What Are You Going To Choose For Your Last Meal?

Creepy question, I know. But think about it, if you knew your next meal was going to be your last meal, what would you want? Most likely, it wouldn't just be something off the menu. I mean, if you could have ANYTHING for that last meal, you're certainly not going to just say, "Bring me your most popular dinner." Right? You would consider carefully what you wanted.

I bring this up because deciding what you want for your wedding should require the same kind of thinking. Why choose the same wedding that EVERYONE else has? I mean, don't just change up the color of the bride's maid's dresses, really think about all of it's parts. Your wedding, and I hope this is reaching brides and grooms, should be YOURS. Now that isn't to say that you are going to run out and have a pirate wedding, but think of the pirate wedding as a symbol.

Many pirates started out as privateers in service to their country. They were a tool in a struggle for control of territory and profits. Eventually, many of those privateers ended up on the outside of the protection of the government that recruited them. Having learned to make a life on the sea as pirates in service to their country, they then became pirates in service to their own survival. Outlaws. They made their own rules and became masters of their own destinies.

Many people end up having a wedding that looks nothing like what they had originally envisioned, but surprisingly similar to every other wedding they see in a magazine. They end up serving the industry, and not their own desires. I say, your wedding is far too important to let this happen. It's fun to pick and choose ideas from the bridal magazines, but it's even more fun and meaningful to come up with ideas of your own creation. You are heading into the wedding firmly believing this to be the one time you are going to get married. So while it's not exactly your last meal, it IS supposed to be in theory, your last weddding. Choose wisely. Embrace your inner pirate!

Why Pirate Weddings?

When my wife and I were planning our wedding (the second for both of us), we knew we wanted something different. We still wanted a meaningful event, but we knew we didn't want the cookie cutter-white dress-black tuxedo wedding that seems to be the norm. We also wanted to make sure that I, the groom, was involved in the planning and I gotta tell you, if the question is which color teal do we make the napkins, it may not hold my attention.

I know some people think of the wedding as the bride's big day, but let's get real.: the day belongs to both of you! We wanted the ocean. We wanted an event that everyone would remember, and if I have to be totally honest, I'm a sucker for a great theme. When we discussed our desires, I half-jokingly suggested a pirate wedding, and she said yes. We were off and running. Men with guns and swords, women in bodices, rum punch, ocean view, pewter tankards... it went on and on.

When we set off to plan the wedding, we found that the wedding industry on the whole wasn't that interested in creating alternative weddings, they want you to buy their stuff, so we really had to make it up as we went along. My desire for this blog site is to provide some information that might help, or offer myself as a guide if you prefer more customized help.

Check back for more notes from our adventure.