OK, that wedding in Bali was basically the first wedding I've ever been to where the bouquet actually FELL ON THE FLOOR... TWICE!!! WTF?! I know that bouquet tosses isn't exactly "popular" in Indonesian wedding culture, I remembered when I was younger none of the weddings I went to had a bouquet toss (Yes, I started going to weddings as young as 4 years old LOL, I could make a career out of attending weddings) and only in the last 5-6 years (or at least I think the 21st century) that bouquet tosses became more and more popularly adapted by people who've been brainwashed by many many Hollywood wedding-themed romantic comedies in the likes of Father of the Bride, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Wedding Planner, etc. And even then, the MC probably had to take AT LEAST 10-15 minutes just to gather the single women guests around to PARTICIPATE in the bouquet toss. Because it seems that apparently NOBODY wanted to be next in line for marriage? But ironically EVERYONE is getting married so young and getting knocked up instantly not long after the wedding!

So anyway, bouquet tosses in Indonesian weddings is so unpopular, the participants almost always ends up consisting of: children between the age of 3-10, dudes, aunties, uncles, grandmas, grandpas... and to remedy the situation, most weddings decided to throw in a little "prize" to encourage the SINGLE WOMEN to participate, such prizes may come in the form of something like a cheap outdated cellphone, to something quite hip/popular/sought after such as an iPod, or even to a real bling bling diamond (perhaps a 0.000001ct diamond with bad clarity LOL) and those things really work, you know? I've been to a wedding where the "prize" was an iPod, and I found myself standing in line for the bouquet with A BUNCH OF DUDES who literally went NFL on each other when the bouquet flew in the air!!!

Personally, I don't like to participate in bouquet tosses either, unless it's really someone I'm really close to, then the bouquet toss is just something fun I would definitely participate in as a favor to my bride friend without having to be pushed or pulled to the front by a bulldozer. And pretty much like what happened at the Bali wedding last weekend, the minute the bouquet started flying in the air, all the girls around me were like, OMG INCOMING BOUQUET! RETREEEEEATTTT!!!...(BUT SACRIFICE NERE IN THE PROCESS!!!) And I remember distinctly that someone *PUSHED* me, but I was on my way diving forward anyways because I was seriously just being a good maid of honor/best friend and I COULDN'T LET MY BEST FRIEND'S BOUQUET GO *SPLAT* ON THE FLOOR, COULD I??? I mean, if I was a bride and nobody wanted to catch my bouquet I'd be so bummed! But that's pretty much what goes on in the few (many) weddings I've attended. The one in Bali last weekend was HILARIOUS though. It was like that scene from Mean Girls, when all the girls were doing their confessions at the gym and throwing themselves into the crowd, but when Gretchen threw herself, everyone cleared and so she fell right onto Karen? Yeah it was like that with the bouquet, it was such a perfect toss, it flew in the air right to the center of the crowd of girls but...

*SPLAT!!!*

Everyone pretty much dodged and created this clearing for the bouquet to fell right onto the wooden dance floor!!! WTF?!?!?! Well, I didn't have to "dodge" because I've conveniently found a spot where I'm 110% sure the bouquet will never ever even remotely pass nearby. So 2nd try... bride tosses the bouquet, again, PERFECT TOSS, but again...

*SPLAT!!!*

OMGWTF!!! This bride has HORRIBLE GIRLFRIENDS!!! (I'm not included coz I'm not that close to her LOL) Why won't anyone catch the damn bouquet!!! By the third toss, the bouquet was already pretty much falling apart and to tell you the truth, the bouquet did not fall just twice but THRICE, except that in the commotion I actually saw a good Samaritan who quickly picked it off the floor and yelled "I GOT IT! I GOT IT!" XD

All in a fun night's game of BOUQUET DODGE... til the next game in another wedding I'm gonna have to attend, and I'm guessing... soon! XD

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Posted on > 04/30/2007 19:03pm by Nefretiri
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