Acceptable wedding etiquette when attending wedding during cats game

[bruce]

Would you crap in your own pants during the wedding to get out?  I would.

[kso_FAN]

My wife's cousin scheduled their wedding for Saturday night at 5 PM.  This is obviously (fart noise).

Is it acceptable to find a place where I can kind of sit incognito with an earbud in my ear while listening to the game?  I'm willing to take a bluetooth headset and pretend I'm one of "those guys" and hook it into my smart phone.

Just looking for a little advice here.  We'll be sans kids during the reception, so I'm looking for ways to sneak out and watch the game on my phone, so any thoughts there would be helpful.

TIA

"wife's cousin"?

There is doubt on what you should do?

I mean, if it was "wife's brother/sister or your own brother/sister", then maybe there would be an etiquette question (maybe), but with this distance in relationship I really don't see how there is any debate here.

[Panjandrum]

They seriously won't miss u.

Oh, no, I'm aware of that.  I think I've spoken to the bride once.

However, my wife is looking forward to the reception as we'll be sans kids with booze.  While I'd like to sneak away, it's going to be hard because she's going to want to "dance" and "socialize" and lame stuff like that.

[ChiComCat]

Wife's cousin?  0% chance she cares.  Shake as many hands as possible so people remember seeing you there, just in case, then duck out and watch the game.

Or you could take oscar's approach.  He is set for the future since nobody dare invites him to events during KSU games because he just shits himself

[Trim]

"wife's cousin"?

And there is doubt on what you should do? I mean, if it was "wife's brother/sister or your own brother/sister", then maybe there would be an etiquette question (maybe), but with this distance in relationship I really don't see how there is any debate here.

Nailed it.  I'm not sure what we're even talking about here.  I have as much business being at her wedding as Panj does.

Is there free booze?

[EllToPay]

They seriously won't miss u.

Oh, no, I'm aware of that.  I think I've spoken to the bride once.

However, my wife is looking forward to the reception as we'll be sans kids with booze.  While I'd like to sneak away, it's going to be hard because she's going to want to "dance" and "socialize" and lame stuff like that.

socialize smocialize, amirite?

[ChiComCat]

My wife's cousin scheduled their wedding for Saturday night at 5 PM.  This is obviously (fart noise).

Is it acceptable to find a place where I can kind of sit incognito with an earbud in my ear while listening to the game?  I'm willing to take a bluetooth headset and pretend I'm one of "those guys" and hook it into my smart phone.

Just looking for a little advice here.  We'll be sans kids during the reception, so I'm looking for ways to sneak out and watch the game on my phone, so any thoughts there would be helpful.

TIA

"wife's cousin"?

There is doubt on what you should do?

I mean, if it was "wife's brother/sister or your own brother/sister", then maybe there would be an etiquette question (maybe), but with this distance in relationship I really don't see how there is any debate here.

Its not like a round of golf or anything...

[kso_FAN]

They seriously won't miss u.

Oh, no, I'm aware of that.  I think I've spoken to the bride once.

However, my wife is looking forward to the reception as we'll be sans kids with booze.  While I'd like to sneak away, it's going to be hard because she's going to want to "dance" and "socialize" and lame stuff like that.

Oh. Perhaps ignore my previous comments, this sort of changes things.

It seems this really isn't about a wedding, its about a date with your wife.

[Trim]

They seriously won't miss u.

Oh, no, I'm aware of that.  I think I've spoken to the bride once.

However, my wife is looking forward to the reception as we'll be sans kids with booze.  While I'd like to sneak away, it's going to be hard because she's going to want to "dance" and "socialize" and lame stuff like that.

Send fanning in your place.

[star seed 7]

my friend is getting married day of the squak game.  pretty sure that will be 11am, so crisis averted.

[kso_FAN]

Its not like a round of golf or anything...

Exactly.

[Emo EMAW]

Also surprised no one suggested killing your wife's cousin.

[sonofdaxjones]

Key question here; are there going to be other K-State fans at the wedding and does your wife like them?

