May 28, 2025 • 19 mins
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Amanda shares a memorable wedding story where the mother of the bride was significantly intoxicated during the ceremony, offering thoughtful reflections on how alcohol impacts wedding celebrations.
• The mother of the bride had consumed too much champagne during morning preparations
• She treated the wedding ceremony like a call-and-response church service, vocally responding to the officiant
• The groom responded to the situation with remarkable grace, telling his embarrassed bride "She's our family"
• Alcohol is deeply embedded in American celebration culture, particularly at weddings
• Different drinking patterns often emerge between bridesmaids (mimosas, white claws) and groomsmen (shots, beer)
• Legal concerns arise when wedding participants are too intoxicated - couples cannot legally consent to marriage while drunk
• Practical tips for managing alcohol at weddings include limiting quantities, choosing pre-portioned drinks, and assessing your guest list
• Amanda suggests June might become "the month of we listen and we don't judge" for the podcast
If you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast, just send an email to theweddingwherepodcast@gmail.com, and if you're ready to inquire about officiating services for your own big day, you can reach me at officiatingbyamanda@gmail.com.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to the Wedding Ware.
With officiating by Amanda theWedding Ware, the mother of the
bride was drunk.
Welcome back everybody to theWedding Wear.
(00:25):
After I put out the lastepisode, which was the Wedding
Wear, the groom had a black eyeand we really followed with a
lot of we listen and we don'tjudge.
I got to thinking about some ofmy other weddings where the
same could be said, times whereI had to put myself to the side
(00:48):
because it is not my place tojudge, and really let the couple
figure out how this was goingto impact them, if it was going
to impact them, and somehonestly bright light that came
through with it all.
So let me dive on in for you.
I did a wedding a few years agoreally great couple.
(01:11):
I'd gotten them through afriend of a friend reference, so
kind of knew some of the samepeople, but I didn't really know
them, I didn't really knowtheir family, and when I showed
up at the venue it wasinteresting to say the least.
So I'm normally used to when Ishow up I go first to see the
(01:35):
bride.
Often that's the person whoI've been in contact with the
most and who's booked me andwhen I go in.
There's the champagne bottlesor some mimosas left out or some
white claws.
Drinks are present in weddings.
They don't have to be.
There's no rule that says thatyou have to drink.
(01:57):
In fact, if you get too drunk Ican't marry you.
You are not legally able toconsent to marriage.
But I digress.
Alcohol has, in our culture,become so much a part of
celebrations.
There's toasts and cheers,there's champagne on New Year's,
there's 21st birthdays whereyou can go to bars and mix
(02:21):
drinks.
Alcohol is tied into a lot ofcelebratory events and weddings
are no different than that.
And bridal parties, thebridesmaids versus the groomsmen
.
They have different types ofdrinks that they'll drink and
different quantities.
I will say so typically when Ishow up, the bridesmaids have,
(02:43):
you know, a couple champagnebottles empty, half full.
They've got their mimosas madeup.
There's a few white claws orsome lighter mixed drinks
nothing crazy.
And typically when I go down tovisit the boys, in whatever
room or space they're in,there's flasks, little shot
bottles, there's beer, lots ofbeer, lots of things of beer.
(03:08):
I've even done some weddingswhere multiple coolers have been
down in the groom's get-readyspace versus like two bottles of
wine up with the bridesmaids.
So I always prepare myself that, okay, the best man or the
groom you know might have had alittle bit more to drink than
(03:30):
one of the bridesmaids, and Iprepare my brain for those sorts
of interactions.
I might have to repeat myselfmore often, I might have to
simplify my requests or be readyto put up with some drunken
individuals.
I don't ever really allot forpeople outside of the bridal
(03:52):
party to be intoxicated, atleast not going into the
ceremony Like guests.
You were getting ready in themorning, you were driving in,
you were doing kind ofeverything you were supposed to.
You shouldn't potentially be afew bottles in.
But I do say this rememberingthe first wedding I was invited
(04:16):
to after college Very, very dearfriend of mine and I.
We pre-gamed the wedding.
It was after a six-hour driveand a whole hotel room kerfuffle
the night before with little tono sleep.
But looking back, as I justsaid, I don't normally see
people drunk for the ceremony.
I'm acknowledging there was atleast one wedding I attended
(04:38):
where, yeah, I don't practicewhat I preach.
Anyhow, this wedding I walked in.
Okay, bride might have a fewquestions.
I might need to touch base on afew things.
