We were the negotiators - starting from an offer of "Lai See" of $99 (when the other side asked for an astronomical $9,999), Usually the deal would settle for $2,999 or $3,999.īut once a groom was so mad for the extortion and ran away. And after two full glasses of XO, I could still drive the bride's girlfriends back home.Īnother sacred duty was in the day time when we escorted the groom to the bride's house. I had a sacred duty to ganbei on behalf of the groom.īy that time, they were not so health conscious to only drink Red and White wines. However, after Shark Fin soup was served in the banquet, that was the time all those groom's buddies came to "ganbei" with the groom. The weddings that I had been as "Best Man" did not involve this kind of explicit action. It was no big deal with the groom afterwards since we were all childhood buddies, but the emcee certainly embarrassed him in front of his future in-laws! So the groom grabbed the microphone away from the emcee, and quickly changed the subject. Everyone in the reception hall cheered the bride and groom on, but the bride's parents didn't look too happy. While the bride and groom were in the process of doing the activity, the groom noticed the facial expressions of the bride's parents. ![]() Well our emcee friend made him live up to his word at the wedding reception, much to the groom's chagrin. The groom during his high school years always bragged that he wanted to do this with his future wife (something explicit that I prefer not to mention). What did that designated emcee do? He made the bride and groom do something at the reception that you would not normally do. Ian, have you ever been invited to be emcee at a wedding banquet? My friend who got married 3 weeks ago erred by choosing the wrong person (another friend of us) to be his emcee at the reception. The vows were done in accordance to the traditional Jewish ceremony.īut for Chinese wedding, even though the bride dresses in western gown in the Church in the morning, she has to change back into traditional Chinese costume during the banquet in the night time. When I do get married, most likely there will be a church ceremony (provided that my girlfriend concur) since my mother's side of the family is Christian.Ībout 15 years ago, one of my mother's close Chinese friends married a Jewish woman, and the wedding ceremony was held in the backyard of the bride's family home. However the bride and groom dressed as if they were supposed to dress in a church ceremony (tux and wedding gown), and posed for professional photography prior to the wedding reception. One of my friends who got married three weeks ago here in the States just had the wedding reception at the hotel since he was Buddhist. ![]() The remainder of us are aiming to be the next one. We all are approaching the big 30 next year, and about half of us are either married or engaged. How many of you married your spouse at the altar in a church ceremony? Depending on your culture, what traditional formalities did you have to go through prior to the reception? I have a circle of friends from high school, many of which are Buddhist, who recently tied the knot and just had the wedding reception.
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