So no need to get confused with the blog title, I am not engaged yet.
But that is what my weekend consisted of, living in Pakistan, you would know how late the wedding/engagement functions tend to end and on top of that, we have 2 functions on separate days for engagements. I don't get thee point of 2 days thing. I mean why not just have one big bash and have the ceremony. That's what I plan on doing when I get engaged. Let's hope that works out for me.
Anyways, on Friday afternoon, I got call from a friend/cousin of mine inviting me to her engagement the next night (Saturday night). So, first thing, what do I wear? Obviously being a girl and obsessed with clothes. I opened my closet and picked out a black dress which I thought would be suitable since it was a dinner.
Now the surprise that I got when I reached there Saturday night. I went upstairs where the bride was getting ready and she told me I had to be her bride's maid (I don't know the proper name for the girls with the bride on her engagement). Shocked? yes! I don't know the first thing about being a bride's maid. There's a first time for everything right?
Well, we walked out to the tent with her, another cousin on her other side. We had help with her duppata (scarf) before she sat on the stage and god knows what else. Keep her gifts with us, check her make up, since it was quite hot that night. Poor girl seemed so exhausted. She had to sit up straight and that wasn't the end of it. The next day, at her in-laws, where the ring ceremony was. We had to sit like that for more than 6-7 hours. It was exhausting and tiring!
Seeing the bride, it kind of scares me because I'm not the kind to be able to sit straight like that for so long. I like to be comfortable and thank god, some families don't think it's a must for a girl to sit like that for so long. I want to be the kind of bride to be walking around and meeting all the guests and having fun rather than being uncomfortable and sitting on the stage like a statue.
Sorry for such a long post, basically what I mean to say is please change your thinking people. We're in the 21st century and gone are the days where the girls have to become a statue, can't move, can't talk! I think the bride's should be able to enjoy herself and sit however she wants. Also, the experience of being with the bride was a good one. Although, it was long but I had fun. It's special to be a part of something like that.
What are your thoughts?
But that is what my weekend consisted of, living in Pakistan, you would know how late the wedding/engagement functions tend to end and on top of that, we have 2 functions on separate days for engagements. I don't get thee point of 2 days thing. I mean why not just have one big bash and have the ceremony. That's what I plan on doing when I get engaged. Let's hope that works out for me.
Anyways, on Friday afternoon, I got call from a friend/cousin of mine inviting me to her engagement the next night (Saturday night). So, first thing, what do I wear? Obviously being a girl and obsessed with clothes. I opened my closet and picked out a black dress which I thought would be suitable since it was a dinner.
Now the surprise that I got when I reached there Saturday night. I went upstairs where the bride was getting ready and she told me I had to be her bride's maid (I don't know the proper name for the girls with the bride on her engagement). Shocked? yes! I don't know the first thing about being a bride's maid. There's a first time for everything right?
Well, we walked out to the tent with her, another cousin on her other side. We had help with her duppata (scarf) before she sat on the stage and god knows what else. Keep her gifts with us, check her make up, since it was quite hot that night. Poor girl seemed so exhausted. She had to sit up straight and that wasn't the end of it. The next day, at her in-laws, where the ring ceremony was. We had to sit like that for more than 6-7 hours. It was exhausting and tiring!
Seeing the bride, it kind of scares me because I'm not the kind to be able to sit straight like that for so long. I like to be comfortable and thank god, some families don't think it's a must for a girl to sit like that for so long. I want to be the kind of bride to be walking around and meeting all the guests and having fun rather than being uncomfortable and sitting on the stage like a statue.
Sorry for such a long post, basically what I mean to say is please change your thinking people. We're in the 21st century and gone are the days where the girls have to become a statue, can't move, can't talk! I think the bride's should be able to enjoy herself and sit however she wants. Also, the experience of being with the bride was a good one. Although, it was long but I had fun. It's special to be a part of something like that.
What are your thoughts?
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