wedding.

I’m shamelessly cribbing off Kai’s style today because I’m writing myself a post about my life instead of my usual spiel.

As you can guess from the title, two of my friends got married last weekend out in middle-of-nowhere PA, which seemed inconvenient and unnecessary until I learned that the stubbornness of the bride’s family was not as huge a limiting factor as they made it seem. In fact, the Morghan’s family regularly gathers in Indiana, PA because it’s where they’re from. Morghan’s mother was married in the exact same church, to boot. The place has sentimental value to the family, which, at least to me, seems like a more acceptable reason than “the grandparents don’t travel”.

Indiana, PA is about as “one horse town” as it gets. Think of it as on par with Ithaca and you’ve got the right idea. There’s a tiny mall (labeled mall), about five blocks of restaurants in a downtown area, and a small university. That’s about it.

The wedding itself was pretty standard fare for a Catholic wedding, complete with a shortened mass, the real differences from any other wedding I’d attended came from the reception. There are a few reasons for this.

1. The couple met at a “Regression Session” at school, which was meant to evoke childhood by offering games, cartoons, and foods from our childhood,

2. Morghan doesn’t really like to dance, and

3. There was no alcohol permitted at the reception.

When you combine those three things, you get dominoes and Connect Four instead of a dance floor.

Considering the large numerical discrepancy between available bachelorettes and bachelors who would be willing to dance, this probably wasn’t a bad thing. The wedding was still fun anyway and, most importantly, I got to see people I hadn’t seen in ages all in one place. Honestly, that’s the best thing about weddings anyway.

I’m still not sure how I feel about people my age getting married. I mean, both my cousins and at least one of my friends have found themselves divorced by now due to bad marital decisions made by people rushing into matrimony, but, at the very least, I know that Ian and Morghan make each other happy and I hope for the best for them and their marriage.