Fall Weddings Suck

by Nico2.0 on Sep 6, 2008 10:35 AM CDT Comment 9 comments

Tonight, at 6:00 p.m., a mere seven minutes before the Crimson Tide and the Green Wave battle one another, I will be at the wedding of one of my really good friends. You read that right, instead of being at the game or watching it on pay-per-view, I will be at a wedding. On September 6th, I've already locked down the Friend of the Year Award for 2008.

Normally, I love weddings: festive atmosphere, friends, food and drink, etc., but my enthusiasm for them wanes during football season, especially when they conflict with a Bama game. I mean, we only get 12 of these things a year guaranteed, I don't think wanting to see them all is too much to ask. If this were an afternoon wedding, I'd be all set, but as it now stands, I'll just watch the replay on CSS tomorrow (I'm not paying $40 to DVR a PPV game.)

Most of my friends love football, so this has never been a problem for me. Because of that, I've never had the need to use the site FallWeddingsSuck.com. I will make my first entry this weekend though. Lately, there's been some stupid, non-football related stuff on the site, but when it first started a few years ago, there were some hilarious posts on there. I particularly like the Kentucky one below:

Georgia vs. Auburn

In 1996 I attended a wedding on the same day as Auburn vs. Georgia. My groom friend had zero interest in sports, but I made it clear to him I'd have to find a way to see or hear the game. During his reception I went out to listen to the end of the game and it went into gazillion overtime (lasted an hour or so). The groom later told me he was mad that I missed most of his reception. A few years later another friend got married in Athens, Georgia the same night Georgia played in Auburn. The groom was a UGA grad and the bride went to Auburn. What the hell? I attended their ceremony, but skipped everything else and drove home listening to the 2nd half on the radio.

Kentucky (general)

Just got engaged and planned our wedding around football and basketball season as to not miss any action. A big FUCK YOU to all of my so call friends who weren't so considerate. Go Cats!

In the event my friend reads this (which I doubt, because he doesn't like football), I'm mostly joking (like 99.7%.) I'm looking forward to the wedding tonight. Just be thankful you didn't schedule it the day of Bama vs. LSU, Tennessee or Auburn....

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Missing two games myself, the Ole Miss and Arkansas State games, and none to happy about it. They even tried to have a rehearsal on the weekend of the Tennessee game, but that got moved immediately. I’ll walk out before one wedding kills 2 Saturdays in the fall.

by Bobby Briggs on Sep 6, 2008 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

My cousin

got married last year the day of the LSU game. I ended up with my brother and another cousin’s husband watching the game in the kitchen. Missed the entire reception, but so what. Who Does That! Her father is a HUGE Bama fan!

by TexasTideGirl on Sep 6, 2008 12:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Clemson Game

A colleague at work missed the Clemson game because of a friend’s wedding this past weekend. I told him that guy would be an ex-friend if it were me.

Had a close call last year on the day of the Tennessee game. I told my friend that I would just have to miss the wedding if it conflicted with the game. Fortunately it was an afternoon game and an evening wedding. And, because of 41 points worth of Bama Slammers, well, let’s just say I REALLY enjoyed the wedding … I think.

BamaFrazier

by BamaFrazier on Sep 6, 2008 12:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

One of my best friends....

…got married a few years ago on the Saturday of the Florida/Alabama game (no the one we like remembering), knowing full well a large number of his guests were either Alabama or Florida fans. It was early enough that we were all able to get out of there in time to watch the game, but there were numerous warnings throughout the wedding that “we are so out of here if this things runs long, keep it moving!”

Roll Bama Roll

by Todd on Sep 6, 2008 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bama/Florida '99

The worst part about weddings during football season is they’re the “gift” that keeps on giving for the groom. I made sure my wedding in early October was on Sunday so as not to interfered with the Bama game. Problem is, my lovely bride likes to take a week off and travel during our anniversary. I missed the ’99 Florida game in The Swamp because I was in a cabin somewhere in the Rockies that day. From that day forward, I told the wife that our anniversary vacation will begin until the last second ticks off the clock of the Bama game and will end before kickoff of the next game the following weekend. PERIOD.

BamaFrazier

by BamaFrazier on Sep 6, 2008 12:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Watch out Neek

I hear weddings possess bacteria in the pheromones that make it highly contagious you might GET HITCHED NEXT!

Stay away from the hotties, and KEEP THROWING AWAY those beer goggles that somehow get put on your eyes. (USE THE FORCE, stay away from the bells)

"Surround yourself with people who can't live without football" - 1st tenet of 3 for Bear Bryant's 3 Rules of Coaching . . . . .

by BixBeiderbecke on Sep 6, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think...

…I was safe at this one. The overwhelming majority of ladies there were already hitched or in years long relationships.

by Nico2.0 on Sep 8, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know

my (lovely) wife and I scheduled our special day the day of last year’s Iron Bowl, before the schedules came out. Thankfully, we were getting married on Thanksgiving weekend and most people were off that Friday so we moved it back a day. Crisis avoided but none the less, I got some rather angry phone calls and rightfully so. Good thing my understood and we corrected what would have been a monumental mistake.

by Bens4vcobra on Sep 8, 2008 12:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs