What Your Wedding Venue Says About You

One of you saw a horse once and liked it.

Christopher Shelley
Slackjaw
Published in
3 min readMar 25, 2020

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Photo by James Bold on Unsplash

Iconic Landmark Hotel with Cavernous, Chandelier-Filled Ballrooms

Your dad does business in Saudi Arabia and Obama is your Best Man.

Multi-Purpose Long Island Event Space Featuring Lavender Lighting on the Walls

You went to High School two miles from here. Your fathers know each other from the Elks Lodge. You will cheat on each other with different members of the 90’s cover band during cocktail hour.

A Botanical Garden

You are vegetarians with crippling credit card debt.

A Beach

Things always work out for you. Neither of you has ever had to wear sunscreen, braces, or condoms. You don’t understand how wind works.

Hip Winery in Gentrified Neighborhood

You wear bow ties. Your parents are divorced and remarried to each other’s exes. You support NPR. You both moved across the country to get away from your families but you tell them it was for work. Most of your friends work in Silicon Valley. Your photographer has over 800,000 followers. You are better…

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Christopher Shelley
Slackjaw

Wedding Celebrant | Speaker | Emcee — Humor in Slackjaw, Little Old Lady Comedy, Points in Case. Weddings: www.IlluminatingCeremonies.com