SJM_Big_Daddy_0619_Big Daddy 5 / 31 / 19 3 : 30 PM Page 1 big words by BIG DADDY GRAHAM d ? Big Daddy Graham will be performing with Joe Conklin as the Two Funny Philly Guys , in Sea Isle City at LaCosta Lounge on Friday , August 2 . For more information , visit BigDaddyGraham.com . Wedding Season The music be a waitress and she is the queen of over - Let’sget this out of the way . It doesn’t matter to me whether it’s a tipping and this generally carries over to I am a 100 percent , red - live band or a DJ . When my daughter the size of the checks she wants to write for blooded American male Keely got married we went with Brother weddings , bar / bat mitzvahs , graduations and I like going to wed - Mike , who spins at the Springfield in and such . Now , this used to cause an argu - dings . I say this because so many of my Sea Isle , because my wife and daughters ment if I thought that the gift was too large , male buddies over the years treat going to dance to him all summer and he did a but like every other battle I’ve ever fought a wedding like it’s a punishment and I’ve fantastic job . and lost with my wife , I’ve learned it’s just never understood that . What’s not to like ? I used to throw massive house parties not worth it . So now I have no idea what Well , there might be a couple things . Let’s back in my single days and is there anything the size of the gift amount is and I’m better discuss the pros and cons . more fun than a jammed dance floor ? If off not knowing . See how marriage works ? you are single and in your 20s , you’re still Argument solved because I’ve learned it’s The buildup experiencing this regularly , but the older not worth having it to begin with because Just how long can women talk about an you get the less it happens to you . she’s always going to win . upcoming wedding ? But not at a wedding . To watch a couple I sit on the Sea Isle beach all summer hundred revelers of all ages jamming out Free booze with a strong group of about 35 friends , to “ Hey Baby ” or “ Uptown Funk ” is terrific . There’sa reason why throughout the decades ages from infancy to 80 . I love the shared experience that music songslike the “ Hokey Pokey , ” “ Electric Slide ” One day last July , my friend Maria an - can provide at a reception . and the “ Macarena ” were as popular as nouncedthat her daughter Mary was getting they were at weddings . The patrons are married , and you would have thought that Jersey venues hammered . Seriously , that’s the only reason a giant cattle prod just whacked every My daughter Keely’s reception was right why anyone would have danced to these woman on the beach . They leapt . They around the corner from me at Bogey’s at ridiculous songs . screamed . They hugged . the Pitman Country Club and I don’t mind Whether you are a casual drinker or Then for the rest of the afternoon they giving Al Bartolomeo a shout - out here be - someone who truly loves to “ tie one on , ” is went over every detail of the upcoming cause he’s a fun nutjob who really knows there anything better in this world than October nuptials while we men just melted how to put on a presentation . walking up to a bar and politely requesting into our beach chairs attempting to talk For the record , South Jersey has many another gin and tonic without having to about more important things like the Eagles tremendous wedding venues like The Westin , reach into your pocket ? I know , I know , preseason , realizing that the wedding Lucien’s Manor , Auletto’s and many others , you’re giving the happy ( for now ) couple a plans were going to dominate the beach so we are very lucky in that respect . generous gift , so it’s not exactly free , but it conversation for the rest of the summer . feels like it is . Wrong . These October nuptials were A man’s dream day And I love how most weddings have an not going to occur in October 2018 , but I realize I’m generalizing here and I don’t “ outer bar ” or three outside the room that’s 2019 ! Which meant two summers of endless mean anything by it , but most women actually going to house the reception . If details . Even men can’t go over the same I’ve known dream about and plan their those temporary bars are jammed , that’s sporting schedule two summers in a row . wedding most of their lives . Does it bother usually a strong indicator that it’s going to The only thing that men can talk about me ? No . be one hell of a party . endlessly on the beach is , well , women ! But there is no male equivalent of that I’m also the jackass who loves shouting , day . Men today are smart enough to just “ I’m buying ” at a wedding . The “ gift ” conversation stay out of the way of wedding plans . Let’s face it : The only present anyone ever As for fishing or golf trips , men might Free food bothers with anymore is a check . No one pick a date a month away and then throw Second only to “ free booze ” in the famous goes to a wedding armed with a microwave some socks and underwear in a bag the pairings of two words . It’s here that I must oven . That’s all done at the “ showers . ” night before they’re leaving . That’s it as far interject that without a doubt I’m a huge And where do you usually write that as planning and discussion goes . fan of the “ buffet style ” over the “ sit - down . ” check ? In the parking lot of the reception So you tell me . Is there a “ male equiva - Not that you can’t order two entrées after you’ve stopped at a CVS along the lent ” of a wedding ? Send any suggestions with the “ sit - down ” ( which I normally do ) , way to buy a card . And I love how you and to BigDaddy295 @ aol.com . In the meantime , but the unlimited nature of the buffet is your spouse then attempt to figure out how don’t take any wooden wonderful . Pile it on ! much of a figure you’re writing on that nickels . If you are a father By the way , have you noticed just how check based on how close you are to the of the bride , you’re going awesome the dessert tables have become happy couple or the parents . n to need every cent . at the end of receptions ? Fantastic ! I’m fortunate . Kind of . My wife used to SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 3 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 88 |