Beej, it's very common here in New Orleans. The groom gets money pinned to him, too. The money dance.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jul 13, 2005 8:30:37 am PDT #9529 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Scrappy - Jul 13, 2005 8:30:56 am PDT #9530 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sheryl - Jul 13, 2005 8:31:25 am PDT #9531 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Money, in the form of checks, is ok for weddings.(My mom even got me a special purse to put cards/checks in at the reception) The dollar dance, or things similar. Not so much.(YCultureMV)
DavidS - Jul 13, 2005 8:31:32 am PDT #9532 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
From FoxNew's Jon Gibson, "Rove should get a medal". [link]
Heh. That was the gist of Stephen Colbert's piece last night.
Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 8:32:31 am PDT #9533 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I'm still seething about that fuckhead saying Rove should get a medal.
I would be if I didn't find it amusing. They're parodying themselves and don't even see it. TDS, last night suggested a SCOTUS appointment for Rove as the only reward equal to this kind of screw up.
-t - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:01 am PDT #9534 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm finding it very endearing that Pope Pius XII had a goldfish named Gretchen.
Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:21 am PDT #9535 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
See! Hec and I are snickering at them.
Scrappy - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:25 am PDT #9536 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
You mean Stephen Colbert, SCRAPPY'S DAILY SHOW BOYFRIEND, don't you?
Susan W. - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:32 am PDT #9537 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I've been at one wedding with a money dance--the bride's family was from the Philippines, and I believe it was a custom from her side of the family. At least, I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the groom's side, because his family was Korean, and I've been to several Korean weddings. Anyway, the version they did it wasn't just men dancing with the bride--women paid to dance with the groom, too, and everyone laughed and had a good time with it.
My wedding was tiny--only about 60 guests. My bridesmaids paid for their dresses and airfare, but I let them pick the dresses themselves and didn't have any wild expectations of expensive parties and showers. I gave them jewelry from the same Celtic store where DH and I got our rings--not matchy stuff, but things I thought would suit each one's taste and style. I hope they liked them. *I* would've liked them.
Nutty - Jul 13, 2005 8:33:36 am PDT #9538 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I've seen it described in Lithuanian weddings as well, and I think Albanian. Actually, Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle begins with a wedding scene where guests are supposed to pay for a dance with the bride, and thereby the wedding party makes back its outlay for the wedding reception.