love. The way I see it, one failure is no reason to give up, and it's certainly no reason to think other people will be as unlucky or make the same mistakes. I certainly learned a lot from the experience and while I wish the last year of it hadn't happened, I can't regret that it's made me wiser and (hopefully) a better partner the next time around.
This is the dress, in "wild peony". Pretty! Of course, I would have chosen it in green (or blue) for myself, but it's not my wedding, right? :} Let's hope it fits me right, and that my weight doesn't fluctuate too much between now and next August!
The only (slightly) disappointing thing is that I won't get to wear an ao-dai; since the groom's family is all in Alberta (and they're Chinese, so who knows how they would have combined cultural traditions?), it won't be a super-big affair, and only Anna (and her mother and all the aunts, I imagine) will be dressed Vietnamese-style.
Anna has expressed surprise that of all her friends who are in and/or getting out of unhappy marriages/relationships, I'm the only one who's enthusiastic about her engagement, when I might have more cause than most of them to be bitter about love. The way I see it, one failure is no reason to give up, and it's certainly no reason to think other people will be as unlucky or make the same mistakes. I certainly learned a lot from the experience and while I wish the last year of it hadn't happened, I can't regret that it's made me wiser and (hopefully) a better partner the next time around.
