So, I was at a wedding in Richmond, VA this past weekend. Following is an interesting situation I encountered…
At the reception, when it came time to cut the cake, I happened to be standing next to the wedding coordinator. The happy couple cut the traditional slice of cake, put it on a small plate, and then paused while they looked at it for a moment, presumably pondering if they were to serve it to each other with their fingers. I nonchalantly turned to the wedding coordinator and said quietly “Do you have forks for them to use?” She looked at me a frankly said rather loudly “You don’t use forks for this, you use your fingers.” Not being able to help myself, as usual, I said “Oh, when I got married (5 months ago), we used forks.” Without skipping a beat, she responded with “Well, I have never seen anyone use a utensil to feed each other cake, but it MUST be a Southern thing. Where in the world did you get married?” Again, I couldn’t help myself and let her know that I, in fact, also got married in Virginia (apparently in the part where it is okay to use utensils). She just looked at me and walked away. My friends and I just couldn’t help ourselves and dissolved into silent giggles – apparently in her world, Southerners don’t use forks.
Too funny.
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3 comments:
That is hilarious. WHO WAS this woman?
Did you want to ask her "and who told you that it's appropriate to eat with your fingers like children?" Just for the record, I was married 2 years ago and we used forks.
Such a funny story but it raises so many questions....like how did this woman become a wedding coordinator? Where is she from? Does she not understand the uses of a fork? Does she normally only work with people who smash wedding cake into each other's faces? This is a really great story.
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