So sthacker96 and i wiere discussing different reasons why it would be ideal for us to marry aggies. we came up with a fun conversation about ways to make weddings more ag-i-fied... below is our conversation. feel free to brainstorm more ways to bolster the aggie wedding.


i think the way this got started was tha ti was talking abotu how i wanted "Noble Men of Kyle" to be playing as i walk down the aisle...


Sthacker96: Anyone who walks down the aisle to the "Noble Men of Kyle" is definitely not traditional
TCLTC: after the ceremony
TCLTC: "ladies and gentlemen, mr and mrs. blah blah blah"
TCLTC: then you hear the "step off, recall, hullabaloooooooooooo.. WHOOP"
TCLTC: and the war hymn begins.
Sthacker96: What about the "Spirit of Aggieland"?
TCLTC: hmm.
TCLTC: i hadn't worked that into the ceremony.
TCLTC: maybe during the lighting of the unity candle.
Sthacker96: Instead of rice you could give everyone 12th Man towels to wave
TCLTC: and after the wedding, the groomsmen can all chase down the groom and go throw him in a fountain
Sthacker96: So when the bride and groom kiss, does everyone get to kiss?
TCLTC: does everyone have to stand during the whole wedding?
Sthacker96: No, but they should hump it at the beginning
TCLTC: there could be a wedding yell
Sthacker96: And everyone could throw Lemon Chill lids during the ceremony
TCLTC: or they could do the heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy GIG EM, AGGIES, WHOOP!
TCLTC: i think that would be best though, like right before the couple leaves for the honeymoon.,
TCLTC: the hump it
Sthacker96: It'd be cool to rent the big ring from Ring Dance and have the bride and groom walk through it
TCLTC: LOL that could be the entrance
TCLTC: instead of an arbor type of thing
Sthacker96: You could hire PTTS to put little fake "tickets" on all the cards
Sthacker96: cars I mean
TCLTC: lmao... little yellow envelopes... they could have the little party favor in them
TCLTC: you could have the names of the bride & groom printed on parking tickets
Sthacker96: You could have the wedding program printed with the cover of the 12th Man magazine
TCLTC: or a batallion
Sthacker96: nah...too liberal
Sthacker96: The front would be the Batt but on the inside there'd be an editorial about why people shouldn't get married
Sthacker96: Or an editorial on how block voting in the Corps led to lime green taffeta bridesmaid's dresses
Sthacker96: Or how the wedding would've been much better if RC wasn't the head coach
Sthacker96: Kind of a "You Know Your At An Aggie Wedding When...
TCLTC: oh-- messina hof wine at the reception.
Sthacker96: If you have a dog at the wedding and it barks, does everyone get to leave the wedding
TCLTC: and a freebird's buffet.
TCLTC: or if the wedding doesn't start within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, does everyone get to go home?
Sthacker96: If it rains during the wedding, no one can have an umbrella
TCLTC: PONCHOS... wedding ponchos
Sthacker96: Whether you sit or stand at the wedding depends on how much you paid for your wedding gift
TCLTC: family of the bride wears maroon, family of the groom wears white
TCLTC: or the married people can sit but the single folk have to stand
Sthacker96: Ok...forget eloping...I want an Aggie wedding
Sthacker96: If it rains during the wedding, no one can have an umbrella
TCLTC: it would be really neat to get married under the century tree
TCLTC: then go dunk the rings at the chicken...lol
Sthacker96: Then it would be really authentic...no on can find a place to park
TCLTC: they could park over in fish lot or reed
TCLTC: then take a shuttle
TCLTC: well if you dunk both rings in the same pitcher... nobody's gonna be too drunk, just catch a good buzz.
TCLTC: it's a UNION of two people. you just need one pitcher.
Sthacker96: You could put the ring in a Monster and propose at Freebirds
TCLTC: except that i don't know if i 'd want a ring that was encrusted with refried beans
Sthacker96: I'd probably propose at a football game..."Baby, the only thing I love more than Aggie football is you..."
TCLTC: in the pressbox... that would be neat. that place is pretty at night by candlelight.
TCLTC: i think i'd almost prefer the mound on olsen field
Sthacker96: That would have a Bull Durham tone to it though
Sthacker96: To make it authentic the guy would have to wear panties to the mound
TCLTC: yeah i'd stick with the kyle field thing
Sthacker96: Make love on the field... Then have a replay on the Jumbotron
TCLTC: "look baby... there we are"
TCLTC: aand hey, when you're through, the cannon should fire cause you SCORED
TCLTC: THEN you could take her and throw her in the fountain ; )
Sthacker96: It would definitely have to be after the act...you wouldn't want anything to happen prematurely
Sthacker96: No need for a fountain...I'd have a tidy up towel




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well scratch the cannon til we figure that whole fiasco out

I am not sure how appropraite this would be anymore, but about 6 or 7 years ago I went a t wedding where the groom was an aggie. His cake was made up to look like the bonfire. It was out of all chocolate!! It was very cool!!

Awesome. I'm still laughing.

And then when the honeymoon's over and the wife starts *****ing at you to grow up, you can just scoff at her and explain that your carousing ways are a "tradition".

LMAO..
I'm glad my sister and brother-in law didn't go that far for thier wedding, but I wonder if they had that conversation.

However.. My sister had picture made of her as a gift to her husband in front of the scoreboard On Kyle Field in her wedding dress with the wedding date on the scoreboard and "Forever Yours" on the Jumbotron. The grooms cake was the shape of the state of Texas with aTm and decorated with a minature Bonfire, footballs, and Kyle Field made of chocolate, and Dave South introduced the wedding party at the reception.

