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gift and finds inside a card that’s
addressed not to them but to the people who presented
them with the gift! Only wedding fever is to blame for
such faux pas…
To get ready for the wedding season
you must not only prepare your wardrobe and your gifts,
but you must start training for the triathlon, because
surviving the wedding season requires the strength and
stamina of the average Olympic athlete. Either you are
required to stay up all night singing and dancing for
two weeks straight at a family wedding, or you’ll
have to go to three weddings a night at three totally
different places all across town. Boris Becker on a
recent trip to Karachi was taken to several weddings
over the course of his stay in the city and had to then
check into a clinic in Monaco to be treated for exhaustion
and food poisoning, so take your cue from him and start
taking your vitamins early this year. Furthermore, you
would be advised to get a full course of immunizations,
including typhoid, hepatitis, and flu shots for the
winter wedding extravaganzas. Perhaps the hosts can
provide the thoughtful service of hiring a doctor to
administer the shots of your choice as you enter the
wedding venue.
Although the government has tried
(and failed) to do away with lavish meals at weddings,
perhaps the drive for simplicity at weddings is not
a lost cause. Surely much pressure would be relieved
for both hosts and guests if the hosts minimized their
guest lists, reserving most of the functions for intimate
friends and family, and leaving only one main function
– the shaadi or valima – open to the general
public. In addition, people should take
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