All seemed well, go down to thegroom and the groomsmen.
They're all good, they'reshooting the breeze, they're
(04:59):
having a great time.
And then I bumped into themother of the bride and she had
been getting ready with thegirls all morning.
Her hair was done, her makeup'sdone, beautiful outfit.
After I kind of brushed intoher, she was complaining a
little bit about her shoes.
And again, this isn't a woman,I know, I haven't really met her
(05:19):
before, but you could tellsomething was a little different
, a little off, and it's totallyunderstandable for her to have
a drink or two the morning ofher daughter's wedding,
certainly in celebration, whileeveryone's getting ready,
certainly while nerves arehappening.
(05:42):
Nerves are happening.
Keep your hands busy, keep yourmouth busy, keep yourself kind
of focused.
No-transcript put a significantdent into one of the champagne
(06:02):
bottles, so much so that she hadto have additional assistance
being escorted down the aisle.
And there I was watching it andlike, oh okay, two plus two
equals four.
I get it now.
Awesome.
And of course Mother of theBride seated in the front row
(06:23):
and we went on with the weddingand by and large it was a very
beautiful wedding.
The sky was clear up untilalmost the very end.
The wind picked up a little bitat the end.
So it was great for, like theveil, for the veil of the bride
to flow, but then no rain untilwe were all back inside.
But I was definitely a littledistracted by the mother of the
(06:47):
bride and her level ofintoxication as I was going
through the ceremony.
She thought that she was in aprobably a Baptist church, like
a big Southern Baptist church,where if the pastor or preacher
says something it is very commonto announce your approval.
(07:10):
Yeah, okay, amen, you know.
Yep, she did that throughoutthe ceremony.
I haven't often done passageI'll have to cover it on episode
but I read out marriage is thelittle things.
It's never being too old tohold hands, it's remembering to
(07:31):
say I love you, it's puttingeach other first and finding the
best in each other, even if youcan't find good in yourself.
Just some really great words ofwisdom.
And for pretty much every otherone, as soon as I ended the
sentence, the mother of thebride went.
It is you, betcha, you knowvery loud.
(07:55):
I've had family membersespecially in the front row
because I can see them veryclearly who nod, or you know I
can tell that they have agreedwith what I was saying.
This was the first time I everhad some feedback and he
chuckled.
The first time, third, fourth,fifth time.
I'm like okay.
And each time that she saidsomething, the bride just got
(08:18):
redder and redder.
I wish that the handheldmicrophone I had was not picking
up the little things that thecouple was saying to each other,
but I wish that it really had,because the groom did something
so fantastic in this situationon this day, because it so
(08:38):
easily could have been oh mygosh, it's our wedding day and
we spent all this money and yourmother's drunk and instead he
just held her hands and therewas a portion in the vows about
your families are now togetherand are now blended.
And I think he really took thatto heart.
A few moments later, when we'rehearing from the peanut gallery
(09:02):
, his now mother-in-law, thebride's like I'm so sorry, and
he just held her arms and saidshe's our family and I loved
that, not putting any well, youdid it or she's your mother,
just such a genuine hey, it'sokay, we got this.
Yep, she's both of ours.
(09:24):
Oh man, I wish I wasn't onetrying to get through the rest
of the ceremony, two, distractedand wondering what I was going
to hear next from the mother ofthe bride that I could have like
stopped the presses and hadthat published because it was
really great.
That's the right way to havehandled that situation.
But in the time since, I'vegotten to thinking how to not
(09:50):
even get in those situations,and so again, this is my take it
or leave it advice for anybodyplanning a wedding in a wedding,
thinking one day maybe awedding, or even if you reflect
back on your own wedding, I'dlove to hear would this have
worked for whatever situationsyou might have had going.
So, like we said, alcohol isvery enriched in the celebratory
(10:17):
aspects of America, of a lot ofcountries, and I don't know how
to stop that or even if I wouldwant to stop that.
I'm a girl who likes a mixeddrink and a wine and a few wines
, but it is really to not bedrunk, for nobody to be drunk,
(10:45):
ahead of and going into theceremony, for many different
reasons.
One is if they're walkinganywhere, they trip, they fall,
they you know more safetyprecautions than not.
The other is what you say.
Your actions are off and on aday that has so much focus, had
(11:07):
so much finances spent, it'sreally not what you want to be
doing marry you, I'll get upthere and I will do a ceremony,
(11:27):
but I cannot take your I do asbeing a commitment that you
entered into soberly.
I can't sign the license.
