2 posts tagged “weddings”

Meant to post about this a long time ago: Sex and the City movie trailer! Yea!!

Last night I went to see Charlie Wilson's War. It was pretty good. The best laugh I got, though, was from the trailer for 27 Dresses.
       [Some random woman]: It must be so hard to watch your younger sister get married before you.
       Katherine Heigl: Yes, then I remember that I still get to have hot hate sex with random strangers and I feel so much better.

I'm definitely going to have to work that into my Maid of Honor speech.

Every now and then I spend some time Googling friends I haven't seen/heard from in a while. This afternoon the target of my search was someone who can best be described as an ex-boyfriend. Surprise! I found his wedding pictures. Despite all my issues with people getting married, I found myself feeling nothing less than happy for him. He is practically glowing in the photos. I never, ever, saw him smile like that. When mutual friends of ours got married about 6 years ago, "Boy" was one of the groomsmen. Due to his countenance in a photo of the entire wedding party, he was nicknamed "The Undertaker". If his bride can make him smile like that, she must truly be the one for him.

"Boy" and I were never meant to be. It was quite clear to me, but he was so desperate to be in a relationship that he ignored the fact I was just using him for free meals and movie tickets (he always insisted on paying for everything, which worked for me). "Boy" preferred the chain restaurants, and was always noticeably uncomfortable when I chose something more upscale. There were very few topics we could discuss, and we pretty much had the same conversation every time we went out. He likes the military and voted for Bush in 2004 (under my influence he voted for Gore in '00, but later, as the chads hung, became disappointed with his decision). A few years ago he was contemplating joining the NRA so he could participate in some sort of rifle competition. As I said, we were not meant to be.

There were times in the past two years that I wondered if he were silly enough to be waiting around for me to move back to CT so we could be together. I am incredibly relieved to know that he wasn't. I'm a little disappointed that he didn't tell me about the wedding, he just ignored my emails for the past year. But judging by the photos - their reception was in a place I would never step foot - "Boy" found someone who is a great fit for him, and that is all you ever want for your friends, right?