50th Wedding Anniversary-Cheaters, Haters And Egg Salad.
Earlier this evening my aunt and uncle renewed their wedding vows in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. I wasn’t going to attend until I found out about the fights going on between my cousins and who was paying for the shindig. It’s always important to be there to watch a family fight. According to my mom, my aunt, (her sister-in-law), invited 200 people. 200 people to watch wedding vows said 50 years after the fact. The issue is- my uncle somewhere along the line forgot these vows and went astray- to put it mildly. 50 years of marriage is hard to fathom. Neither are saints, but when everyone knows you have cheated on your spouse- how can you stand in front of God and state how much you love your wife? My uncle had no problem. To each his own.
As for the arguments amongst my cousins. The four of them do not get along most of the time, let alone when it comes to organizing an event. One was left paying for the catering, (more on that in a moment), and decorating. One of her sisters told her, “Mom doesn’t want finger foods, so we need someone to cater.” Having an occasion catered is expensive, more-so when 200 people have been invited. But, alas, my cousin found someone to cater-she’s yet to receive the money from her sisters. She stayed up until 3:30am decorating and was back out at 6:30am to finish. No one else helped. What a tight family bond they have-makes me feel comfortable in the fact that I’m an only child. Needless to say, by the end of the night the four of them were not on speaking terms.
The food. My idea of having someone cater-they give you a menu of the food items they serve and you choose. Am I right? Tonight, we had, crab salad, that I didn’t touch because I don’t like crab meat and I was told it was horrible, pasta salad with tough pasta, a cheese ball, meatballs and egg salad on croissants. Egg salad. Who eats egg salad at such a special event? Why didn’t they just have McDonalds cater? I could have made all of that for a fraction of what was paid. I told my mom I’ve found my calling. I’ll start my own catering business, go to Sam’s Club, stock up on frozen meatballs, sauce and little wieners, toss everything on fancy china and charge $1500. Yes, I believe this is my calling. I even have a name for my new business venture. Beth’s Crock-O-Crap. Catchy, ain’t it?
***Edit***
Thanks to someone who knows I really can spell, I fixed the “vowels” reference and replaced with the correct “vows.” Never write a post at 2:30am after taking sinus medicine.
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Maybe you aunt has your uncle forgiven for his slip? Just a thought…
Seems like an awful lot to pay for a 50th Anniversary. I hope it was what your Aunt and Uncle had in mind and met their expectations. 50 years is quite an achievement. Even if he did stray, kudos to her for forgiving him and for them working it out and staying together.
Actually, catering generally does mean they give you a meal, regardless of whether it is to your taste or not. Around here (Western PA) we prefer to have our caterers do a buffet style so that peple can take what they like, but around here that is usually pretty specific: rigatoni or spagehtti, salad in little bowls with italian dressing mixed in, fried chicken, and dinner rolls with little pats of butter. Deviate from that and they think you are nuts.
Sounds like maybe there was some forgieness inolved. We had a similar situation with my great-grandparents. Amazing that they survived all the shenanigans.
You are angry at your cousins? Or your uncle or aunt? The caterer? Release that anger, it will make you old before your time.
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To clear things up- I’m not angry at anyone. I just like to watch these people argue over the most ridiculous things. They’re angry at each other. I went along to watch. And for the free food-which was the worst food I have ever had. For $1500 I would expect more than a cheeseball, crab salad, meatballs, pasta salad and egg salad sandwiches. Now-something along the lines of a pot-luck where there is a selection I can see-but the woman “cooked” items anyone could have picked up at the store pre-made.
Jeez… do people leave comments just to disagree with you?
Thanks for your comment about my damn meds. I tried going off them for almost two months back in April or May. It didn’t work so well for me. But I still don’t like taking meds. Blah.
Sounds like fun, if you compare it to Prison
I have some cousins who make yours look functional!!
Ya think it was catered by Costco?
Funny–turning out to see the cousins’ fighting.