We will reschedule that, thepaperwork portion of it.
But yeah, yikes, you can't dothat.
You have to come of your ownfree will and volition and
soberly declare your intent tomarry.
Now I don't care breathalyzerwith me, but after many years
(11:52):
being in a sorority, spending afair amount of time in a
fraternity basement, and threeand a half years being in charge
of fraternity and sorority lifeat a college being in charge of
fraternity and sorority life ata college I'm pretty good at
knowing the difference between.
I had a celebratory drink as Igot ready this morning, but I am
here and ready to commit myselfto the love of my life and I
(12:15):
will not mispronounce their nameor stumble or slur over my
words or butcher anything versus.
I am drunk and I cannot stringa coherent sentence together and
things are really needing toget repeated.
It's also in my purview that if, two seconds before we walked
(12:36):
down the aisle, I watched youchug a beer yeah, I was there, I
saw it.
Maybe we don't do it like this.
So how do you control alcohol?
One of my things would bedefinitely take stock of the
vibe that you want for the day.
(12:56):
If you're really okay witheveryone being loose, relaxed,
you know, chill, calm, and fromyour group of friends, from your
family, your bridal party,everything you believe that that
is how they can function whenthey've had a few drinks in them
, okay, that is totally yourcall.
(13:18):
You know them better than I do.
But in assessing, if you startto think, well, you know few of
these people.
For personal reasons, religiousreasons, medical reasons, don't
drink.
So I mean we don't even have tothink about including them in
for alcohol.
And this other group of people,I mean they might have a drink
(13:39):
or they should maybe only have adrink.
Maybe you limit the quantity.
Maybe, instead of bringingcases and cases of beer maybe
it's a case Instead of doing25-year-old aged whiskey, maybe
you stick with like a cheaperwhiskey and mix it with some
(14:03):
some coke or rum not rum mix itwith a soda and just kind of
keep it level.
Plus, if you do something thatis a hard liquor but you're not
doing shots with it, you woulddo more of a mixed drink.
Your other participant in thecelebratory drink can control
how much alcohol they do ordon't want.
(14:26):
So that has its pros and it alsohas its cons, because in the
case of this story, the motherof the bride had access to all
the same mimosa supplies aseveryone else.
She just was a little heavierhanded with her pours and no one
was watching.
I mean, she wouldn't have to bewatched.
She's the mother of the bride,she's not like a 14-year-old
(14:47):
junior bridesmaid that you think, oh, did you get into the
alcohol?
Or even just going with like apre-made drink, pre-portioned
allotment, what's there?
Is there when it's gone?
It's gone Like a Trulies or anAngry Orchard, a hard cider or
something like that, where thealcohol content is already
(15:09):
figured out.
And if you only got a case ofit, hey, two per person, okay,
we're done, just some littlethings and maybe you go.
Yeah, that's an awful lot ofstress and prep over something
that will probably never happen.
Hey, if you know your group,that is awesome.
I wholeheartedly hope that youtotally shelved this advice and
(15:29):
you don't give it a day'sthought, because I wouldn't have
.
But then I did this wedding andwatched the bright red cheeks of
the bride, listened to themother of the bride shout back
from within the aisle.
And thankfully it was only that, because I in my head, from
(15:51):
that moment on, had a millionmore ways it could have gone
really wrong.
I know of weddings that havehad fights at the receptions.
The amount of alcohol peoplehave had have gotten people into
some real big trouble, myselfincluded.
I've been no saint withdrinking or with weddings.
(16:12):
So all of that to say it'ssomething to take into
consideration and know that, asa couple, whatever decision you
make is valid, whether you sayhey, we're not drinking, whether
you say hey, only this.
I had to do it with my ownwedding.
I don't do tequila.
One of my bridesmaids isobsessed with tequila.
(16:35):
That is all that she drinks.
She showed up with many bottlesof when we got ready, of
tequila, and I was like I willpartake, but somebody get me
something else.
Somebody get me a vodka,cranberry, somebody get me
something else.
I don't want to miss thismoment of cheersing and being
celebratory, but here's my lineI will not do this or that.
(17:00):
What are your thoughts If you'vealready gotten married?
Was there somebody a little toomany drinks in?
Please tell me it wasn't beforethe ceremony.
Tell me.
They saved it to the receptionand they had themselves a
rocking good time there.
What would you do if you were?
I don't know if you rose backfrom this mother of the bride
(17:21):
who thought it was a call andresponse program.
I'm really interested to hearwhat everybody thinks on this
episode.
