So I just came back from my friend's wedding. It was my first Muslim Indian wedding and it was nothing like I had expected. I thought it was going to be somewhat like the movie Monsoon Wedding, with all this music and dancing, but it wasn't. Maybe it was because that movie depicted a Hindu wedding, haha, oops. The wedding went on for about a week, with all these different events each day. I attended a henna event, the wedding, and a reception, all on different days, so it was a reeeally long wedding! And who knew Indian people ran on Asian time times four? When they said to arrive at five, they meant seven, and when they said twelve, they meant two...now I know. It was crazy...all those events ended up lasting about five to six hours each event. The food was great (even though it made everyone gassy), but I'm not sure if it's because I was starving by the time we ate, or if it was because it was really good. All of it was fun, but a bit overwhelming and tiring. I can't even imagine what the bride and groom felt like after only getting about two to three hours of sleep each night.
I've decided, after seeing all of that, that I would a like a small intimate wedding with family and close friends, that my wedding day (if it should happen one day) shouldn't be all about stress and everything being perfect, because what wedding is? I just want it to be fun, something memorable and not just a big foggy cloud of not remembering what the heck just happened. I hope I don't eat my words...
