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[lavendersparkle]

There was something about the envelope which let me know at a glance that there was something special about it. It's contents were given away by the bride and groom rubber stamping on the outside. Wedding invite! It was from two college friends who have been engaged nearly as long as Alec and I have been together, but have kept failing to actually organise their wedding. This disorganisation had led to another boon, non-Saturday wedding. I'd already heard that they were getting married on a Monday because it was the only day they could book all of the rooms they wanted to use for the wedding and reception.

Forward to this morning, I was thinking about the wedding and had a little niggling feeling. A Monday... in September... I just checked my calender and (the Jews reading might have guessed what's coming) it's on Yom Kippur. It's not too bad. The weddings at 3 and in Cambridge so I think I'll go to shul in the morning, go to the wedding, head back to shul for the last couple of services and hopefully get back to the wedding in time for the speeches and cake cutting. I'm trying to work out how to compose an RSVP with a menu request of "meat for Alec and nothing for me, I'll be fasting".

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[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

This disorganisation had led to another boon, non-Saturday wedding.

Is organising a wedding on a Saturday really bad or just slightly bad for Jewish guests? The specific two [potentially] Jewish possible* guests I currently have in mind are you and roz_mcclure. I don't think I know anyone Orthodox who I want to invite, if that makes a difference.


* We haven't made any actual guest list decisions yet and won't for a while!

[lavendersparkle.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Saturday weddings very much. I suspect that most weddings I will attend will be on Saturdays. I don't know what [Unknown site tag]'s practice is like. Usually I just get Alec to chronically shabbos goy for me and remember not to carry a hand bag. A Saturday wedding is definitely preferable to a wedding on a major fast day.

[roz-mcclure.livejournal.com]

Concur (except for the shabbos goy bit!).

[cathedral-life.livejournal.com]

Your friends might be quite pleased, as, I presume it means they could invite one extra person (often reception venues charge per head).