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From: dave@utcsstat.UUCP ()
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: Wedding Details - (nf)
Message-ID: <1478@utcsstat.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Nov-83 21:30:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 23 21:30:04 1983
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Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada
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My wife and I got engaged in September 1977, and planned a big
June wedding for June 25/78. We were spending a lot of time together,
and I was living on my own already. On January 20, we suddenly decided,
"what are we waiting for?". We were also a little concerned about the
escalation of a big wedding, where there's always someone who gets mad
about the arrangements, and someone who gets mad because they weren't
invited, etc.

We were both in undergrad at the time, so we got married on February
12 and went away for Reading Week. We set up the wedding two weeks
beforehand, told our parents one week beforehand, and told our
guests (three or four friends we invited) two days beforehand. 
So it was a*small* wedding. But we had all the trappings - dress,
tux, flowers, pictures (not professional), synagogue, rabbi, cantor.
The number of people in attendance exceeded our tiny "guest list",
since the wedding took place on a Sunday evening between Minchah and
Maariv (afternoon and evening services). Since a minyan (quorum of ten
men) was necessary for part of the procedure, we invited everyone who was
there for services to "come upstairs for a wedding".

In retrospect we're glad we avoided a big wedding and all the headaches.


Dave Sherman (from utcsrgv where we don't get net.social)
Toronto
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