And remember we listen and wedon't judge.
We think about how it couldimpact our world and if there
(17:43):
are any adjustments, it meansthat we would make for our
future weddings or our futureparticipation in weddings,
weddings or our futureparticipation in weddings.
But we listen and we don'tjudge.
And I'm going to see.
I kind of like this theming forthese stories, so I'm going to
see, maybe if I can come up withanother few.
Maybe June is the month of welisten and we don't judge, but
(18:06):
until next time.
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This has been Amanda.
Welcome to the Wedding Ware.
With officiating by Amanda theWedding Ware, the mother of the
bride was drunk.
Welcome back everybody to theWedding Wear.
(00:25):
After I put out the lastepisode, which was the Wedding
Wear, the groom had a black eyeand we really followed with a
lot of we listen and we don'tjudge.
I got to thinking about some ofmy other weddings where the
same could be said, times whereI had to put myself to the side
(00:48):
because it is not my place tojudge, and really let the couple
figure out how this was goingto impact them, if it was going
to impact them, and somehonestly bright light that came
through with it all.
So let me dive on in for you.
I did a wedding a few years agoreally great couple.
(01:11):
I'd gotten them through afriend of a friend reference, so
kind of knew some of the samepeople, but I didn't really know
them, I didn't really knowtheir family, and when I showed
up at the venue it wasinteresting to say the least.
So I'm normally used to when Ishow up I go first to see the
(01:35):
bride.
Often that's the person whoI've been in contact with the
most and who's booked me andwhen I go in.
There's the champagne bottlesor some mimosas left out or some
white claws.
Drinks are present in weddings.
They don't have to be.
There's no rule that says thatyou have to drink.
(01:57):
In fact, if you get too drunk Ican't marry you.
You are not legally able toconsent to marriage.
But I digress.
Alcohol has, in our culture,become so much a part of
celebrations.
There's toasts and cheers,there's champagne on New Year's,
there's 21st birthdays whereyou can go to bars and mix
(02:21):
drinks.
Alcohol is tied into a lot ofcelebratory events and weddings
are no different than that.
And bridal parties, thebridesmaids versus the groomsmen
.
They have different types ofdrinks that they'll drink and
different quantities.
I will say so typically when Ishow up, the bridesmaids have,
(02:43):
you know, a couple champagnebottles empty, half full.
They've got their mimosas madeup.
There's a few white claws orsome lighter mixed drinks
nothing crazy.
And typically when I go down tovisit the boys, in whatever
room or space they're in,there's flasks, little shot
bottles, there's beer, lots ofbeer, lots of things of beer.
(03:08):
I've even done some weddingswhere multiple coolers have been
down in the groom's get-readyspace versus like two bottles of
wine up with the bridesmaids.
So I always prepare myself that, okay, the best man or the
groom you know might have had alittle bit more to drink than
(03:30):
one of the bridesmaids, and Iprepare my brain for those sorts
of interactions.
I might have to repeat myselfmore often, I might have to
simplify my requests or be readyto put up with some drunken
individuals.
I don't ever really allot forpeople outside of the bridal
(03:52):
party to be intoxicated, atleast not going into the
ceremony Like guests.
You were getting ready in themorning, you were driving in,
you were doing kind ofeverything you were supposed to.
You shouldn't potentially be afew bottles in.
But I do say this rememberingthe first wedding I was invited
(04:16):
to after college Very, very dearfriend of mine and I.
We pre-gamed the wedding.
It was after a six-hour driveand a whole hotel room kerfuffle
the night before with little tono sleep.
But looking back, as I justsaid, I don't normally see
people drunk for the ceremony.
I'm acknowledging there was atleast one wedding I attended
(04:38):
where, yeah, I don't practicewhat I preach.
Anyhow, this wedding I walked in.
Okay, bride might have a fewquestions.
I might need to touch base on afew things.
All seemed well, go down to thegroom and the groomsmen.
They're all good, they'reshooting the breeze, they're
(04:59):
having a great time.
And then I bumped into themother of the bride and she had
been getting ready with thegirls all morning.
Her hair was done, her makeup'sdone, beautiful outfit.
After I kind of brushed intoher, she was complaining a
little bit about her shoes.
And again, this isn't a woman,I know, I haven't really met her
(05:19):
before, but you could tellsomething was a little different
, a little off, and it's totallyunderstandable for her to have
a drink or two the morning ofher daughter's wedding,
certainly in celebration, whileeveryone's getting ready,
certainly while nerves arehappening.