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Maybe at the reception everyone could carve their names in the table.

unless you get married ina very traditional church which doesn't allow non-religious music inside it.

I couldn't even have the Bridal March when I got married.

We did have a group whoop when we got married though :

LOL ... that was pretty good

I don't know how much Aggie stuff I'll have at my wedding (will I even have one?). Since I'm going to be leaving Aggieland in about three months with no relationship, and then *hopefully* heading to NYU for law school, I think the number of available Aggies around me will be dropping very rapidly.

I'll probably have to settle for the Aggie Ring picture that we've done at all my cousin's weddings (except for one cousin, all of them - including spouses - are Aggies).

A word of wisdom to all this!! Don't plan on having anything AGGIE if the spouse does not have a clue about A&M, it will be the begining of the end. I speak from wisdom and under advise of my attorney (just joking about the attorney part). First of all they do not have a grooms cake at the reception here but I did win that argument but it had to be a pretty cake. They usally do it at the reherasal dinner and it is still a pretty cake! Second, I had 3 Aggie groomsmen and a few other Ag's in the crowd, and at the end of the service a loud WHOOOOOOP! rang throughout the Church, that p****d her off saying it ruined the WHOLE wedding. Needless to say after about seven years I was able to restablish my Aggie roots now 6 years later I am looking for an Aggie which I should have done to begin with!!!

Yep, my #2 requirement of my Mr. Right is that he be an Aggie!

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p****d her off saying it ruined the WHOLE wedding.

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She could probably stand to remove that stick from her ass. Unless, of course, it was a very formal/traditional church and they frowned on that stuff.

she ended up being the wicked witch of the EAST! That stick is still stuck up there!!! The only reason I still have to deal with her is for my 8 year old daughter! I was young and DUMB!!!! But I know next time if there is such it will be with an AGGIE!!!!

Ditto what christi said. Women like that give the rest of us a bad name.

Bingo, on that one Hammie! But they take the cake out here! If for some reason I can't find an AGGGIE I will be happy being a one person household, hey and it is not that bad!

you people are freaking weird.

Two of my good friends got married on the A&M campus last year. Check this out - they had the ceremony in the Academic Plaza, and exchanged vows in front of Sully. Reveille led the wedding procession. That was cool. At the end of the ceremony, they played the Aggie War Hymn. The festivities culminated at Messina Hof. The groomscake was a replica of the Century Tree. Overall, it was a great idea and it worked out well.

LOL.. i want Rev to lead my wedding procession : )

--the point of this was that it was an AGGIE wedding... not an aggie marrying a non-ag... it just wouldn't have the same feel.

NSS!!!!

NSS?

When your eyes are closed and you're in the dark the colors are all the same. /Cheesy Texas Song

worst song ever written.

i also do not care for the "when your eyes are closed and you're in the dark" song.

it's too stupid. grr.

well, maybe not the worst song ever, but it's pretty damn bad.

NSS = No S**t Sherlock and was to this quote!

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--the point of this was that it was an AGGIE wedding... not an aggie marrying a non-ag... it just wouldn't have the same feel.

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mostly the part about a ag marrying a non-ag and it would not have the same feel!!!

Been there done that and it does not feel the same!!!

I love the part about corp blocking for the bridesmaid dresses!!

For my wedding....we didn't have too much Aggie stuff. We had the A&M seal on the groom's cake, the Spirit played at the reception, and we walked out to some of the war hymn disguised in a church song.

Our preacher did, at one point in the ceremony, say, "And the Lord said, blah, blah, blah...And all the Aggies said....." and you hear this huge WHOOOP! It was funny.


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First, I am never getting married. This has been decided upon already. But if I ever were to make such a grave mistake, there would be nothing Aggie about it. I get embarrassed when people decide to saw the horns off at the reception, etc. I love being an Aggie, but I think there are events in life that need to be free of college affiliation. A wedding would be one of them, but that's just my opinion.

Does this make me a 2%er? Or is this just an opposite opinion that is perfectly acceptable?

It's acceptable. At least to me

I have a nontraditional plan if I ever get married. My friends think I'm weird cause I don't want to have a wedding. I'll probably get married at the JOP and then have a big party for everyone to attend. Of course, at this rate, I'm never getting married anyway.

You are smart! Never getting married makes up for the other 98%.

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Does this make me a 2%er? Or is this just an opposite opinion that is perfectly acceptable?

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One should have whatever they want at their wedding. We didn't have much Aggie stuff at ours. The bridesmaid and flowergirl dresses were a deep wine color (sort of maroon, but a much darker shade), and we had them play the War Hymn at the reception. That was really it.

Why is getting married a grave mistake?

It's not a grave mistake for most (some) people. It just is for me. Personal preference I suppose.

hammie - our wedding was fairly non-traditional too. The ceremony was quick, and the whole thing was more like a big party than anything. It was SO much fun. We'd lived together for a long time already anyway.

CassAg - whatever floats your boat. I wasn't ready to get married, but then I met my husband and that was the end of that.

That sucks, My girl is a horn if/when we get married, the church is going to look like Kyle Field on T+1. Horns on the left, Ags on the right. We are going to have to have State Troopers stand in the aisle throughout the whole ceremony.!!!! I am going to have to bribe somebody to play the war hymn!!!!

Ok, I changed my mind about having Aggie things at a wedding. In SPBA94's case, I would definitely call for an official "maroon out" wedding.