Ok here goes. My cousin got married this weekend. Her new husband's mother passed away a few months ago, so that sadness was looming over the whole ceremony. Her husband's brother cried a lot while giving a speech. His voice cracked ten seconds into the speech and he had a wobbly voice throughout. It was an eight minute speech, and for the last two or three minutes his face was shining with tears. Initially he sniffled a lot, but then he started to wipe his nose with a tissue every thirty seconds or so. No lip curl at all. He looked up at the ceiling once and I saw his neck was glistening with tears too. During the speech, the bride and groom were both sniffling. My cousin had her arms around her husband and every once in a while her face would crumple and she'd look down with a closed-mouth lip curl. I was there with my father and sister. My dad is not a crier. My sister was sniffling gently and wiping tears from her cheeks with a tissue. Looking around the room, I generally saw what one might expect; men looking solemn, women dabbing at their eyes, teenage boys looking uncomfortable.
 
I actually don't get along that well with this particular cousin, and she wasn't letting me see her cry. Immediately after the ceremony she ducked out to freshen up, and when she returned she looked pristine. The groom's brother received a lot of very tender attention from attractive young women during the reception.


I also went to another wedding in mid-June. That one was a same-sex marriage between two women who I know quite well. Neither of them cried during the wedding or the reception, but I'm willing to bet one or both of them cried later on. That's what happened to my wife and myself after our wedding last year. We didn't cry during our ceremony, but over the few days afterward both of us shed happy tears easily and often. Some of the most beautiful and memorable crying episodes from my wife happened over the three days following our wedding.

Last edited by truffle (July 21, 2014 11:08 am)