My husband and I received a
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Save the Date
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card. This card announces a couple’s future wedding date and
that the invitation will follow.
My husband and I received a “Save the Date” card. This card announces a couple’s future wedding date and that the invitation will follow. As it had a magnetic back, I stuck it on the refrigerator, next to the Taco Bell coupons. Now I have a daily reminder of an event that will occur six months down the road. I have a hard enough time scheduling a teeth cleaning six months in advance.
Since the wedding is easily accessible by car, we will go. Today, however, not all weddings are accessible by car. With the number of “destination weddings” on the rise, sometimes a plane or boat may be required to attend a wedding. “Destination weddings” can be held in such locations as Hawaii or Paris. When invited to such a wedding, the guest shells out money for airfare, lodging, car rental, gas and food, and will forfeit their vacation time. I feel the cost to attend a wedding should never exceed the cost of the bridal gown. Also, if your Taco Bell coupons are not redeemable at these locations then I say, “Don’t go.”
But thanks to technology, if you can’t attend a wedding you can view it via the Internet on such sites as Webcastmywedding.net. The wedding webcast is a growing trend that lets the couple share their special day with those who couldn’t attend. The cost ranges from about $400-$750 for a live webcast with a month of archived access. Watching from home allows a person to share in the celebration while sitting on their couch. It allows them to watch while in their pajamas. Mainly, it allows them to watch while eating Taco Bell.
Only, before a couple decides where and when to have their wedding, they must decide if they want a prenup. Today it is becoming more common for couples to put their John Hancock on a prenup before they enter into marriage. A prenuptial is a private agreement between two parties contemplating marriage. A couple settles in advance matters important to them, which may include anything from the sublime to the ridiculous, such as: financial, lifestyle, real estate, divorce provisions, weight gain, cooking and sexual frequency.
I think it would make for an interesting wedding invitation if key elements of the prenup were listed, thus informing the guests exactly what the future holds for the newlyweds besides the possibility of ugly babies. The invitation would read as follows:
“Bob and Carol would love for you to attend their wedding on December 25. On this special day Bob Smith will not only acquire all his gifts under the tree, but a beautiful wife named Carol.
“Carol will retain sole ownership of her Christmas gifts and her maiden name, Weston. Let us rejoice in the joining of two hearts, two bank accounts and a stack of Taco Bell coupons.
“Bring your hands together in joy as Bob and Carol unite to become Smith ‘n’ Weston.
“The couple will honeymoon at Carol’s grandmother’s beach house which is prime real estate and will be jointly owned once granny kicks the bucket in six months as doctors predict.
“Upon returning from their honeymoon they will reside in a three bedroom, one car-garage split-ranch. As stipulated in the prenup, they will alternate weeks for the garage.
“In order to maintain marital bliss both parties agree to reenact their wedding night 14.5 times a week. Should the marriage be terminated, John Smith of Smith ‘n’ Weston will receive the gun collection as compensation. Carol will receive the Taco Bell coupons as compensation as she keenly demanded in the prenup.”
Phew! I don’t know about you, but I was on pins-n-needles wondering who would get the Taco Bell coupons. I think we can all agree Carol got the better deal.
Cindy Argiento is a free-lance columnist who lives in North Carolina with her family. Her column appears weekly in the Gilroy Dispatch and Hollister Free Lance. She may be contacted at
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