Continuation of the Weddings in the Family Saga
By Raine38
@Raine38 (12387)
United States
January 23, 2021 7:54am CST
Yesterday in the Philippines, my family attended the last (for this year) wedding in the family. This time, the bride is our cousin, and my younger siblings are part of the wedding entourage. We talked over FaceTime and Facebook messenger as they shared with me the pictures that they took - they are not posting anything yet since my cousin has not said it is okay to start posting wedding photos in social media. You know, out of respect for the couple, who should have the right to share wedding pictures first.
The wedding ended around 12:30 pm, and everyone were ushered in the reception. But food was not served until 5:00 pm, and a lot of guests were already starving and in a bad mood. My dad, who needs to take medications with food, ended up driving to the nearest McDonald's around 3pm. He also bought some extra fries to share with my siblings to tide them over. When the mother of the groom saw this, she marched to my dad and started coming at him. My other sister, who is a registered nurse, calmly yet firmly told the mother of the groom who my dad is to the bride, and my dad's medical condition, and told her that if she does not want a medical emergency to ruin the reception she either better start serving the guests, or back off. The mom had the audacity to ask my sister who she is, and my sister said, are you asking my relationship to the bride, or my credentials as a healthcare professional?
The mom backed off because she knows that our side of the family contributed a lot of monetary "gifts" to the reception, and we are older by blood - something that commands some respect in a traditional Filipino family.
My family did not mention the incident so as not to ruin our cousin's big day, but if the mother tried to twist anything, my sister is ready to set them straight. If there is one thing that we cannot let go, is if someone disrespects our parents. Any personal attack to us, either actively or passively, is something that we do not deal with and typically ignore. But not if it is directed to our parents.
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@hillhjill (23761)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I would see how people would be very hungry and getting grumpy... Hangry! But yes people that have to take medicine with food must have something to eat.
But it wouldn't be a wedding without drama lol.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
23 Jan 21
Yes, it's inevitable. People are excited to see other people and are dying for new gossips, then hangry people and medical conditions really make for shorter tempers. It ended on a good note, at least that's what we all think. Who knows, maybe some people will still talk about it. 
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@hillhjill (23761)
• United States
24 Jan 21
@Raine38 people and there gossip..at least as far as you know it ending on a good note.
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
23 Jan 21
Best wishes to the newly wed.
But sadly, there was that incident. I hope everything is fine after all.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I hope so too, she is our mother's brother's daughter after all, so she is family. We all grew up together as well, we do not wish her and her new family any ill-will. But I am concerned with a new mother in law like that, I hope she likes our cousin more than she likes us.
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@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
23 Jan 21
@Raine38 Well well. Your cousin will deal with the in law like her. I hope it will be fine.
@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
23 Jan 21
It is not. The couple were taking their sweet time with the photographer, and to make sure they have that perfect shot. And they do not want the guests to eat before they made their entrance. That is just poor planning on their part. But then again, our cousin is always late whenever we have to meet and go somewhere.
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