I inadvertently crashed a wedding in Kuwait during my visit and had a great time, so that got me thinking of how weddings we attend back home can be more enjoyable for us.
I enjoyed this particular wedding most likely because:
- I haven’t been to a formal wedding in a jeans and a t-shirt (actually, my wedding was in jeans and a white linen shirt but that is another story for another time)
- I wasn’t forced to go to this one due to social obligation, or a +1 dragging me,…
- I arrived at the “Zaffeh”, usually the most festive element of a wedding
- I didn’t know anybody there so there were no thoughts going in my mind triggered by observing people you know
- Cultural differences and wedding traditions definitely helped
(btw, Twitter has been such a great companion for me during weddings. When I get bored, I complain less knowing Twitter can take me away 
Wishful thinking: if only we could go to weddings in Lebanon, wearing comfortable clothes, go when we actually care about who is getting married, and participate in the “Zaffeh” !
(Background info: Technically, I didn’t crash the wedding in the traditional sense. The hotel I was staying at had an oval lobby and that was where the “Zaffeh” took place before heading into the main ballroom. (obviously, I didn’t join them in the ballroom after the Zaffeh”
. Why was I in Kuwait in the first place? I was speaking at the Arabian Social Media Conference on Social Media in the Middle East)
(Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brent_nashville/1465681629/)
My wedding was actually a party we were invited to in Barometer in Beirut =) We danced our hearts out with people we don’t know and I ate like a monster(I was the bride and I kind of used that to make people get me food).
Everyone was comfortable and happy(they even paid lol). And if you had written that 5 months ago, I would have invited you to the party then =)
Definetly on my to-do list of things to do in life. I hate the formalities that go along with weddings. I always end up finding myself in one because ”yiiiii, 3eib mat ru7i” or ”ya 3ayb el shoum btiz3al bent khalit Jiddo, ma biseer bedna nru7”
Layal, that is such a great way to have a good time ! Don’t feel bad about playing the bride card to get more food as many other brides have used the bride card to get away with more than that
Thanks for the retro invite by the way !
Well Amira, when push comes to shove, it will be very difficult to get away with not going to the wedding of “Binet-Khalet-Jiddo-from-your-cousin’s-side-twice-removed”. Twitter is one of my escapes when I go to those and I strongly recommend you do the same
Summer season is coming up and I hope yours is filled with beach outings more than weddings !
Who and where to arrange this summer on fair, share your information.