Holy cow, @gosmom , was that actually the two of you singing?!? Are you professionals? That was wonderful.
Could someone PM me the link to gosmoms singing!
Got it! That was fabulous!! What a special gift!
Ditto - what a fabulous gift. You guys did great.
If you search youtube, just set the filter for the most recent results and it should be there.
I got it!
Wow! That was an amazing performance @gosmom! Congratulations!
The daughter of a good friend of mine just got married. We used to work together, and her husband transferred to a neighboring state. Her daughter is a year younger than my son, and they used to play together, go to each other’s birthday parties. She posted pictures of the wedding, held at a small church, with the reception at a small hall, and I just loved the daughter’s dress and my friend’s dress. I don’t know if we can post pictures here, as I would love to share it. Mom’s dress was a simple black dress, maybe had some sequins, some lace overlay. The daughter’s dress was lots of pink toule (sp?) on the bottom, with a pink striped bodice. Bride’s dress was so unique, but just perfect. I really loved it! She married a nice young man from upstate New York, and they’ve already bought a house together up there. Mom is from small town in the Louisiana bayou, and they now live in a farm outside of Atlanta. Hope my son gets this lucky one day!
And now guests need to coordinate their outfits:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/six-guests-wear-dress-australian-wedding-161113600.html
Lol, I was about to post that in one of the wedding attire threads. 
Haha! It’s not even a great dress, IMO.
I think that dress is unflattering on at least half of those women.
I do like the humor of posing together with the bride, though.
I think it looks terrible on all of them! But glad they all have a good sense of humor.
At a friend’s wedding, the MOB and MOG accidentally wore the same dress in different colors. The MOB was petite, and the MOG was statuesque, and it looked good, but really quite different, on each of them. So it wasn’t glaringly obvious. Except to them, LOL!
My S is getting married in six weeks. The wedding is 200 miles away. I have no part in the wedding other than to pay for the groom’s cake. They are not having a rehearsal dinner. I am getting a little depressed because it is looking like I will be traveling to and from all alone and no one from my family will be there. My family is very, very small. My mom fell recently and hurt her back. She is in a lot of pain, and they probably will not be able to travel. My brothers announced months ago that they would not be going to anybody’s wedding. (Fine with me, one of them can feed my dog.) Now I have learned that my D will probably not be riding with me.
I also found out there is a wedding shower coming up in the bride’s hometown, also 200 miles away, but not the same city as the wedding. My D says she doesn’t want to go, so I will be driving alone. I feel obligated to go since I am the MOG. What is proper in this instance?
Sorry for the downer. I’m just getting stressed since it is approaching so quickly, I haven’t found a dress, and just learned I am on my own. Again.
On a happier note, @gosmom , that was awesome!
@musicmom1215…thanks.
GO to the shower. It’s an honor to be the MOG at a shower. My D’s lovely new MIL made a huge effort to come 2,000 miles to D’s shower. She met many of my friends who later came to the wedding. This effort also gave MIL a better window on the world my D grew up in. Is it possible that you’ll meet in advance some that will be at the wedding…and have some easy cordiality on the actual day?
I have only been MOB (so far 
!). MOG’s by tradition normally don’t have as many duties (stress!) as MOB’s…so Enjoy! Embrace! If you feel you only have a small part, speak up/offer to help in any way. My D’s MIL graciously offered to help with any and all items we needed help with (as kids got married in her neck of the woods). So much appreciated–and we took her up on her offer!
I can relate to the bummer of not having family there–my grandfather died two weeks before D’s wedding…and my Dad developed heart issues 10 days before wedding that prevented him from coming. Very sad for me. And that damn dress issue…ugh…if I could have back the hundreds of hours I spent searching for that! Still was not wild about the one I ended up wearing…but at end of day, it worked and everyone was focused on my lovely D–not my dress! I also realize it’s another stress to have to travel alone–so sorry…But…take a breath…and go for it!
How many times are you going to be MOG? I’d rather do something, and then say dang, sorry I did that vs. not doing something and then wondering/wishing/feeling guilty for not doing something I had not attempted…
sending best wishes…six weeks will go very quickly!
@musicmom1215, I recently attended a bridal shower for the daughter of a dear friend. MOG attended, alone, from 1000 miles away. All of the similar aged guests made an effort to chat and get to know her. And we all became the familiar faces from the bride’s side at the wedd
@musicmom1215 It’s hard to have a small family to start with and then have them be unable or unwilling to be there for the big life events. Sending hugs and please know that we will be at your side even if only virtually. I think it is well worth attending the shower if at all possible. It will be easier to get to know some of the bride’s family & friends in a smaller group, and you will have some familiar faces at the wedding.
So often my friends who are MOG have so many of their own family members to manage at the wedding that they are not able to engage with the bride’s side at all. You will be able to do that.
At my daughter’s recent wedding, about half the guests were family members from the groom’s side. The bride had only three family members present.
During the reception, my husband commented that my daughter and I had spent an awful lot of time and effort planning a party for the other family. But that’s just the way it turned out. It is not my daughter’s fault that she comes from an extremely small family or her husband’s fault that he comes from an extremely large one.
At least if you’re the MOG instead of the MOB, you didn’t work your tail off for an event that will mostly be attended by the other family.
@musicmom1215, I think you’ll find that the most important thing is that you’ll get to see your child get married. For that, it doesn’t matter whether you have none of your own family there or 50 people.