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What was the last wedding you went to?  Were you in the wedding?

The last wedding I went to was a debacle. Not for the wedding couple, it was a beautiful wedding. Relaxed, fun, kid-friendly. Michelle wore tennis shoes under her dress and instead of cake there were cupcakes in two different flavors.  It was for my then boyfriends close friend.  He seemed to be completely unaware, but things were very rocky for us at that point.  It was only a few weeks later that we broke up, but that's another story.  I wasn't too keen on going to this wedding.  Not only was I pretty sure that we were not going to be together much longer, but he would be the only person that I knew there.  I'd met the bride and groom exactly once.

Anyway, he came and picked me up at my place, and right off the bat I was irritated.  His pants were massively wrinkled.  Linen that's been crumpled up on the floor wrinkled.  So here I am all dressed up, my hair done and wearing the necklace he had bought me a month ago for my birthday (which I hated.  Beautiful, but felt like it was choking me.)  and the general blah-ness I felt about going to this wedding turns into a desire to lock myself into the bathroom and shout through the door at him to go away.  But I'm an adult, and so I went.

The day didn't get much better.  It was an outdoor wedding, on the grass, which was bad for me allergy wise.  It was an indian summer, so my ex kept complaining about the heat.  I was grateful for the warmth, because inside at the reception it was freezing.  I drank a bazzilion cups of coffee just to stay warm.  And the ex was sulking, so he barely spoke the whole time, leaving me to make chit chat with a table full of people, none of which I knew.

I was very glad to go home at the end of the day.  It was also an event that made me think long and hard about what I could and could not take in our relationship.

Now I'm less sure there will ever be a bridal gown in my future.