32. A True Gentleman
Oh man, storytime! I’m a photographer and I’ve worked a ton of weddings, but a garter toss from 7 years ago is forever burned into my mind.
So in some traditions, whoever catches the bouquet and garter has to interact in some way. Sometimes this is a dance or a game they have to play…and sometimes the guy that catches the garter has to put the garter on the woman that catches the bouquet while blindfolded.
Well at this one wedding, the guy was middle-aged and the girl that caught the bouquet was maybe 16. So rightfully a lot of people are visibly uncomfortable at the idea of this dude putting the garter on a minor…the dude himself is chief among them. They blindfold the guy and the girl sits in a chair in the middle of the dance floor looking like “are we really doing this?” the dude is approaching her and the DJ/MC has him wait a second. He asks the girl to get up and leave, and the DJ himself sits down in the chair. Then he instructs the guy to put the garter on, and he’s saying it all seductively and this poor guy is so nervous about it the whole time but you can see he can tell something is off. Finally, he takes off the blindfold and everybody has a good laugh.
DJ is the MVP…but for a minute there everyone was feeling really awkward.