Wedding Blog

A little SATC love today - Does anyone else totally love
Anthony and Miranda sitting next to eachother? Imagine the snark!

As Mr. Hummingbird and I are keeners, over Christmas break, we started seriously discussing our wedding guestlist and who would be sitting where, provided everyone we invited came (I know this is highly unlikely, especially considering our family and friends are spread out across Canada and into the States).

When we got to the table that would be headed by my parents we realized that, with the addition of my Godmother Hummingbird (who we really wanted to sit there since she only knows my parents), the table would be left with an odd number of people.

We were standing in my parents’ kitchen, hashing out what we should do about table numbers when my mom walked in and suggested we invite my dad’s friend Watson* to round things out. I’ve always really liked Watson* and since my parents haven’t asked us to invite anyone to the wedding, we felt game adding another to the guest list.

“Besides,” said my mom, grinning michieviously, “you can seat him next to Godmother Hummingbird.”

I know my mom was only jokingly matchmaking, but her idea actually wasn’t a bad one. Watson* got divorced a few years ago, Godmother Hummingbird is single and thinking about it, they really would get along. Plus, it would be kind of cool if they ended up meeting and hitting it off.

From there, we started mentally matching people up. My awesome work friend Leila* and my adorable programmer friend Dan*? Mr. Hummingbird’s friend Reesa* and my cousin Matthew*? Lewis* and Christine*? Katherine* and Stu*?

I’ve never set any of my friends up in real life but what if, at the wedding, they happened to meet when strategically seated near each other and they got along? There are a lot worse places to meet someone and at least the other person has been somewhat vetted for you if they know one of your friends.

After hashing things out for a bit, we finally started playing with our seating chart and seeing who might work with who.

Best case scenario - two of our beloved friends meet and hit it off. Worst case scenario - they sit next to each other during a meal one time and never have to see each other again.

I don’t want to be a pain and I definitely don’t want to awkwardly interfere or pressure the day of the wedding (”Say Kimberly*, have you met David*? He likes The Kinks too!”) but I have to admit, I would really enjoy seeing some of my awesome single friends meet someone who loves and appreciates them the way they deserve.

So how about it ladies? Have any of you made love connections during someone else’s wedding? Have any of you got single seating plans? I seriously can’t be the only one playing cupid, can I?

*All of the names have been changed to protect the easily embarrassed (and also to maintain the element of surprise. )

(P.S. Thanks to all the ladies and gents who came out for my chat featuring Mr. Hummingbird and my friend Kim last night. We got a little silly at times, but the three of us had an absolute blast talking to everybody!)