Weddingbee Blog

The boys have planned their bachelor party. I don’t have any details, except that they have rented an 8 passenger van to pick up Best Man #1 at the airport at 6am (he’s flying in from San Diego) and head straight to Montreal. The roadtrip is estimated to be 7 hours going and coming. That’s 14 hours of driving time in 2 days. Upon arrival, Best Man #2 has plans in the works, which are a secret to both Mr. Violet & myself. I’m not worried about what they’ll do when they’re in Montreal, I’m just worried about them getting back in time in a fairly presentable state (not haggard & drunk or even sick from the drive), as our wedding is the following day!

Coincidentally, they are getting their tuxes two days before they leave. Unfortunately, Best Man #1 will not be able to try it on for changes because he’s not coming until the day they leave for the trip. And if the other boys need to alter anything on their tuxes, they’ll have to make sure they get back in time the day before the wedding to pick it up.

When I mentioned these two issues to my dear groom, he got upset with me. He was upset because he thought I was trying to sabotage his party, which I clearly was not. If you’re a bride, wouldn’t you worry about these things? Thus far, I’ve been pretty calm and laid back about how things have been going (mainly because I had control over most of those things), but this time around I have no control. Worst of all, we are cutting it pretty close to the already small amount of time left, should they need another altering.

I wouldn’t have worried too much about the altering if the boys hadn’t come back to me this past Sunday, all with horrible stories about their tailoring experience. I hope in the end, they were only exaggerating and their tuxes all fit them properly. Most of our boys are tall so photos of short sleeves and legs are not too flattering in my mind right now.

I probably shouldn’t have said it, but I told my groom that if he’s late to the wedding, I’m not marrying him. Yes it was a threat and he got pretty pissed off at me, but I really wanted to make sure he understood how serious it could be. He later apologized and promised that I not need to worry.. so at this point, I won’t worry. Case closed.