Chocolate bread should not exist.
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
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.
its the original notion that seems icky to me now.
I didn't realize it was meant to be throwing your virginity away; I just dislike how it smacks of "Catch the bouquet and YOU WIN!!! Your grand prize for elbowing the other single women in the face to catch the flowers? A HUSBAND!!!!"
It just seems to put forth the idea that being the next one to get married is the ultimate goal OMG YOU LUCKY BITCH!!!
And, y'know, I have a LOT of goals I'd put before getting married. (Unfortunately no one throws a "world domination" bouquet.)
I like chocolate bread more than cake and etc. a lot of the time, because it's not as sweet. It's still dessert.
Oh, me? I despise the quickie, everyone knows this.
Unfortunately no one throws a "world domination" bouquet.
What kind of flowers would be appropriate for that? Something with thorns?
At a friend's wedding, they had empty vases set up along the head table, so the bride's and bridesmaids' bouquets became the table centerpieces. It was really gorgeous.
I never had any idea that the bouquet was linked to virginity. One lives, one learns.
A lot of the wedding stuff is sorta gross now. Virginity, transfer of property, fertility all over the place... and its weird how people will do some of it unthinkingly still (as opposed to re-defining).
Chocolate bread should not exist.
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Heretic!
Seriously - when done right? It's all chocolate-y and not-sweet, just bready-chocolate goodness. Yum. I should make some.
I am also pro-quickie, but not to the exclusion of the take-your-time-y.
The Scandinavian name change wasn't really related to coming to America. The Olaf Olafson thing became unwieldy when the government had to keep permanent records for things like Army service, and people were required to pick a last name by the 1850s. It might have been a current last name, the name of an ancestor or just something they liked. This is why Swedish geneologists curse a lot.
I never had any idea that the bouquet was linked to virginity. One lives, one learns.
Me either. I just thought it was an evil plot put forth by the producers of America's Funniest Home Videos.
My next wedding I want to be a Vegas style affair, with singing Elvii and all the attendant cheesy rituals. It'll be a hoot. No cake smooshing, though. That's just nasty.