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A little help PART TWO: I need a non-religious reading to a) extend the service beyond fifteen minutes and b) give a sibling a wedding job. -- nm

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jul 28 '10, 12:13

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e.e. cummings - either 'I Carry Your Heart With Me' or the one about the rain having such small hands. - Diva Jul 28, 12:56
a friend of mine had a reading from "velveteen rabbit" that was touching. -- nm - b. Jul 28, 12:32
Here's a whole page about Shakespeare readings for weddings. Some *excellent* selections. -- (link) - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 28, 12:27
googling, here's one i'd not seen before but quite like: - TFox Jul 28, 12:23 6
- and, fwiw, some of the Bible readings are just wonderful, and aren't overly religious (like the "love is patient, love is kind" one). - TFox Jul 28, 12:26 5
  - that one is approved by the san fran marriage commissioner as secular enough...by i always think love shouldn't be so codependent -- nm - Zeitgeist Jul 28, 12:30 3
    - ...are you sure you're thinking of the right reading? -- nm - TFox Jul 28, 12:33 2
      - love suffers all things...yeah -- nm - Zeitgeist Jul 28, 12:35 1
        
        i guess i have a different take on it, but this isn't shocking. -- nm - TFox Jul 28, 12:44
  - (i meant to type 'overtly'. -- nm - TFox Jul 28, 12:29
you could find one of those sappy brother/sister poem books with the sibling and have them pick one to read -- nm - decline Jul 28, 12:23
there's some whinny the pooh crap couples sometimes want -- nm - Zeitgeist Jul 28, 12:21 2
- Hmmmm....This would play to something the bride loves very much. Good one. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 12:33 1
  - the bit about living one more day than the other -- nm - Zeitgeist Jul 28, 12:57
Have him do the Princess Bride mawwiage speech. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 12:20 3
- True wuv -- nm - Strongbad Jul 28, 12:23
- this. -- nm - decline Jul 28, 12:20 1
  - I mean, it's what we're doing. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 28, 12:20
It's a wedding cliche at this point, but I always do a few lines from Glengarry Glen Ross. nm - Dignan Jul 28, 12:18 5
- Cake is for closers!!! -- nm - Ender Jul 28, 12:22 2
  - Nice. -- nm - mara Jul 28, 12:25
  - "Brass balls" -- nm - prayformojo Jul 28, 12:24
- (hint hint) nm - Dignan Jul 28, 12:18 1
  - Let me check the invite list....*scans*...Oh, I'm sorry, but we're jammed. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 12:34
Johnathan Livingston Seagull. *way* longer than 15 minutes. -- nm - Reagen Jul 28, 12:17 1
- Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner -- nm - decline Jul 28, 12:18
Read one of David's Reviews -- nm - Bacon on a phone Jul 28, 12:15
The Owl and the Pussycat. -- nm - loosilu Jul 28, 12:15
use the sermon from Moby Dick :) -- nm - peglegpete Jul 28, 12:15
A wedding job? -- nm - Bacon on a phone Jul 28, 12:14 1
- I was trying to be funny in an abrupt way but failed. A way to include the sibling in the ceremonial portions. - Name Withheld By Request Jul 28, 12:16
a sonnet by shakespeare -- nm - chuckles Jul 28, 12:14 1
- Or something from Othello or Macbeth. -- nm - Mop (222 lbs) Jul 28, 12:19

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