attack of the "supposed to's"

our wedding will not be the traditional black tie affair, as you, astute blog readers, have probably figured out by now. however, this concept is difficult for my mother to cope with.

every time wedding talk comes up with mom another "supposed to" problem emerges.

today the dilemma was the fact that we're doing cheesecake instead of regular cake (delicious and cheaper, thank you sam's club). everybody knows the bride and groom are "supposed to" cut, and then smear, chalky white, tasteless wedding cake all over their faces, and then save the little bride and groom cake topper. we, however, will have pre-cut cheesecake (we could probably pretend to cut the cake) and i want rose petals instead of hideous plastic ethnically-generic cake toppers.

poor mom, i just have to be different.

-bethany