[SEK_EMAW]

They seriously won't miss u.

Oh, no, I'm aware of that.  I think I've spoken to the bride once.

However, my wife is looking forward to the reception as we'll be sans kids with booze.  While I'd like to sneak away, it's going to be hard because she's going to want to "dance" and "socialize" and lame stuff like that.

Oh. Perhaps ignore my previous comments, this sort of changes things.

It seems this really isn't about a wedding, its about a date with your wife.

Boozed up wife with no kids.   

[kso_FAN]

I can relate a bit; I'm in a wedding the day of the Iowa State game. The groom is a sorta poster/lurker here. In all likely hood I will miss at least part of the game. I suppose if there is any acceptable date to do it on (besides a bye), it is a road game at Iowa State.

[michigancat]

What would Buddy Garrity do?

(aka wwbgd)

[Dugout DickStone]

I can relate a bit; I'm in a wedding the day of the Iowa State game. The groom is a sorta poster/lurker here. In all likely hood I will miss at least part of the game. I suppose if there is any acceptable date to do it on (besides a bye), it is a road game at Iowa State.

He is a total schmuck.  I hope he reads this

[CNS]

They seriously won't miss u.

Oh, no, I'm aware of that.  I think I've spoken to the bride once.

However, my wife is looking forward to the reception as we'll be sans kids with booze.  While I'd like to sneak away, it's going to be hard because she's going to want to "dance" and "socialize" and lame stuff like that.

Oh. Perhaps ignore my previous comments, this sort of changes things.

It seems this really isn't about a wedding, its about a date with your wife.

Is the wife not a FB fan?  I mean, a great date night to me would be to get boozed up for free really quickly, then bail and go to a bar together to finish the game.

[HeinBallz]

Wife's best friend got married on the mizzou game of Snyder's first retirement.  I sold my tickets - as my wife was 7 months pregnant and I had to go.  Last minute, they asked me to video tape their wedding... I'm not a videographer, so I wasn't going to be able to do a great job anyway - so it was no big deal that during quiet times of the ceremony, you can hear stan webber on their wedding tape through my ear-bud.    Groom & groomsman were all KSU fans, so I think they thought it was pretty bad ass.


FWIW - If I were you, I would totally and openly listen and/or watch the game during the wedding.  If they'd had smart phones with streaming video at the time of my wife's friends wedding, you sure as hell better believe I would have been watching it that day.

[ben ji]

On a related note....

Good friend is getting married on Dec 22nd, same day and time as the Florida game at the sprint center. He tried to convince his fiance to set up a TV in another room at the reception so we could watch the game, she nixed that idea since everyone would be in there watching the game and no one would be dancing.

I plan on watching the entire game on my phone.

Obviously this is a bigger game, if it werent for the whole wife wanting to socialize thing I would peace out ASAP after the wedding. Hopefully there is a bar close to the reception and you can go and shake hands during halftime.

[OK_Cat]

Is your wife in the wedding party?

If not, then you guys get dressed up, go to the wedding a few minutes early, and make sure that the bride and groom see you.  Peek your heads in and say hi, congrats, etc.  Then rough ridin' bail.  They won't remember that you weren't there for the ceremony.

Take your wife out to dinner and make it back home in time for kickoff.

[Legit Elite]

Your best option is divorce before Saturday.  Would also limit future emaw conflicts.

[Johnny Wichita]

Cousin's wedding Saturday at 7.  Cousin is marrying a sooner.  Obviously a diehard OU football fan. 

I can watch a justin.tv feed on the iphone, yes? 

[Peter Nincompoop]

Who cares.  Even w/out meeting said matrimonial couple, I give it 2 years, tops.  Blantantly listen to pre-game throughout wedding, tell your wife "Don't start!" when she gives you the look, find a TV around 6:30, EMAW your ASS off until final whistle.  Weddings are for pussies. 

[AbeFroman]

Wedding is at 5pm, shouldn't last more than an hour right? Unless it's old school Catholic.
That should leave you 30-45 minutes to mingle at the wedding and dip out. People won't even remember you left.