Protocol for A Gay Marriage Ceremony

[+ Lucky]

Of course there will be a "bachelor" party complete with the requisite go-go dancers, something particularly doable in Canada. My mom would actually have a chnace to do lap dances! But since we are supposed to be now entering conventional marriage, my partner of 21 years and I will do the traditional honeymoon cruise. He will bunk with Jason Adonis while I share a cabin with Antonio...

[jackhammer91406]

Lucky,

What great news for your mother! Are you and your partner listed anywhere so I can send a gift? I know for some, this will seem like a bogus reply, but I am serious having met both you and your partner. So if your are serious, so am I. If not, my sympathies to your mom who probably would have loved the lap dance.

 

 

[Karl-G]

If not a joke.

 

Last year I met a gay couple from Holland while visiting Fort Lauderdale. They had been together for 18 years and had decided to take advantage of the new Dutch law. They announced a formal engagement and then spent eight months planning, which they enjoyed thoroughly. They were having suits hand made by an Italian tailor in Amsterdam (they were both slender and handsome), hand made shoes from an Italian shoemaker, they were going to be married before 50 people at something like a city hall, and then in the evening they were going to have a reception for 300 in a 17th century canal house, all by candlelight and catered by a French chef, since they particularly enjoyed French cuisine. The brother of one of them and the sister of the other were going to be the official witnesses. Both families were going to attend. They were both excited and looked forward to it, both for financial/legal reasons as well as social. They had considered it for a long time. Some of their gay friends in couples had decided not to do it, since they said they were happy as they had always been. But these two thought it important (and enjoyable) to make the formal and legal commitment and also to enjoy the social event. Both were professionals with highly visible jobs. I would have liked to have been there.

[+ Lucky]

Well, it is not a joke, but that doesn't mean we will do it. After all, the opportunity just arose and the dust needs to settle. In many ways, the committment ceremony (marriage) would be an opportunity to celbratee relationship and friendship. And, of course, have a great party. The idea is growing on me....

Now, should I register at Pleasure Chest? Or just solicit gifts directly?

[Guest Dan]

>Now, should I register at Pleasure Chest? Or just solicit

>gifts directly?

 

Register. Soiciting is illegal!

 

 

Dan Dare

http://meetlocalmen.com/mlm/dandarela.html :+

[Cooper]

"First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes little Lucky in the baby carriage"! Why do I remember that?

 

Hey buddy, Mazel Tov!

[Bilbo]

One of the most beautiful gay marriages I ever attended was an outdoor affair on a balcony overlooking a bayou in downtown Houston. One groom and his attendants wore black tuxedos and the other groom and his attendants wore all black, very formal full Scots regalia - kilts, sporans and all.

[+ Lucky]

Our dog is a Scottish Terrier....

[Rick Munroe]

>They were having

>suits hand made by an Italian tailor in Amsterdam (they were

>both slender and handsome)

 

...because, as we all know, if they were fat and ugly, it would have been strictly off the rack. :+

 

>then in the evening they were

>going to have a reception for 300 in a 17th century canal

>house, all by candlelight and catered by a French chef, since

>they particularly enjoyed French cuisine.

 

Sounds eerily similar to the civil union ceremony Derek and I had in Vermont a year ago. We only had one invited guest and there was no candlelight, but we did stop for french toast at a diner on the way up.

[CT Dick]

Friends of mine in Vermont decided to do a formal union but just between them. The local justice of the peace, a lesbian, convinced them to make a deal out of it (not quite as big as these Dutch guys, but a deal) to show all their str8 family and friends how normal it is.

 

They did it and were soooo glad they had all the guests there to witness it.

 

Dick

[Bilbo]

And ours is a Chow Chow, a breed that came over from Asia. He tried to, um, "get married" once - even had a night together and alone with the bitch, but nothing came of it.

 

 

Listen, I know I'm deservedly your butt tonight, I said a few things a bit too fast whilst getting ready for dinner. My Cub, Maverick, is one of those skinnier than me guys who gets grumpy if dinner is much later than usual. But, really! Making fun of my heritage?? Down, boy!