Help! My youngest daughter’s getting married tomorrow. It makes me feel so old. Far too old to be unicycling. Anyone know what I’m supposed to feel?
Cathy
drunk tomorrow night
It all depends on whether you like her husband-to be or not!
I’m getting married too- on Saturday! I’m only on here because trying to write a speech is doing my head in!
Since I don’t want to incriminate myself on a public forum, perhaps you’d better give me both options.
Congratulations by the way. I hope you have a good day.
Cathy
Marriage
I won’t be able to answer that until October 7th when my oldest daughter ties the knot. One more to go.
Congratulations!
If you’re “too old”, what does that make me??? 
Well, congratulations to you too.
(Actually, making progress on freemounting the semi-coker today has helped to off set the feeling of being too old to unicycle)
Cathy
Ruth’s elder daughter is getting married next Saturday. Not my own kid, but I’ve been around for the last 14 years of her life.
Ruth refuses to wear a big hat, but will if forced act with a level of dignity becoming the mother of the bride, for one day only.
As for you, Cathwood, you’re younger than me, so you’re not too old to unicycle. And you will never be as old as me, so you’ll never be too old to unicycle.
Trust me - I do logic.
Thanks:D
The options would be something like…
If you like him: Proud, pleased, thinking what lovely grandchildren you’ll have.
If you don’t: Mad, angry, plotting his downfall.
Hopefully my future mother-in-law is in the first category 
I’m not wearing a hat. I refused.
Many of the things that Rachel is doing regarding her wedding are non traditional so she’s fine with me not being traditional regarding wearing a hat. (I did say that if she insisted I would wear my unicycle helmet, but she said no, it was okay. Funny that).
Jessica, who is my oldest daughter and is a total traditionalist is disgusted with us both.
Cathy
I think you should feel like you’re taking one more happy step toward full-on second childhood. Since you uni, you’ve already got a good feel for it. How could you feel old at 40?! Congratulations and good luck to you and Rachel.
Marrying off daughters…
I was just sitting down at the piano digging through old sheet music and ran across Sunrise, Sunset from Fiddler on the Roof. The lyrics are worth revisiting as we see our daughters grow up and become married themselves.
(Tevye)
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?
(Golde)
I don’t remember growing older
When did they?
(Tevye)
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?
(Golde)
Wasn’t it yesterday
When they were small?
(Men)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
(Women)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
(Tevye)
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?
(Tevye)
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day
(Perchik)
They look so natural together
(Hodel)
Just like two newlyweds should be
(Perchik & Hodel)
Is there a canopy in store for me?
(All)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears
Congrats Cathwood!
I hope it’s a fun and memorable wedding and a fantastic partnership your daughter is entering. Does he unicycle?
he probably doesnt unicycle, but i’m sure he soon will.
Wow, congratulations Liam!
Phil
Good luck to Rachel and Liam and their respective significant others.
Let’s hope they’ll be as happy on their 50th anniverseries.
Hopefully? You don’t know, and you still plan to go through with the wedding? Maybe you should wear your unicycling helmet. Just in case. 
If you need some inspiration for how not to write the speach:
Since I still appreciate you
Let’s find love while we may
Because I know I’ll hate you
When you are old and gray
So say you love me here and now
I’ll make the most of that
Say you love and trust me
For I know you’ll disgust me
When you’re old and getting fat
An awful debility, a lessened utility
A loss of mobility is a strong possibility
In all probability I’ll lose my virility
And you your fertility and desirability
And this liability of total sterility
Will lead to hostility and a sense of futility
So let’s act with agility while we still have facility
For we’ll soon reach senility and lose the ability
Your teeth will start to go, dear
Your waist will start to spread
In twenty years or so, dear
I’ll wish that you were dead
I’ll never love you then at all
The way I do today
So please remember
When I leave in December
I told you so in May
So, give us an update. How went the wedding? I’m a very non-traditional type so I was glad to hear that it was going to be a non-traditional wedding. My one and only daughter is engaged (with no date yet set) and I’m guessing she’ll want a traditional and large (read expensive) wedding.
I’m a total embarrasment to my daughter with my unicycling. She pretends not to know who I am. I hope your daughter and new son in law are more tolerant.
BTW you’re still quite young compared to me.
It’s a bit early for an update yet, Cathy is probably on her tenth G&T and dancing to ‘Come On Eileen’ at this very moment:p
Cheers Phil and Borges That poem is great, jokes about it all being downhill from here etc are becoming a bit like ‘where’s the other wheel’ at the moment so it’s cool to read something a bit different!
We had a lovely day. Rachel had a great time and I managed not to tell the groom that I think he’s a waste of space. Anyway, here’s a couple of photos. The first is of all three of my children. The second is Rachel, ofcourse.
Cathy
you’ve just recovered from a massive drinking session i take it?
can she or he ride?
I’ve just recovered.
None of my children ride, although the two oldest are just about recovering from the shame of my riding. They will now let me come round to thier house on my unicycle. I hope my son will ride be the time he’s 10. The bridegroom can do nothing useful so the thought of him ever riding is laughable. Oh well. You have to let your kids live thier lives.
Cathy