Attending a wedding this weekend reminded me of some of the really bad advice I received when we got married. A classic was at a restaurant on our honeymoon when the waiter told us, “Enjoy the first year because it’s the best one.” (That is so not true!) Another bit of garbage advice was the mail-order minister (divorced) at my friend’s wedding who during the ceremony told the young couple, “You need to make sure you give each other plenty of me-time.” So much for two becoming one…
What about you? What’s the worst wedding advice you’ve ever heard or been given? Tell us in the comments.
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I don’t think I can repeat it in public.
A friend got married from my house – my main task was to make sure her mother didn’t prevent her from getting to the church … the mother to the daughter over breakfast before the ceremony
“well my only consolation is that in this church everyone is divorced anyway”
pleased to say friend and hubby have just celebrated 20 years, have two children and are both ordained
hmmm – glad they didn’t listen
and dear old lovely momma (in this case not) is dead
lol
I got only good advice at my wedding, some of which came from Kenneth L Pike: “when you spat, don’t both spat at the same time.”
And I will say that our first year of marriage was the worst, by far. Ah, expectations… God helped us to mellow out a bit and eventually the kids erased a bit of our selfishness, so that helped too. I use this line as a wedding blessing: May your first year of marriage be your worst.
Yeah, on the field Hilary have a saying like that: “Only one person can have a breakdown at a time. And right now, it’s my turn!!!”