Liz’s Advice Blog

Dear Liz,

I have a very independent 33 year old daughter who lives in Washington, DC.
She recently became engaged to be married. She wants to have the wedding in the DC area. She feels if she has it in the Gloucester area where I live and she grew up the wedding will be less about her and her fiance, Justin and more about what her families want.  I would like to have the wedding in the Gloucester area as I would like to feel that I am hosting a wedding for my much beloved daughter and her fiance.  If we have the wedding in DC I may  feel like just one of the guests. Assume for the purposes of this question we are paying for the wedding equally.
Your wisdom as always would be appreciated, Soloma.
-Papa of Kate, Gloucester of the Sea

Dear Papa,

See, this is you: "I am worried it won’t be special for both me and the two people who have a special love, which we will be gathered together to witness."

-me

Dear Kate and Justin,

This is you: –clicks–>

-me

Dear Readers,

Marriages are arduous, internecine endeavors where no one benefits.  They are manned missions beyond the sun that go through the sun to get there.  They are like a journey ten thousand leagues under the sea.  It’s fine institutions.  I love marriage.  I’m very nuptual, I just have a problem with organized consanguination.  It seems like people today are just marrying marriage.  Just to get high.  It feels so good to know two people so in love. 

For my dance dollars, I like Hot Chip,

-me

P.S.  The wedding should be at a third party’s location, where nobody lives.  Yeah! I’m going to cut the wedding in half!   And you each can get a piece of it.  Separate weddings for church and state.  Americans don’t have enough choice of candidates.  You’re not supporting the troops.  Have the wedding on youtube.  Have the wedding in the Green Zone.