July 29, 2003
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What is your fondest wedding memory? (Here's to you Shayna & Jaggar)

After my husband and I got married. We went back to his rented house 0 which was now my home too. He had a bottle of champagne and Jorma Kaukonen's Quah album on the turntable and played Genesis - which was a song of ours. I burst into tears.

Janet, 45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

Of my wedding? The whole thing, I guess. We went to a state park and got married and then our witnesses took us to Bonanza in Des Moines for lunch.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

I don't have any.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

*snort*

Tam

I threw my bridal bouquet backwards up over my head, and when I turned around, my sister had it. We ran to each other and hugged.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

Looking back on the pictures could I have ever been so thin and so young?

Laney, 60
TX USA

A ring bearer with poison ivy and a bride who didn't care.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

I was about 8 at the last wedding I attended, so I don't really remember. A cousin in New Zealand is getting married next year, though, so that'll be quite memorable if I go.

Aly, 17
Cardiff UK

Other than my own... I was 8 years old when my oldest brother married. I was allowed to go to the reception and shortly after dinner, I was asked to go with my brother and his wife where we had out picture taken near a bridge that went over a stream of water inside the restaurant (pretty cool for an 8 year old). When we came back from the picture taking, everyone was eating icky wedding cake, but I had a fancy dish of ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top. And the waiter kept bringing me Shirley Temples. I felt so grown up drinking cocktails with all the adults.

Laura, 38
Lowell, MA USA

We are approaching our second wedding anniversary in September and there are too many to single out one fondest memory. But I will share a story of love. My best friend, Ellen, was my matron of honor. She volunteered to do the flowers for my wedding too. We were to be married on Sept. 22, 2001. Along came Sept. 11, 2001, and suddenly no planes were bringing stargazer lilies from Holland. We made alternate plans, but this was a blow to me because the one
thing I could always picture about my wedding was me carrying a bouquet of stargazer lilies. The day before the wedding we went to the florist to get the flowers and she greeted us with a twinkle in her eye. Somehow she managed to get a dozen stargazers. The bad news is that they were still largely buds. Ellen stayed up practically all night coxing those flowers with warm water and a blow dryer and managed to get enough to bloom to make the most beautiful bouquet I have ever seen. I've got a million stories just as great. It was a wonderful wedding.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

My own wedding memory 52 days ago.

Stephanie, 27
TX USA

I guess seeing my little sister get married. I really don't like weddings, tho.

A-Dog, 20
Eugene, OR USA

That's too personal! But I treasure the moment of repeating our vows with my uncle officiating.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

Since I'm not married myself, I would say the week I spend working with my sister to prepare of her wedding. I was one of the most enjoyable family times I have ever had.

Felicia, 37
Lowell, MA USA

My fondest wedding memory is watching my friend, Rosemary, get married. She's the first in her family to 'get hitched.' Everyone so far has been either a nun or just stayed single (no one asked them).

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

Yesterday / Tomorrow