To smile or not to smile?

If the bride and maid-of-honor sees this post, I might have 2 friends less.

Weeks ago, I attended a friend’s wedding. It’s one of my secondary school friend’s wedding, and also the first church wedding I’d ever attended.

When I looked through the photos taken that day, I realised that there were only two.

Two photos of colourful towels.

I do want to take photographs of the bride but the whole experience was so surreal, I forgot to.

Between the Chinese hymns and evangelising (yes, even in a wedding when the main point is the union of two individuals), and the maid-of-honor’s death march, it slipped my mind.

I have never ever ever EVER attended a stranger wedding. The maid-of-honor, which by the way is also my friend, walked so glumly behind the bride, it felt like a funeral procession.

We didn’t know if we were supposed to smile when the bride walked down the aisle or if it’s supposed to be a solemn process? Mind you, it was after all the very first church wedding I’d attended.

With that said, I don’t really mind the evangelising as it is a place of worship and I do feel happy for my friend. She has a very nice voice, and I felt very touched, especially when she said her vows. And I hope that she will be very very happy in her marriage.

Though I still don’t know if we are supposed to smile when the bride walk down the aisle. Anyone can answer that?