I apparently have never seen the entire garter toss ritual played out because I'm just reading for the first time here today about the whole "put the garter on the woman who caught the bouquet." I must say that I was already sufficiently freaked out about the groom being all up under the dress in mixed company, but this other thing. Does the garter-catcher get all up under the dress of the bouquet catcher? Cause ew.

the groom being all up under the dress in mixed company

How are you defining "mixed"?

the garter-catcher get all up under the dress of the bouquet catcher?

Durn skippy.

It was fun, and the aunts really didn't care.

Yeah, better the fun than CD fascism.

Does the garter-catcher get all up under the dress of the bouquet catcher? Cause ew.

To exclaimations of "every inch above the knee is more good luck!" and the like.

well it is nice that your aunts are so easy going. The fact remains that people should know better.

A general thing that KILLS me at weddings/receptions is how people not involved with the planning at all get all "well when are they doing this? It simply can;t be a wedding without this." Newsflash, there is not a mandatory order of services for a wedding OR reception. If you were a planner on the wedding you would know what was going on. you weren't, you don't, shuddup.

Does the garter-catcher get all up under the dress of the bouquet catcher?

I always found that half of the getting-up-in-the-grill-of-the-bride is a side effect of the structure of the bridal gown.

Guests are not usually encumbered with so much skirt.

Mixed = People who were currently or had good reason to be involved in my sex life (me and groom) vs. People who were not and should not have been involved in my sex life (everybody else).

Strangely, I'm not so much bothered by the grinding on the dance floor. That's just good, clean fun.

I have learned a lot of new things today. Like I also learned about "face books" in college. The college forces you to send them a picture which then gets puts into a book and passed out to the entire freshman class to show everyone the new faces on campus. We did not have this at my college. I find it quite creepy.

kat, please come sit in the horrified corner with me.

I am totally for all sorts of fascism at all sorts of events that I throw/pay for.

There will be chicken dancing at my wedding, oh yes there will.

I applaud the fascism, but critiquing weddings is also a time-honored custom.

Announcement: OMG, my new neighbor is just.so.loud., and the people next to him are all talking louder because of him.

Analysis: shutupShutUpSHUTUP