Two By Two

What is the most significant number at weddings? The answer is 2. A wedding is all about pairs, beginning with the bride and groom.

Does it make you think of Noah’s ark? Many couple tend to feel that way. As you make your guest list you are checking that your cousins, Mr and Mrs. Lyon, will be attending. Dr and Mrs. Beaver will be seated at the table number six and a whole party full of pairs from your family trees will be present to add color to your very special occasion.

The great thing about your guests arriving in pairs is that it makes for even numbers at your wedding. It makes it easier to seat everyone since there are no guests that are unpartnered. Most guests who aren’t married would arrive with a guest or date anyway, usually to avoid being picked on or asked why they haven’t tied the knot themselves.

Even your attendants are pairs though it is not necessary that your entourage is attached to each other romantically outside of your wedding. You would have a maid of honor and a bridegroom. For every bridesmaid, you would have a matching groomsman. Want 1 flower girl? Then you’ll probably have 1 ring bearer as well.

Pairing also makes for less expense on invitations. You can send one invite for each couple instead of having to have one invitation for each guest. Now that is really cutting your expenses in half, at least in that area of the budget.

Since weddings are a time of romance, the entertainment would be incomplete if it didn’t have a love song or two in the repertoire of your band for the night. Give your friends the chance to get struck by cupid’s arrow. Who knows, your wedding may be the pivotal moment in another couple’s relationship for the better. There is, after all, nothing like dancing cheek to cheek with the one you love. As the song says, “I seem to find the happiness I seek when we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek”.

Even when you think of the food, you’ll be thinking in pairs. For example, you need to think about which wines would be the perfect accompaniments for the different parts of the wedding meal. A different wine would suit fish and fowl than that for your meats; and of course you don’t make your toast with the table wine but with effervescent champagne.

Admit it. A part of you turned into a matchmaker the moment you decided to get married. You want to give your loved ones a chance to either find romance for themselves at your wedding or give them a moment to re-experience their special moment at your nuptials with you. Every bride wants everybody to be in love too.

A pair of rings, a pair of doves, a pair of hearts….each a symbol for the union of two special people and their hope of sharing their love with everyone special to them. Indulge them and be part of those who get on board the ark.

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