Goddamn In-laws

[bigsugar]

I swear, I cannot stand those people.

I'm getting married August 26th, and they are starting to lay the old Catholic guilt trip on us about not having a mass for the ceremony. In a very close minded and shitty way. "Which one of you is ashamed?" was their big argument.

They are just being assholes about this.

So I come to the maggot masses in need of humorous and socially unacceptable ways of handling this.

[RootSkier]

Tell them you talked to the priest, and he said you can't get married in the church because you have stuck it in the poopenhausen already.

But seriously, that is total bullshit. We had a totally Jesus-free wedding and we got TONS of compliments on the ceremony from even the most die-hard catholics. Including the one who married us (not a priest or anything).

[Below Zero]

Are you both Catholic?

[bigsugar]

Yes.



Technically.

[RootSkier]

Tell them you gave up Catholicism for Lent.

I did, like 20 years ago.

[schindlerpiste]

Wow! You're not even married, and you HATE your in-laws.
My in-laws made my wife and I get married 2X w/in 3 mos. The first marraige was a "State" marraige for "The Fatherland". The second marraige was in church. Everything was in German and Latin. I didn't know what was going on.

[bigsugar]

I'm not a very good Catholic......really I just keep it up for football season.

By the way Root Skier, how'd you know about Der Poopenhausen action?

[Below Zero]

Sorry, man but I have to agree with the inlaws. If you are Catholic, then you should have a Catholic wedding.

I am technically Catholic because I was confirmed, but have renounced Catholicism shortly after college, so I am no longer Catholic.

Do you like being Catholic? It doesn't sound like you do. If you did, I guess you would want to have a Catholic wedding. I think this is a little deeper than just having a Catholic wedding.

[bigsugar]

We can have a Catholic wedding without having a mass.

If we do that, I don't have to exclude all of my groomsmen, my father, and most of my family from part of the ceremony (the eucharist).

[bigsugar]

I think this is a little deeper than just having a Catholic wedding.

Dude, I am totally a Catholic of convenience.

I don't believe any of the Catholic specific stuff.

[Below Zero]

We can have a Catholic wedding without having a mass.

If we do that, I don't have to exclude all of my groomsmen, my father, and most of my family from part of the ceremony (the eucharist).

How can you have a Catholic wedding with out a mass? It's a sacrament so isn't a mass required?

All those people can be apart of the eucharist - they can just won't take the body of Christ. I declined the wafer at my sister's Catholic wedding.

[lemon boy]

"Which one of you is ashamed?"

A: YOU! I'm ashamed of YOU! Why can't you do the christian thing and forgive me just this one thing so that half our wedding party doesn't have to stand around with their thumbs up their ass while we do the stupid cannibalizm bit? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!

[Below Zero]

Dude, I am totally a Catholic of convenience.

I don't believe any of the Catholic specific stuff.

OK, I'm not trying to get a flame war here, but come on man. What is Catholic of conveinence mean? If you don't believe in the Catholic doctrine, then why are you Catholic? Isn't being Catholic mean believing int the "Catholic specific stuff"?

[bigsugar]

You just have a wedding. In a Catholic Church. Done by a Catholic Priest. Happens all the time.

[RootSkier]

Sorry, man but I have to agree with the inlaws. If you are Catholic, then you should have a Catholic wedding.

Why? I couldn't disagree more.

You should have whatever kind of wedding you want to have.

Why make all the non-Catholics suffer through an hour +++ long ceremony if its not important to the actual people getting married?

There is little about weddings I hate more than seeing people have uber-religious ceremonies when it is otherwise not a part of their lives. It just seems ridiculous.

[lemon boy]

jesus totally doesn't believe it when you only visit for weddings.

sorry, this is just pure comedy to me. A mass? GMAFB it is YOUR WEDDING, make it YOURS

[El Chupacabra]

they are starting to lay the old Catholic guilt trip on us about not having a mass for the ceremony. ....So I come to the maggot masses in need of humorous and socially unacceptable ways of handling this.

Very simple. Plan your wedding how you and your fiance want it to be, regardless of the inlaws' wishes (it's YOUR wedding, not THEIR wedding).

Bring a donkey to the wedding. When the inlaws ask why there's a donkey at the wedding, tell them that you brought an ass for the ceremony because that's what they insisted on. ("Oops. Did you say 'mass'? -- I must have misheard. My bad. Sorry.")

[bigsugar]

OK, I'm not trying to get a flame war here, but come on man. What is Catholic of conveinence mean? If you don't believe in the Catholic doctrine, then why are you Catholic? Isn't being Catholic mean believing int the "Catholic specific stuff"?

If you put it in those terms, I'm not Catholic. Whatever, I don't care. I don't really even believe in organized religion. But I was confirmed and she's Catholic and we are getting married in the Catholic church she grew up in, so it is "convenient" for me to be Catholic at this time.

[Below Zero]

Why? I couldn't disagree more.

I say this, because if you are Catholic, then you should have a Catholic wedding!

I'm trying to make the point that if bigsugar and his future wife are really Catholic, then a catholic wedding they should have. I mean it's a sacrament. It's kind of fucking important for Catholics.

Hey, don't get me wrong, I hate Catholic weddings.

No, they shouldn't have a Catholic wedding if they don't want! They should do what they want! But then if they do that, then I don't think they are really Catholics.

[bigsugar]

And just to be clear, we're not giving in on this. I'm just pissed that they are making such a big deal about it.

[Below Zero]

If you put it in those terms, I'm not Catholic. Whatever, I don't care. I don't really even believe in organized religion. But I was confirmed and she's Catholic and we are getting married in the Catholic church she grew up in, so it is "convenient" for me to be Catholic at this time.

Dude, I'm sorry man. I didn't mean to upset you. That was not my intent. I was just going off a little becasue I hate when people say, oh, I'm Catholic, and then they go to church on Easter and Christmas only. I just hate the hypocrisy.

Whatever decision you and your future wife make will be the right one becasue it came from your heart. I wish you all the best.

[RootSkier]

Maybe they should get together with Below Zero and have a big bitch session.

[Grange]

We can have a Catholic wedding without having a mass.

If we do that, I don't have to exclude all of my groomsmen, my father, and most of my family from part of the ceremony (the eucharist).

That's what my sister and her husband did. It's a hell of a lot shorter so the guests will be thankful.

Tell them that if they want to full mass with the wedding ceremony then she can't wear white. After all doesn't a white dress sybolize the bride as being a virgin and they wouldn't want their daughter lying when she's receiving communion would they?

[Below Zero]

Maybe they should get together with Below Zero and have a big bitch session.

Fuck yeah! I'm good at that shit!

[bigsugar]

Dude, I'm sorry man. I didn't mean to upset you. That was not my intent. I was just going off a little becasue I hate when people say, oh, I'm Catholic, and then they go to church on Easter and Christmas only. I just hate the hypocresy (sp?).

Whatever decision you and your future wife make will be the right one becasue it came from your heart. I wish you all the best.

I'm totally not upset. I say I'm Catholic because I was raised Catholic. It's easier than saying "hopeful agnostic". I go to mass fairly regularily....I find the ritual comforting, I guess. I even participate in the cannibalism bit, as LB put it.
Is it hypocricy? Yeah. Oh well.