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Don’t kid yourself and think you will eat at your wedding.

If you have the chance to put any sort of food in your mouth at your wedding, you are one of the lucky few.

Mr. Dolphin and I always said that no matter what, we would eat at our wedding. Because after all, that shiz is expensive and we were getting our…I mean, my parents’…money’s worth. Leading up to our wedding we were so sure of ourselves. We were going to tell people they need to chill so we could enjoy our fabulous stuffed chicken and spring salad, along with maybe a slice of cake or two.

Yeah, that didn’t happen.

What we did end up eating, we scarfed down like two wild hyenas who hadn’t eaten in days. Right after the speeches, our salads were set in front of us and we had a race as to which one of us could eat our salad the fastest. We probably looked crazy. I didn’t even get to finish my salad, because Mr. Dolphin won and we had to start making the rounds and saying hi to our guests (who had traveled far to celebrate with us). Okay, we didn’t HAVE to say hi to our guests, but we really really wanted to. We actually couldn’t wait to go table by table and see everyone.

And that little bit of salad is pretty much what I ate all night.

Major sadness, but I didn’t notice. We were so busy that we didn’t even feel/notice our hunger pains and tummy growls. We just wanted to make sure that everyone was having a good time, and that our guests were happy.

In fact, looking back, Mr. Dolphin and I wish we hadn’t eaten our salads, because we missed saying hello to a whole table that got up and LEFT OUR wedding before we even had a chance to say hi to them. I mean… the cake wasn’t even cut! Who leaves before the cake has been cut?! The table is still a sore subject for Mr. Dolphin and me. And it wasn’t like they were friends that left… they were family! We don’t feel bad anymore about that table, because we watched a few of them do the same thing at another family wedding we attended. So we know it wasn’t just us—they are just early birds. But, still. They didn’t even say hi to the bride and groom!

Anyways, back to the FOOD. Besides the bit of salad and one bite of cake, we didn’t eat a thing. By the time we got to our bridal condo we were STARVING. We took off our shoes and crawled around the floor (we were in that much pain) and looked around the condo for the packed up food our coordinator was supposed to leave for us. Where the heck was that food?!? Yeah… she totally forgot to pack it. So, poor Mr. Dolphin, so hungry, tired and sore, had to drive back to the clubhouse and pick up some food for us.

We ate that stuffed chicken up. Even cold, it was DELICIOUS.

Mr. Dolphin scarfing down his wedding dinner. Later we wish we had picked up 2 dinners a piece because we were starvvvving.

Yeah, I was totally in a robe at this point. The corset under my dress had left burst blood vessels on my back and small bruises. No one tells you that will happen when the alterations lady INSISTS you have to wear one so your dress will stay up. Oh yeah, and I was totally on my iPhone. I’m ridiculous and felt the need to check my email and Facebook. The next day there were TONS of pictures of our wedding up on Facebook. I was so happy our guests posted them because I was dying to see them!

Oh…and the coordinator didn’t even pack us a piece of cake! We were livid at this point. We wanted our dang cake. After all, it was our splurge item, coming in at about the same price as my wedding dress. Yeah, we totally ordered it without knowing the price. We are so bad, but it was the most delicious cake I’ve ever tasted in my life. Worth it.

Wwhat did we do the rest of our wedding night, after inhaling our dinner? We turned on  Family Guy and fell asleep 5 minutes later. Yeah…we’re wild ones!

So, I REALLY want to know. Do you have special plans to get to eat at your wedding? And if you DID get to eat at your wedding, how did you do it?!

Looking back, I think if our wedding was earlier in the day, I wouldn’t have felt rushed to see everyone and I think I could have eaten something. I think that really is how I felt for most of our wedding…rushed. Time flies faster than you can ever imagine.