(05:42):
Nerves are happening.
Keep your hands busy, keep yourmouth busy, keep yourself kind
of focused.
No-transcript put a significantdent into one of the champagne
(06:02):
bottles, so much so that she hadto have additional assistance
being escorted down the aisle.
And there I was watching it andlike, oh okay, two plus two
equals four.
I get it now.
Awesome.
And of course Mother of theBride seated in the front row
(06:23):
and we went on with the weddingand by and large it was a very
beautiful wedding.
The sky was clear up untilalmost the very end.
The wind picked up a little bitat the end.
So it was great for, like theveil, for the veil of the bride
to flow, but then no rain untilwe were all back inside.
But I was definitely a littledistracted by the mother of the
(06:47):
bride and her level ofintoxication as I was going
through the ceremony.
She thought that she was in aprobably a Baptist church, like
a big Southern Baptist church,where if the pastor or preacher
says something it is very commonto announce your approval.
(07:10):
Yeah, okay, amen, you know.
Yep, she did that throughoutthe ceremony.
I haven't often done passageI'll have to cover it on episode
but I read out marriage is thelittle things.
It's never being too old tohold hands, it's remembering to
(07:31):
say I love you, it's puttingeach other first and finding the
best in each other, even if youcan't find good in yourself.
Just some really great words ofwisdom.
And for pretty much every otherone, as soon as I ended the
sentence, the mother of thebride went.
It is you, betcha, you knowvery loud.
(07:55):
I've had family membersespecially in the front row
because I can see them veryclearly who nod, or you know I
can tell that they have agreedwith what I was saying.
This was the first time I everhad some feedback and he
chuckled.
The first time, third, fourth,fifth time.
I'm like okay.
And each time that she saidsomething, the bride just got
(08:18):
redder and redder.
I wish that the handheldmicrophone I had was not picking
up the little things that thecouple was saying to each other,
but I wish that it really had,because the groom did something
so fantastic in this situationon this day, because it so
(08:38):
easily could have been oh mygosh, it's our wedding day and
we spent all this money and yourmother's drunk and instead he
just held her hands and therewas a portion in the vows about
your families are now togetherand are now blended.
And I think he really took thatto heart.
A few moments later, when we'rehearing from the peanut gallery
(09:02):
, his now mother-in-law, thebride's like I'm so sorry, and
he just held her arms and saidshe's our family and I loved
that, not putting any well, youdid it or she's your mother,
just such a genuine hey, it'sokay, we got this.
Yep, she's both of ours.
(09:24):
Oh man, I wish I wasn't onetrying to get through the rest
of the ceremony, two, distractedand wondering what I was going
to hear next from the mother ofthe bride that I could have like
stopped the presses and hadthat published because it was
really great.
That's the right way to havehandled that situation.
But in the time since, I'vegotten to thinking how to not
(09:50):
even get in those situations,and so again, this is my take it
or leave it advice for anybodyplanning a wedding in a wedding,
thinking one day maybe awedding, or even if you reflect
back on your own wedding, I'dlove to hear would this have
worked for whatever situationsyou might have had going.
So, like we said, alcohol isvery enriched in the celebratory
(10:17):
aspects of America, of a lot ofcountries, and I don't know how
to stop that or even if I wouldwant to stop that.
I'm a girl who likes a mixeddrink and a wine and a few wines
, but it is really to not bedrunk, for nobody to be drunk,
(10:45):
ahead of and going into theceremony, for many different
reasons.
One is if they're walkinganywhere, they trip, they fall,
they you know more safetyprecautions than not.
The other is what you say.
Your actions are off and on aday that has so much focus, had
(11:07):
so much finances spent, it'sreally not what you want to be
doing marry you, I'll get upthere and I will do a ceremony,
(11:27):
but I cannot take your I do asbeing a commitment that you
entered into soberly.
I can't sign the license.
We will reschedule that, thepaperwork portion of it.
But yeah, yikes, you can't dothat.
You have to come of your ownfree will and volition and
soberly declare your intent tomarry.
Now I don't care breathalyzerwith me, but after many years
(11:52):
being in a sorority, spending afair amount of time in a
fraternity basement, and threeand a half years being in charge
of fraternity and sorority lifeat a college being in charge of
fraternity and sorority life ata college I'm pretty good at
knowing the difference between.
I had a celebratory drink as Igot ready this morning, but I am
here and ready to commit myselfto the love of my life and I
(12:15):
will not mispronounce their nameor stumble or slur over my
words or butcher anything versus.
