Tied in Knots Funny Stories from the Wedding Day

by Taggart, Lisa; Schoech, Samantha

• ISBN13: 9781580051750
• ISBN10: 1580051758
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-16
• Publisher: Seal Press

Summary

Your wedding — the moment you’ve been waiting for your whole life — is tomorrow. The invitations have been sent out, the caterer and florist are lined up, and the bridesmaid dresses have all been exquisitely hand tailored. The location is spectacular and the officiant is your best friend. The weather is going to be great. There’s only one fear: that something unplanned and unexpected will happen.

With biting humor, twenty true stories share the side-splitting details of wedding mishaps and mistakes. A momentous event for all, weddings bring together people — who may not know each other or know each other too well — to create an idealized vision of the occasion. But different cultural expectations, emotional outpourings, jealous ex-lovers, rules of etiquette, and lots of champagne can blur that vision, making for laugh-out-loud experiences no one ever expected, yet everyone can relate to.

These funny women — brides, bridesmaids, guests, relatives, and strangers — know that wedding gowns can fall apart, that chocolate shavings will melt under the sun, and that dirty dancing isn't just a movie. They capture the essence of bad luck, bad taste, and bad decisions surrounding the big day in this witty, entertaining book.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Alive and Well in Texas	5	(16)
Jennifer Carsen
Unbridled	21	(8)
Suz Redfearn
Searching for Rabbi Right	29	(16)
Stacey Luftig
The Do-It-Yourself Wedding in 314 Easy Steps	45	(17)
Sara Berkeley
Knockers Up	62	(11)
Patricia Bunin
People Really Like Me	73	(12)
Samantha Schoech
The Sea Witch	85	(22)
Anne Johnson
A Cynic's Guide to Weddings	107	(9)
Danielle DeLeon
Forever Your Girl	116	(13)
Mary O'Connell
My Sister Married a Wiener	129	(14)
Heather Bryant
Sarah Gambito
A Lovely Little Springtime Wedding	143	(21)
Sarah K. Inman
My Man in Black	164	(21)
Marisa Solis
Bridal Porn	185	(14)
Caren Gussoff
Our Bright and Shiny Future	199	(24)
Lisa Taggart
A First-Class Affair	223	(11)
Jennifer Li Shotz
Shotgun Wedding	234	(16)
Sophia Raday
Solid Gold	250	(15)
Mimi Towle
My Cousins the Kennedys	265	(12)
Jennifer Ruskin
The Canadian Question	277	(9)
Patricia Smith
My Freckles Are Constellations Above Billowing Clouds of White Satin	286
Angie Suchy Marsh