Bad At Love Podcast

Episode 22: 84 Invites: Jim and Ben's Wedding

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Right before they popped off to the land of tea & crumpets, Jim and Ben stopped by for one last in-person recording session to talk about their wedding. Apologies in advance to the Brits for our terrible English accents.

Moral to the Story: Marriage has to be based on fake news otherwise no one would do it.

Other Fun Topics Discussed:

  • Ben explains the arduous emigration process.
  • Tamu & Mallory cried at the courthouse wedding video.
  • San Diego Shout Outs: To the wedding venue, Bahia Resort Hotel and the runner-up, Top of the Bay.
  • Deep Sadness Moment: Mallory learns Orlando Bloom is engaged to Katy Perry.
  • WTF Moment: Ben learns Orlando Bloom is English!
  • Ben loves Katy Perry so much she is the only artist he listens to offline.
  • Mallory's elvish journals.
  • Ben is taking his Tolkien collection to England.
  • Ben feels that Elijah Wood should be English and/or gay.
  • Question of the Day: Do the English speak proper English?
  • Speaking of Weddings: Joelle of Mouse and Weens had close to 200 people at her wedding.
  • Ben's dream wedding came to fruition, the feeling was not mutual for Jim.
  • Friends/guests forget a wedding is not about them.
  • Jim & Ben spent 10 hours putting together their seating chart to avoid "landmines".
  • For Jim, the bigness of the wedding (84 guests) was overwhelming .
  • Jim's 80-line excel spreadsheet.
  • Jim, the Consummate Wedding Planner: Jim broke all of the wedding activities into 15 minute increments.
  • Toast strategies for when you have four (4) of them.
  • Would they do a big wedding again? No, however, for each of them watching one another walk down the aisle with their respective families made it worth it.
  • Lessons Learned: Jim will now be a horrible wedding guest.
  • All about the music: Jim's OCD came out creating the reception playlist and Tamu felt a way about being excluded from the music selection.
  • Shifting Perspectives: Ben's parents' progression from him burning in hell to full acceptance of his being gay.
  • You get 1 min: Jim's explanation for the champagne toast.
  • A moment of Zen: Jim's mani/pedi relaxation moment.
  • Tamu won't be allowed into Britain with her bad cockney accent.

    • Jim & Ben's Guide to Wedding Survival:

    1. Clearly communicate your needs and wants.
  • Decide the size of wedding up front and do not deviate.
  • Agree together on how scripted you want things to be.
  • Don't sweat the small stuff.
  • Don't freak out about your friends being idiots, they are just excited.
  • Don't settle on venues. Take time and look around.

    • Podcast Shout Outs from Across the Pond:

    • Check out The Thirst Podcast for pop culture, news, reviews, and discussion.
  • Listen to Her Moment in History where hosts Grace and Michelle give famous, infamous and not-so-well know women a time to shine.

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