wedding bells (from an unlikley source)
my cousin got married this weekend. normally this would be a great joyous occasion. instead, i was somewhat anxious about the event. it actually turned out to be a great time. mind you, i am not perticuarly close with this cousin, and might have tried to get out of attneding if i were not close with the groom's mother (my aunt) and his sister. in the past 10 years i have probably seen this cousin 4 times (two times for christmas, once last month breifly at the bridal shower and then this weekend at the wedding). over these years, i pretty much wrote off this cousin as years would go by without seeing him, just sending his christmas present home with my aunt to give him next she saw him (and getting nothing in return) and him sending me a card in honor of me graduating college. not that i care about getting a christmas present, it is just the gesture, rembering your family at a holiday, that gets me. anyway, being the bigger person, i attended the bridal shower for his then fiance last month. unlike what i was expecting, she was super nice and seemed genuinely excited to meet me. i could not beleive that he had landed such a nice woman and convinced her that he was marriage material.
then, this weekend, at the wedding, all their friends were there giving speaches and such about my cousin and what a great guy he is and all i could think was are we talking about the same person!??? i still cannot figure out if 1.) he has fooled all these people into thinking he is great 2.) if i have mistakenly though he was mean all these years and he really is not or 3.) if he just doesnt like my family and is indeed not very nice to us but is nice to all others.
i am not sure what i think - but either way, a good time was had at the wedding! my aunt (the mother of the groom) was in all her glory and things went off without a hitch - or with a hitch as the case may be. so i have decided not to analyse the situation and just be happy for everyone.
then, this weekend, at the wedding, all their friends were there giving speaches and such about my cousin and what a great guy he is and all i could think was are we talking about the same person!??? i still cannot figure out if 1.) he has fooled all these people into thinking he is great 2.) if i have mistakenly though he was mean all these years and he really is not or 3.) if he just doesnt like my family and is indeed not very nice to us but is nice to all others.
i am not sure what i think - but either way, a good time was had at the wedding! my aunt (the mother of the groom) was in all her glory and things went off without a hitch - or with a hitch as the case may be. so i have decided not to analyse the situation and just be happy for everyone.