Until Death Do We Part

We’re putting all our talk of best man gifts and groomsmen gifts aside for a bit to bring you some timely tales of wedding disaster. In honor of Halloween, these urban legends about weddings are just for fun – or, are they? Oooooh, a little spooky! If you are planning a Halloween wedding or shower, these would make for some scary, spine-tingling storytelling. Just make sure that your guests have a good, sturdy drink in one of our personalized wine glasses, beer mugs or shot glasses to calm their nerves. Bride-and-Seek: At a wedding reception that was becoming increasingly drunken, the bride, groom and friends decided to play hide-and-seek. When the groom was “it,” he easily found all the participants in the game, except for his wife. The wedding party searched for hours and hours without finding her. Everyone suspected that she had a case of cold feet after saying “I do” and was a runaway bride. The groom went home alone and never heard from her again. Several years later, a cleaning lady was in the attic of the reception venue and opened an old truck. She found the decomposed body of the missing bride, her face frozen in a scream, as she realized she was locked in what would become her coffin. A Dress to Die for: A young bride who didn’t have a lot of money to spend on a wedding dress bought a used gown at a pawn shop. She thought it was a good way to save a few bucks on her wedding expenses. The dress had originally belonged to a deceased woman whose family had her buried in in but later decided they needed the money the dress would bring at a pawn store. So, the woman’s family had her exhumed at had the dress removed. Unaware of these disturbing details, the new owner of the dress couldn’t have been happier with her purchase. That is, until things began to take a turn for the worse at the reception. Still wearing the dress, the bride started to feel light-headed and sick to her stomach – she died on the spot minutes later. As a result of the autopsy and investigation, it was discovered that she had been poisoned by the embalming fluid that had been used on the dead woman. The fluid seeped from the cadaver, onto the dress, and put a quick end to her “until death do we part’ vows. The Fatal Tan: We’ve heard this same story of vanity gone awry for a bride, but never for a groom – until now! A young groom feels he is too pale to look good in his wedding attire and sparkling new cufflinks and later on the honeymoon on a tropical island. To remedy this and impress his bride, he goes to several tanning salons every day for the maximum allotted time at each salon. He kept his tanning addiction a secret, only commenting that he had been spending a lot of time outdoors when asked. On the fifth day of tanning session after tanning session, the groom is found dead in one of the tanning beds. It seems his internal organs were sunburned from the inside. Are you having a Halloween wedding or have you ever been to one? What would be some good ideas for spooky groomsmen gifts or best man gifts? Let us know in the comments below.

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Kids on Dating, Love and Marriage

Oh, kids say the funniest things, especially youngsters who are thinking about what love and marriage means because they’ve been asked to participate in a wedding as a flower girl, ring bearer, junior bridesmaid or in some other way. While you may be feeling fondly about the idea of spending the rest of your life with the person you love, kids seem to have a 180 degree perspective. Of course, as we all know, hormones eventually set in and the opposite sex starts to look a whole lot better. Before you finish up planning your wedding details and shopping around for the perfect groomsmen gifts, we hope you get a good chuckle out of these funny comments kids have made about love, dating and marriage. “No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married.” Sam, age 6 “I’m never going to kiss my wife. I don’t want to be all grossed out.” Theo, age 6 (editor’s note: if you don’t want to get all slobbery on your bride, you can always brand her with our “his” steak brand). “Tell your wife she looks pretty, even if she looks like a tuck.” Ricky, age 10 “You’ve got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports and she should keep the chips and dip coming.” – Alan, age 10 (editor’s note: and she should keep the cold beers coming in these really cool personalized beer pilsner mugs). “It’s better for girls to be single, but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.” Susie, age 8 (editor’s note: Well, maybe they can at least keep their shoes clean with this personalized shoe shine kit – great for groomsmen gifts). “Once I’m done with kindergarten, I’m going to find me a wife.” – Christopher, age 5 “Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” – Brianna, age 5 “It gives me a headache to think about all this marriage stuff. I don’t need that kind of trouble.” Mark, age 8 “No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you’re stuck with.” Carrie, age 10 “On the first date, they usually just tell each other lies. That usually gets them interest enough to go for a second date.” Danny, age 10 “You flip a nickel, and heads means to stay with him and tails means you try the next one.” Hanna, age 9 (editor’s note: Our leather wallet with coin pocket and key fob makes a handy place to store that nickel you’re going to flip). So, have you heard a kid, like a niece or nephew, say something about love, dating and getting married? Let us know in the comments below.

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