Oh, another reason I didn't want to make a fuss....

The brides family has (had) seven sisters and one brother. The wedding was on Saturday. The Thursday before, ten days before the wedding, the brother in the family died from a massive stroke while on a camping trip. Phil told me about it before the ceremony. It sounded like the brides mom and dad were on the emotional roller-coaster ride from hell during the week before the wedding. So involving the brides mother would have been a no-no. She needed her happy-time to balance what must have been a terrible heartbreak for her. Joanne's brother, apparently was all of 50 years old.

...which in a way, brings a new perspective to all of it. Don't sweat the small stuff.....like stupid broads trying to take pictures up my kilt.

On the other hand, snagging the camera (gently) by saying "let's get a pic of us together", and then "accidentally" jumping on it.....or dropping it in the sink, would have gotten the message across. If THAT hadn't gotten the message driven in, then she'd really have been brainless and for those people there's no hope.