Wedding Video
 

Here is a touching video of a wedding in Gwinnett, GA. The video was made by the Gwinnett Daily Post & is a testament to our future.

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/ftp...ublish_to_web/

Sarge... you're actually a snob?
Shame on you.

I thought it was very sweet.

SG - I'm pretty sure this was a farce because it plays into the common perception of "rednecks". There are so many sight gags, this can't be real. Lord, I should know since I was raised in a rural community known as "Frog Level" and I picked many a row of cotton.

It's real, Sarge. There have been several news stories about it.

Big Sarge...redneck is not a function of locale, it's a function of intelligence and class. ;)

I thought this was a joke, but it appears I am wrong. I admit I'm a redneck, but I "ain't never" seen folks that stereo-typical.

Sarge, it was big news around here. We all laughed our asses off. I guess it was so funny because it is so believable and most likely happens in similar settings more than most of us would like to beleive.

Belly up, everyone; the insulin's on me!
:eek:

Are you sure it wasn't staged? There were a lot of stereotypes there. I was waiting for someone to say "they've been in love ever since their uncle introduced them at a family picnic".:right:

Ok, if it's for real then I wish them every happiness.

Basically, the only tacky/ tasteless thing I saw was the bridal party smoking like chimneys. And let's face it, there are plenty of people with wealth, class (whatever that it) and taste (likewise) who smoke.

I went to a very expensive wedding where the bride was a 20-40 a day smoker yet her parents still didn't know. She came out of the ceremony (Catholic, well over an hour) gasping and "disappeared". We (work colleagues) all knew where she was! Had her parents known, no doubt she would have have plenty of wedding pictures puffing away.

I accept it's another cultural thing. Perhaps we're more cautious about calling fake here because it would reflect badly on the caller. See we do have an inverse snobbery. So that it's okay for someone to mock me as posh or stuckup simply because of my voice or vocab (without troubling to find out my background) but it would be very wrong for me to mock someone as common on the same evidence. On a par with calling someone a mong or a spaz.

So to me the wedding was all about celebrating how the couple celebrated - living how they lived. If I have been taken in, I claim furriner's immunity :p

Well, if a tabloid with all the integrity of the LA Times reported it, it must be true!:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:

Did you miss the location of the wedding?

They married at the restaurant he (she? they?) worked at.
I'd have assume with God being such a big feature of their lives it should have been in church, but then many people suit themselves on the basis of, "Where two or three gather in my name, I am there".

As long as there was worship, it was a wedding in the eyes of god. And as long as it was legal (don't know how it works over there - we have to have a Registrar present). Hey - people get married skydiving and at the bottom of pools, or on beaches half a world away from the people that love and care for them.

I think I'm genuinely missing something that would turn this wedding into something comic... sorry.

SG, the reason why a lot of people find thus humorous is that the restaurant the couple works at is a Waffle House. Waffle House is a US chain that has been around since the '50s, serving waffles, hashbrowns, burgers, omelets, t-bone steaks, etc -- all very greasy and very cheap. It varies by location, but most of them are known for being below standard on cleanliness. Mugs have a permanent brown ring inside from the coffee, that sort of thing. A few of our local ones are bad enough that I'd rather starve than eat there. There is another that we venture to about twice a year to get our fill, because for all that I question their hygiene, I still get a craving for their omelets while others can't live without the hashbrowns. Waffle Houses are open 24 hrs a day, every day of the year, which seems to be part of the reason why the couple had trouble getting shifts off together. Since they're open all of the time, they tend to attract travelers and a fair share of weird people.

So getting married at a Waffle House is kind of like getting married in the parking lot of your local McDonald's, but maybe a little bit worse.

That said, congrats to the couple and may they have a long, happy life together.

Based upon the below article, it appears the couple looked at this with humor also. Note the father of the bride wanted to send a video of the wedding to CMT. :3eye:

DACULA - As the famous twang of Hank Williams Jr. blasted from an SUV stereo Friday afternoon, about 30 folks socialized, sipped soda and puffed on cigarettes.

No, this wasn't a Fourth of July backyard barbecue. It was the run-up to a wedding.

In a Waffle House parking lot.

The lucky couple, George "Bubba" Mathis and Pamela Christian - both 23 and employees at the Dacula diner located at the Ga. Highway 316/U.S. Highway 29 interchange - wouldn't have it any other way.

"I don't know, it's something different," Mathis said while fixing his tie prior to the ceremony.

For years, the couple tried to marry on their Independence Day anniversary. But the bride was always scheduled to work. Instead of waiting any longer - she got the day off at the last minute; Mathis had to report for the morning shift - the couple of nine years decided to seal the deal at work.

The result was what a NASCAR tailgate might be like if Hank Jr. himself stopped by with all his rowdy friends: Loud and proud - country music, storytelling and plenty of Dale Earnhardt paraphernalia - and not an iota of pretentiousness.

Shortly after exchanging vows under the shade of a tree next to the parking lot, both man and wife let out sighs of relief as they picked up their two little blonde girls and chatted with family and friends. But there was not time to relax - the wedding cake had to be cut inside.

"It's been crazy, madness," the bride said. "Finally, everything worked out."

Standing nearby, the father of the newly minted Mrs. Pamela Mathis, William Christopher, wondered if anyone had videotaped the ceremony. He wants to send it in to CMT.

"I think it's pretty redneck myself," he said, laughing. "But I'm a redneck anyway, so."

The couple plans to honeymoon Monday and Tuesday, but then it's back to work.

The destination?

"I don't know yet," Mathis said.