Sep 28 2008
Dateless Weddings
I went to my friend’s wedding last night and it was so nice. I ended up taking my mother with me because I didn’t have a date to go with anymore, but that was cool because I had a great time with her. It was nice to sit and relax with someone that smiled. Even though she probably would have rather been home, it was great to have her there.
For a few days before, she was like ‘You know, if you get a better offer from another guy, I’ll understand and you can go with him.”
I’m like ‘Mom, the wedding is two days away, what better offer is going to come?’ It wasn’t like I could just ask one of the customers to go with me at the last minute, although I thought about a few people I could ask.
Instead I emailed my friend the other day and he told me he was going to a wedding without a date too the same night I was. Immediately I thought, Ooh, I wonder if he’s going to the same wedding, we could meet up there! But he checked his invitation and it wasn’t the same as mine. Still, if I had done a little planning earlier on, we probably could have met up and gone to both weddings. But still, I had a good time with my mommy. 
Weddings are fun. It’s nice to see two people so happy with each other.
You know what? There’ll be other chances to go to stuff with guys, this is a night of memories you had with your mom - two adults. Too often as women our memories of our moms are those of a child with an adult. Adult mom/daughter memory making opportunities like this one are few and far between. I’m glad your mom went with you and that you had a great time! Now about that other guy - you meeting up to compare the weddings?