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Thanks so much to @CycloneRulzzz for today’s topic! As always!

How many weddings have you been apart of whether it be as a guest, part of the bridal party which includes your own wedding if applicable? Any interesting stories?
 
This came to me because I think I may have one of the lower numbers. In 96 I attended the wedding of my cousin, about 8 years ago I was invited to a wedding of a former Cyclone athlete, last year I was a groomsman for my best friends wedding and at the end of this month attending a wedding of a family friend.

4 weddings in 40 plus years. I may have been to some as a child but as far as ones I can remember the number is only 4.
 
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Attended a wedding at a Lutheran Church in Ames (most likely St. Paul's) years ago, and especially remember the hundreds of pockmarks made in the linoleum of the reception hall, probably left there by many, many faithful ladies in high heels.
 
I'd guess 10-15, been in one.

Most were high school or college friends soonish after graduating from both.

Most were a good time but any more I'm pretty picky about going to weddings. I wish the best for people but frankly I don't care about their marriage.
 
A lot of my friends waited till after 2020-21 to have weddings so they’ve really stacked up. 6 this year and already 4 planned for next year. I’m in a couple of them.

There is one coming up in Colombia in November that is sure to be a good time and have some awesome stories
 
I was a ring bearer once, best man at my brother's wedding, and I've sung at about a dozen.

When I was in my late 20s, my cousin bumped up her wedding date about a month early because the groom's mother was dying of cancer and they didn't want her to miss it. After hearing me sing a few songs at the ceremony, the mother approached me personally and asked if I'd sing at her funeral. Well, obviously you can't say no to that. The funeral was exactly one week later. Same church.
 
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I'm the youngest of 8 that were all married plus my SIL's and BIL's, so there's an easy 10. I was an altar boy for 3 of my older sibs and a groomsman for one of them.

With my extensive number of cousins, nieces and nephew, and friends, I've probably gone to at least 20 more outside of those. I have several nieces and nephews that will keep adding to that number, including one next year.

Some of those long Catholic weddings in July in non-air-conditioned churches were BRUTAL. Thankfully, the more recent weddings have been more laid-back versus the stuffy ceremonial ones of the past. My siblings don't get together more than a couple times a year, so we usually have a blast at the reception and dance. There have been a lot of stupid dance fads done over the years. My brothers and I cleared the dance floor with an outstanding alligator during my niece's wedding.
 
Way too many to count right now. Middle school me spent every weekend in the fall at one or two weddings per week one year.
 
We can't go more than a few months without an invite to one of those damn things showing up. No idea how many. My wife will generally attend and I will show up for the reception to get a meal out of it most times and have my presence seen. Have been a groomsman, a best man and the groom. The groomsman one I had one of the bridesmaids have a few and start hitting on me, I had moronically ridden with the groom and best man there so I had no ride and she really wanted to give me a ride back to the hotel, great right? Wrong, she was the fiance of one of the grooms and mine friends. Amazingly later I heard they called off their wedding for some reason, at least it wasn't because of me.


Forgot that I have been an usher a couple times also. I guess guest book and host at a few and present taker at one or two.
 
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Including my own, I have been in five weddings. Of the four that weren't my own, I was MOH in three. Two of those MOH duties were assigned due to falling outs between the bride and the original MOH choice. Fine by me. I learned to not take any of it personally. And, honestly, there's not much difference in being a MOH and regular bridesmaid these days. At least in my experience.

I was glad that I was in most of those weddings before my own. I learned a lot about what I did and did not want for my day.
 
My closest guess is 98, but probably forgetting a few as a guest.

Would have no idea except I have a notebook of ones I sang at with the music I had to sing.

Have nine bridesmaids dresses ranging from WTH to the one for my sister’s wedding that I wore to senior prom. One dress was really short shiny gold and had feathers on the shoulders. There is a purple one I wore when pregnant that made me resemble a grape. Add my own wedding and an even 10 in the bridal party.

I think the guest number is 29. Have been a lector at 5 of those. Have also sang at 12 of those.

The just there cause they needed a singer ones is 59 I think. Started the notebook maybe 6 weddings into it because sometimes people wanted a song I sang before and it seemed good to have the music in one place. And some of the songs are totally weird. But it is way easier to sing at a wedding than a funeral. And the rehearsal part is the worst.
 
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CYCLNST8 said:
I was a ring bearer once, best man at my brother's wedding, and I've sung at about a dozen.

When I was in my late 20s, my cousin bumped up her wedding date about a month early because the groom's mother was dying of cancer and they didn't want her to miss it. After hearing me sing a few songs at the ceremony, the mother approached me personally and asked if I'd sing at her funeral. Well, obviously you can't say no to that. The funeral was exactly one week later. Same church.
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It is really hard singing at a funeral, even when you don’t know the person well. I like the ones that end with “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Jazzy and doesn’t tear me up.
 
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