Hello Rylee,
Maurizio here from Italy (yup, the really far-away one, 9 time zones due east from you
)
You say
"
But that brought on the what have I done wrong scenario, why don't I have any friends. "
You have done nothing wrong, quite simply you have chosen your acquaintances so carefully,
that to this day none of them are considered good enough to be in your own most intimate "inner circle".
This does not mean you will never have any.
Best friends drop out of the sky, in a "serendipity" kind of way, much like "love at first sight".
MnSpring is quite correct when he points out you don't need a "best man" (lower case intentional) but a "witness",
that's what the law says "you and the bride need reciprocal witnesses".
"Best Man" and "Bridesmaids" are traditions, not legal requirements.
So, if you two are in love, consider this:
Go on a cruise and arrange to marry on the ship, by the Captain.
Unless somebody screams "Bloody murder I wasn't invited!" at you, it could well be an interesting option.
Then, you can have your wedding party upon your return.
It is called... (drum roll, please)
eloping.Century long tradition there - actually, look up the "
Rape of the Sabine Women" (cit. Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women"
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Latin: Sabinae raptae) is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally dated to 750 BC,[1] in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families.
The English word rape is a conventional translation of the Latin raptio, which in this context means "abduction" rather than its prevalent modern meaning in English language of sexual violation. "
Actually, eloping can be quite romantic.
"Some cultures today maintain symbolic bride kidnapping ritual as part of traditions surrounding a wedding, in a nod to the practice of bride kidnapping which may have figured in that culture's history.
According to some sources,
the honeymoon is a relic of marriage by capture, based on the practice of the husband going into hiding with his wife to avoid reprisals from her relatives,
with the intention that the woman would be pregnant by the end of the month"
Now... about that Honeymoon... consider how much time you have available, and how moch money...
...with the €uro getting weaker on the US$ day by day, London, Paris and Rome could work out cheaper than Hawaii...
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