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tomfools

002.

Jul 14, 2008 22:22

I heard someone talking on the stairs as I was going into my flat about dates for Hermione and Ron's wedding. Are we supposed to bring a date? Why didn't anyone bother to tell me? The wedding's in less than a week! That's not enough time to ask someone properly! And anyways, now they'll know that I'm an idiot and that it was a last minute date!

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ohgod_zacharias July 15 2008, 03:14:52 UTC

I never knew dates were mandatory for weddings.

tomfools July 15 2008, 03:38:01 UTC

Neither did I! Well, but also, if everyone else has a date, it doesn't have to be mandatory for me to look like a fool.

Someone was talking about dates, though, like they're required!

ohgod_zacharias July 15 2008, 03:42:40 UTC

I'm sure that people are just attempting not to look like they're doomed to loneliness by turning up to a wedding with a date. Like validating themselves in the wake of Spotty and Bushhead's holy matrimony, or something.

I mean, why be ashamed of being unattached?

turnedcorner July 15 2008, 04:55:11 UTC

Dates are most definitely not required. In fact, it's probably better to attend without one--that way, at the reception, you can dance with anyone and everyone without repercussion.

im_not_penny July 15 2008, 08:15:29 UTC

That's what I'm telling myself doing.

turnedcorner July 16 2008, 21:47:20 UTC

See! It's a valid strategy, isn't it, and it's more fun than worrying about a less-than-thrilled date.

im_not_penny July 17 2008, 22:30:45 UTC

Well, quite. And you don't have to ask someone to go with you when you might not like them much, or who might get the wrong idea, or who might not like it if you want to go talk to random people they don't know. It's genius, really.

abitpeaky July 15 2008, 08:27:09 UTC

I'm not taking a date.

Not that this is a hint for you to ask me, of course.

tomfools July 16 2008, 20:31:42 UTC

But... Jimmy! I thought this would be our chance! We could dress in matching robes and confess our everlasting love for each other and steal the spotlight from Ron and Hermione!

breakerpadma July 15 2008, 09:45:58 UTC

Dates aren't a requirement, Dean.

tomfools July 16 2008, 20:49:24 UTC

Good to hear, especially since I already have dress robes and it would have been a bother to find someone to ask who has something to match!

gitwithwit July 15 2008, 13:22:53 UTC

Does it take a week to properly say "Are you busy on Saturday night? No? Will you please go to the wedding of Red and Frizzy with me? I'm not trying to pull you, unless you want to be pulled."?

tomfools July 16 2008, 20:32:32 UTC

Ron and Hermione, it's really not that hard to remember.