I am drunk and I cannot stringa coherent sentence together and
things are really needing toget repeated.
It's also in my purview that if, two seconds before we walked
(12:36):
down the aisle, I watched youchug a beer yeah, I was there, I
saw it.
Maybe we don't do it like this.
So how do you control alcohol?
One of my things would bedefinitely take stock of the
vibe that you want for the day.
(12:56):
If you're really okay witheveryone being loose, relaxed,
you know, chill, calm, and fromyour group of friends, from your
family, your bridal party,everything you believe that that
is how they can function whenthey've had a few drinks in them
, okay, that is totally yourcall.
(13:18):
You know them better than I do.
But in assessing, if you startto think, well, you know few of
these people.
For personal reasons, religiousreasons, medical reasons, don't
drink.
So I mean we don't even have tothink about including them in
for alcohol.
And this other group of people,I mean they might have a drink
(13:39):
or they should maybe only have adrink.
Maybe you limit the quantity.
Maybe, instead of bringingcases and cases of beer maybe
it's a case Instead of doing25-year-old aged whiskey, maybe
you stick with like a cheaperwhiskey and mix it with some
(14:03):
some coke or rum not rum mix itwith a soda and just kind of
keep it level.
Plus, if you do something thatis a hard liquor but you're not
doing shots with it, you woulddo more of a mixed drink.
Your other participant in thecelebratory drink can control
how much alcohol they do ordon't want.
(14:26):
So that has its pros and it alsohas its cons, because in the
case of this story, the motherof the bride had access to all
the same mimosa supplies aseveryone else.
She just was a little heavierhanded with her pours and no one
was watching.
I mean, she wouldn't have to bewatched.
She's the mother of the bride,she's not like a 14-year-old
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junior bridesmaid that you think, oh, did you get into the
alcohol?
Or even just going with like apre-made drink, pre-portioned
allotment, what's there?
Is there when it's gone?
It's gone Like a Trulies or anAngry Orchard, a hard cider or
something like that, where thealcohol content is already
(15:09):
figured out.
And if you only got a case ofit, hey, two per person, okay,
we're done, just some littlethings and maybe you go.
Yeah, that's an awful lot ofstress and prep over something
that will probably never happen.
Hey, if you know your group,that is awesome.
I wholeheartedly hope that youtotally shelved this advice and
(15:29):
you don't give it a day'sthought, because I wouldn't have
.
But then I did this wedding andwatched the bright red cheeks of
the bride, listened to themother of the bride shout back
from within the aisle.
And thankfully it was only that, because I in my head, from
(15:51):
that moment on, had a millionmore ways it could have gone
really wrong.
I know of weddings that havehad fights at the receptions.
The amount of alcohol peoplehave had have gotten people into
some real big trouble, myselfincluded.
I've been no saint withdrinking or with weddings.
(16:12):
So all of that to say it'ssomething to take into
consideration and know that, asa couple, whatever decision you
make is valid, whether you sayhey, we're not drinking, whether
you say hey, only this.
I had to do it with my ownwedding.
I don't do tequila.
One of my bridesmaids isobsessed with tequila.
(16:35):
That is all that she drinks.
She showed up with many bottlesof when we got ready, of
tequila, and I was like I willpartake, but somebody get me
something else.
Somebody get me a vodka,cranberry, somebody get me
something else.
I don't want to miss thismoment of cheersing and being
celebratory, but here's my lineI will not do this or that.
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What are your thoughts If you'vealready gotten married?
Was there somebody a little toomany drinks in?
Please tell me it wasn't beforethe ceremony.
Tell me.
They saved it to the receptionand they had themselves a
rocking good time there.
What would you do if you were?
I don't know if you rose backfrom this mother of the bride
(17:21):
who thought it was a call andresponse program.
I'm really interested to hearwhat everybody thinks on this
episode.
And remember we listen and wedon't judge.
We think about how it couldimpact our world and if there
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are any adjustments, it meansthat we would make for our
future weddings or our futureparticipation in weddings,
weddings or our futureparticipation in weddings.
But we listen and we don'tjudge.
And I'm going to see.
I kind of like this theming forthese stories, so I'm going to
see, maybe if I can come up withanother few.
Maybe June is the month of welisten and we don't judge, but
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until next time.
This has been Amanda.
Thank you for listening to theWedding Wear with Officiating by
Amanda.
I hope you enjoyed today'sepisode and found some
inspiration or insight for yourown special day.
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