Nauru is where the heart is.Golden wrote:Is Nauru like Lost island, and it's moved over to Europe?Ricochet wrote:If you can steer the boat all the way to the European coast, I could probably meet you there.
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- Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:54 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
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- Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:45 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
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If you can steer the boat all the way to the European coast, I could probably meet you there.
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:21 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
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I used to skip some of those in high-school, too (like my choir teacher's mother's funeral or several other teachers I had no actual contact with), until my parents pointed to me how much of an asshole I am.A Person wrote:To be fair, I've never had any to escape from. I've been invited to a lot of funerals though, but I've never gotten out of one of those.Ricochet wrote:God tier. One was my best friend's - no escape hatch there.A Person wrote:I've heard of such traditions before actually, I didn't know there was one in Nauru. Also, if going to two weddings is astoundingly low, I wonder what my 0 weddings is.Ricochet wrote:Everything I'm about to say is basically a paraphrase of such an event, because I've only been to two weddings in my entire life (I don't like them much, if you can't tell by that astounding low number already) and it didn't happen - both times the brides insisted not to be subjected to it and the robbers played nice. I think it may have some roots in our folk history - where the wedding was a complex ceremony in everything it involves, from courtship and the wedding procession to music and customs, but I won't get into any of that - but in our modern times it's more of a punkish surviving "tradition", which the lads (outside the groom, of course, who is the victim) are most of the times itching to do it.
So basically late during the wedding party, the bride is "stolen" and the groom has to make a "deal" or some gesture to get her back. Everything is symbolic, of course, it doesn't go as far as actual kidnapping (well, in our country it may still depend on the wedding ) and I can only assume it's meant for the groom to exhibit his new authority skills, act like a real man or something like that. The exchange can also be symbolic, like a gift or a trade in return for the bride.
The reason why I call it annoying is because a) I would absolutely hate for it to happen to me and I would also expect my future wife (here I go again ) to also not put up with it either and b) it adds up to the "rituals" during a wedding that I find to tell more about how the whole party is more about the guests having their own way (because it's, like, "tradition", man) rather than the wedded ones being the highlight of the event (and respected as such).
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:06 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
- Replies: 164
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Re: Meetups
God tier. One was my best friend's - no escape hatch there.A Person wrote:I've heard of such traditions before actually, I didn't know there was one in Nauru. Also, if going to two weddings is astoundingly low, I wonder what my 0 weddings is.Ricochet wrote:Everything I'm about to say is basically a paraphrase of such an event, because I've only been to two weddings in my entire life (I don't like them much, if you can't tell by that astounding low number already) and it didn't happen - both times the brides insisted not to be subjected to it and the robbers played nice. I think it may have some roots in our folk history - where the wedding was a complex ceremony in everything it involves, from courtship and the wedding procession to music and customs, but I won't get into any of that - but in our modern times it's more of a punkish surviving "tradition", which the lads (outside the groom, of course, who is the victim) are most of the times itching to do it.
So basically late during the wedding party, the bride is "stolen" and the groom has to make a "deal" or some gesture to get her back. Everything is symbolic, of course, it doesn't go as far as actual kidnapping (well, in our country it may still depend on the wedding ) and I can only assume it's meant for the groom to exhibit his new authority skills, act like a real man or something like that. The exchange can also be symbolic, like a gift or a trade in return for the bride.
The reason why I call it annoying is because a) I would absolutely hate for it to happen to me and I would also expect my future wife (here I go again ) to also not put up with it either and b) it adds up to the "rituals" during a wedding that I find to tell more about how the whole party is more about the guests having their own way (because it's, like, "tradition", man) rather than the wedded ones being the highlight of the event (and respected as such).
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:18 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
- Replies: 164
- Views: 9863
Re: Meetups
In our folk times, if the groom would kidnap the bride on the wedding day, he'd very likely have to make room for an axe in his head.
There's a splendid movie from my country called The Stone Wedding (seriously, one of my favourite movies of all time, it's breathtaking in every aspect) in which an actual kidnapping takes place (with the bride's full intent, as well), but it has more to do with the wedding being a miserable one for the lady rather than capturing a faithful tradition.
There's a splendid movie from my country called The Stone Wedding (seriously, one of my favourite movies of all time, it's breathtaking in every aspect) in which an actual kidnapping takes place (with the bride's full intent, as well), but it has more to do with the wedding being a miserable one for the lady rather than capturing a faithful tradition.
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 5:42 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
- Replies: 164
- Views: 9863
Re: Meetups
Everything I'm about to say is basically a paraphrase of such an event, because I've only been to two weddings in my entire life (I don't like them much, if you can't tell by that astounding low number already) and it didn't happen - both times the brides insisted not to be subjected to it and the robbers played nice. I think it may have some roots in our folk history - where the wedding was a complex ceremony in everything it involves, from courtship and the wedding procession to music and customs, but I won't get into any of that - but in our modern times it's more of a punkish surviving "tradition", which the lads (outside the groom, of course, who is the victim) are most of the times itching to do it.
So basically late during the wedding party, the bride is "stolen" and the groom has to make a "deal" or some gesture to get her back. Everything is symbolic, of course, it doesn't go as far as actual kidnapping (well, in our country it may still depend on the wedding ) and I can only assume it's meant for the groom to exhibit his new authority skills, act like a real man or something like that. The exchange can also be symbolic, like a gift or a trade in return for the bride.
The reason why I call it annoying is because a) I would absolutely hate for it to happen to me and I would also expect my future wife (here I go again ) to also not put up with it either and b) it adds up to the "rituals" during a wedding that I find to tell more about how the whole party is more about the guests having their own way (because it's, like, "tradition", man) rather than the wedded ones being the highlight of the event (and respected as such).
So basically late during the wedding party, the bride is "stolen" and the groom has to make a "deal" or some gesture to get her back. Everything is symbolic, of course, it doesn't go as far as actual kidnapping (well, in our country it may still depend on the wedding ) and I can only assume it's meant for the groom to exhibit his new authority skills, act like a real man or something like that. The exchange can also be symbolic, like a gift or a trade in return for the bride.
The reason why I call it annoying is because a) I would absolutely hate for it to happen to me and I would also expect my future wife (here I go again ) to also not put up with it either and b) it adds up to the "rituals" during a wedding that I find to tell more about how the whole party is more about the guests having their own way (because it's, like, "tradition", man) rather than the wedded ones being the highlight of the event (and respected as such).
- Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:26 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the Family
- Topic: Meetups
- Replies: 164
- Views: 9863
Re: Meetups
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I take it the bride wasn't stolen? It's a very annoying "tradition" over here.
I take it the bride wasn't stolen? It's a very annoying "tradition" over here.