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the standard com- wedding attendants. But | don't even want to be a bride, I just don't want to be a bridesmaid anymore

It isn’t that I’m jealous of my friends yyho walk down the aisle in whitg. I certainly, wish them

a bridesmaid, never a!five dresses— practically identi-

known as mora! support. Sud- denly, the girl who always seem- cal— in blue, pink, aqua, green ed to be so independent can't and yellow which look. exactly | make a decision for herself. She what they are and are useful for has to consult everyone within no other occasion. But my bud- telephoning distance. Naturally, | get is holding out and there's that includes the bridesmaid always the attic when my closet; There are numerous showers, gets too crowded. parties, and luncheons. After a } don’t object to giving up the While, I begin to feel as though time needed to participate. Be-|™y mouth will be permanently

though I must admit I now own

all the iness in the world, |ing..a bridesmaid can take al-|frozen into a smile. Then of

and am perfectly willing to join|most as much time as married. First, there's shopping |hearsal, the ceremony itself and

in the) “oohs’’ and “aahs"’ of

congratulation, send a wedding |

present and wear an envious ex- pression when tania te the bride-to-be ~

I don’t even mind continually buying bridesmaid's dresses. Al-

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course there is the wedding re-

getting

for the dress. Then, Any self-re- the reception. But all this isn’t | specting: bridesmaid is expected | ‘00 bad. | to join the bride-to-be while she’ My major objections to being | shops for her™own outfit and+# tidesmaid fall into two cate-| trousse4u gories—relatives and ushers. _

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“ cousin or! | Srandchild—even if they haven't Desens her since she was two years old. But sooner or later,

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il they all seem to bring up the| | same old topic. ‘When are you | going to get married, like

| Mary?” Frequently, the relativ- «| eS look on the wedding as a per- “+ sonal accomplishment. As soon

another candidate.

Which brings me to my second || complaint—ushers. The bride-| | to-be inevitably hopes—even if)

subconsciously—that her friends || wilt get married too. What bet- | :|ter place for a girl to meet her future husband than a wed-

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cere- mony, the bride begins sree which bridesmaid she'll fix up | with which usher. I'm sure some | of the ushers are very nice. [| have a sneaking suspicion many of them take a dim view of the whole idea.

TIME TO GIVE UP

But I never get the nice ones. | For days I am told about Char- | lie who just happened to be the | groom’s roommate in college — | or is a distant cousin or child- hood friend. He invariably lives 1,000 miles away so I've. never met him. Charlie is described as every girl's dreams. I'll just love him, I'm. told.

Unfortunately, I don’t love Charlie. He always turns out to, be interested in exactly the) things through conversation— at the pre- ceremony parties and the

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Groom must share costs”

Young George Groom may) think that his financial respon- sibilities don’t start until after he says “I do’, and tradition does call for the brde and her parents to bear most of the cost of a wedding. But there are sev- eral items which young George is expected to arrange and pay for. s

Of course, he has already bought the bride's engagement ring and her wedding ring. And

for men in the wedding party. If it’s a formal wedding he gen- erally presents the required gloves, ascots or ties to the best man and ushers and gifts which serve to thank them for their support on this big day. If the wedding takes place away from their hometown, the bridegroom should arrange accommodations for his best man and ushers. The bridegroom also takes care of the fee of the clergyman This can run to $100 if the wed- ding is large, but generally the range is $10 to $25.

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a bachelor dinner for his friends. He foots the bill for that too.

It is up to the groom’s par- ents to pay for the clothes they will wear at the wedding, plus

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commodation bills. If they wish, the groom's parents can offer to give the dinner preceding or fol- lowing the wedding rehearsal— even though this is usually a re- sponsibility of the bride's par- ents.

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he’s probably purchased a gift for his bride, paid thé marriage

she calls to ask how did I like |license fee and a doctor’s fee Charlie and when am I seeing for a medical examination.

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