Thanks for inviting me to your friend's wedding. I was surprised to hear the bride and groom talking to each other that way during the marriage ceremony. Is that common?
Well, some people use a standard set of words, but many couples today write their own wedding vows.
Your tradition of throwing rice as they got into their car was interesting, but it didn't look like real rice to me.
It wasn't. It was birdseed. We don't throw rice anymore because someone discovered that birds come along and eat the rice and have trouble digesting it.
Oh, I didn't think of that. Well, this reception reminds me of weddingparties back in China. Plenty of food and drink, music and dancing, and interesting traditions.
Wait until you see what happens next! The bride is getting ready to throw her bouquet. Let's go over and watch.
She's got quite a crowd around her. Oh, look! That little girl caught it!
She's my friend's ten-year-old niece. I guess there won't be another wedding in this family for a long time.