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conuly ([personal profile] conuly) wrote2004-11-15 12:41 am

Tentative congratulations to [profile] fugaciouslover

You know, properly speaking the bride is felicitated, not congratulated? Or so I'm told.

Huh. I just realized, I've known

[identity profile] interactiveleaf.livejournal.com 2004-11-14 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
*blushblushblushblushblush*

Yes, I'm aaaalllll woman. That's me, in the icon. And now I need to write this up in my LiveJournal before my Paid Account-type friends find out from their Friends of Friends List--I have a few who I know read them religiously.

*happily floats away*

[identity profile] cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com 2004-11-14 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, apparently congratulating the bride is tantamount to saying "Hey, way to hook yourself a man!" which... is a bit weird, I guess. Like dating life is a contest, and getting the ring means you won.

But hey, good wishes are always good, says I.

[identity profile] marveen.livejournal.com 2004-11-15 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, properly speaking, the groom is congratulated. One offers the bride "best wishes", which sounds awfully like "good luck".

One could build a whole sociological theory on the reason for the difference.

[identity profile] interactiveleaf.livejournal.com 2004-11-14 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
*blushblushblushblushblush*

Yes, I'm aaaalllll woman. That's me, in the icon. And now I need to write this up in my LiveJournal before my Paid Account-type friends find out from their Friends of Friends List--I have a few who I know read them religiously.

*happily floats away*

[identity profile] cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com 2004-11-14 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, apparently congratulating the bride is tantamount to saying "Hey, way to hook yourself a man!" which... is a bit weird, I guess. Like dating life is a contest, and getting the ring means you won.

But hey, good wishes are always good, says I.

[identity profile] marveen.livejournal.com 2004-11-15 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, properly speaking, the groom is congratulated. One offers the bride "best wishes", which sounds awfully like "good luck".

One could build a whole sociological theory on the reason for the difference.